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      11-04-2013, 10:18 AM   #1
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Any way to fix/hide micro-swirls and pits in my windshield?

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I was wondering if anyone has experience with correcting defects in windshields. After a bunch of highway driving and using the windshield wipers, my windshield is starting to show some swirls and a lot of very tiny pits. These are really only visible at night, but they still bother me. I am baffled as to how the swirls appeared in the windshield. I wash the car properly once a week and always clean the wiper blades. I don't want the problem to worsen, and have it begin to impact visibility. Is there a way to correct or hide these defects, without getting a new windshield?

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zano makes a glass polish. I know its mainly designed for removing anything from glass but i bet it will help your issue.


Have you tried a polish or compound?
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zano makes a glass polish. I know its mainly designed for removing anything from glass but i bet it will help your issue.


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Thanks, I'll look up that product. Haven't yet, because I am away at school and don't have access to my orbital polisher. I would think tackling this by hand would be a waste of time.
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Hello,

I was wondering if anyone has experience with correcting defects in windshields. After a bunch of highway driving and using the windshield wipers, my windshield is starting to show some swirls and a lot of very tiny pits. These are really only visible at night, but they still bother me. I am baffled as to how the swirls appeared in the windshield. I wash the car properly once a week and always clean the wiper blades. I don't want the problem to worsen, and have it begin to impact visibility. Is there a way to correct or hide these defects, without getting a new windshield?

Thanks!

-MG
Drop your glass deductible to $0, give it a month or two, and then call your insurance company and tell them that your windshield is becoming so worn that you believe it to be a safety hazard. I had my windshield tinted and it amplified all of the glass imperfections. I tried just about everything to fix it and ended up just replacing the glass.
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Insurance claim aside, any ideas?
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Replace glass or forget it no way to fix it...
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You can use a glass polish with your DA polisher and a glass polishing pad (important) and then seal it with some G-tecniq stuff. Should help a lot and you wont have to use the wipers at all. That stuff is amazing.
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Thanks, I'll try that as soon as I can. Right now I've been putting Griots glass sealant on it every few washes, and I'll look up the g-techniq stuff. Trying to avoid replacing the glass, but it'll likely happen eventually.
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