Auto Glass Polishing - Entire Process Explained and How-To, what to expect, and what is needed

[@tomfromtacomas7249]

Scott another great video! One of the things I’ve had great success with is Pumice hand cleaner (the one in the orange bottle) with a window polishing pad, followed up by a compound and then a polish. It removes heavy water spots and fine scratches from windshield wipers.

[@Val-ee4hd]

I have a windshield from 2004. Is it glass or laminated? Tahoe

[@ShowtimeRacing]

I just use regular fine car polish, M205 has given me great results on glass, especially taking out water spots

[@memobug]

Will this work on tempered side glass (yes it’s unique glass or I wouldn’t bother!)

[@hurtingdirt]

This is one of those jobs that just sucks. I've done this by hand with an older version of this product and it took several hours on a medium sized windshield. Thanks for sharing.

[@ScottHD]

You're welcome. Definitely sucks. You can see the sweat on my head at the end...and that's in an air conditioned shop!

[@UggaDuggaProductions]

Great video! But it really as simple as cleaning of dirt and debris of the windshield and just polishing it? The windshield on my car is about 4ft wide and 2.5ft tall, is this doable by a hand buffing pad?

[@MeliorIlle]

I just did this for over a hour with a 21MM DA, didn't make any progress lol. I am hesitant to get a rotary though, I have never used one. This seems unattainable without one though.

[@EdoFede83]

Thanks for sharing! Very interesting. Can you tell how much ceriglass you’ve used in total and how many times you stopped polishing to clean the pad?

[@j.k.7807]

Thank you for providing this class, Scott

[@wingman427]

Great Video. Always wondered about glass polishing. Your video convinced me it is better not to try to polish glass. Thanks.

[@Steathl]

What about the hand aplicator that comes with it? How would you use it?

[@dontsleephungry716]

What if I don’t have a polishing machine 😢 I am saving up for one, is glas and paint polishing possible by hand?

[@pbpx]

This is great! thanks Scott

[@HellzHonour]

So I have a daily driven Kia Stinge that I put 50,000km+ a year with and it has a windshield that has white speckles in bright sunlight. Will this method be able to clear those or greatly reduce them? Also, will polishing my windshield affect the HUD at all? Thanks and I appreciate all your videos, Scott!

[@josericardo6339]

Hello, where could I buy that type of bucket with the black accessory? Thank you

[@ScottHD]

Walmart in the automotive section. It was something like $5

[@josericardo6339]

@@ScottHD Any link to buy it online? Im from Costa Rica

[@ScottHD]

@@josericardo6339 I don't see it online. I don't know what the official name for it is either unfortunately. "Bucket accessory" or "wash bucket hanger" didn't get me anywhere.

[@ecarnomics]

So, is there any chance a da with a wool pad could do the job ? I wanna go extra safe there no matter the time

[@LKN4WAR]

I had good luck in a general glass cleaning mode with a 15mm DA at max speed with rayon pad and glass polish. Took out some kind of window streaming nothing else would remove. Clay etc. all the fine hard water was gone quickly.

[@whissguzman8740]

Could anybody help me out i wet sanded my car windows with 2000 and 3000 and definitely lefts some crazy swirl marks would going up to maybe 10000 grit help me put in this process and then i can finish it with this polish method?

[@Rashed_7]

Helpful video , why don't you use the pad twice ?

[@h99aajh]

I’ve removed scratches to an acceptable level using ceraglass, misting water, a rayon pad, and a 3 inch da polisher with an 8mm throw. However I don’t know how to remove the haze I’ve created. Any tips for which combo I should use? I have access to lots of polishes and pads.

[@faegyrfvvc]

What haze? Did you ceramic coat the glass? You shouldn’t have any haze left

[@as680783]

Hi Scott. Thanks for explaining and demoing your process for glass scratch removal. I was going to use regular rubbing compound for my side windows but I reckon I'm going to go with the Carpro or else I'm going to be disappointed. What's your opinion on glass compounds like Ceriglass vs cerium oxide powders? Btw...In the UK we pronounce Autoglym as autoglim ("i" as in chin or pin). 👍

[@mwnciboo]

I'm in the UK - Where I am we call it AUTO-GLEAM as in "seam"

[@E85_STI]

Would cerium oxide powder remove etched water spots? For some reason k used a microfiber pad and compound that I use for my paint correction and it removed 90% of them but I did just purchased for rayon felt pads for the cerium so just wondering if it will work.

[@faegyrfvvc]

It will but better use the ceriglass

[@faegyrfvvc]

Powder is even messier, I am covered in it rn

[@ebutuoyebutouy]

0000 steel wool?

[@brents.2501]

Can you use a DA polisher instead of a rotary?

[@blackwolf2036]

Yes but rotary and force action is best

[@simasm.9757]

oh yes I needed this thanks big time

[@vermasean]

Detailed & informative video! Obligatory Liked and Sub’d! 👍▶️

[@ScottHD]

Welcome aboard!

[@vermasean]

@@ScottHD - Thanks a lot & thank you for passing along the knowledge!

[@tennnis498]

I thought cerium oxide was used to polish glass?

[@ScottHD]

This is cerium oxide. We are polishing glass.

[@mofosoto]

I have some pretty deep scratches on a couple windows so this is great to see! I wonder if you can repair scratches deeper than 500. Could you wet sand the area first with 1000 then 2000 then polish? I wonder if that would also save time on polishing 500 scratches. Like, if it only took 10 mins to remove 2000, and it only take 10 mins to remove a 500 grit scratch with 2000 grit wet sand, then it may take 20 mins to get it done instead of 30 mins. I would really like to see that test before I test it on my car haha. I wouldn't need to do the whole window, just a spot correction. Another issue with windshields is pitting. I don't know how deep they can get but it would be nice to see polishing take care of that issue in your tests too.

[@glumdogtrillionaire]

You can remove anything but there’s always an effort and time trade off. The only time you’d consider going the whole hog repairing scratches is for rare original glass in classic cars. Typically unlaminated which affords deeper scratches removal. In most cases the better option is to replace the glass.

[@aboGTR]

Are you going to do my T-tops!

[@pbpx]

The first time I did this I made the biggest mess of my garage ever. there are still peach covered dots all over the place.

[@ScottHD]

Haha. Yes it is incredibly messy.

[@darylRvillaescusa]

You know a good product that removes hard water on glass?

[@FrancoDFernando]

I use a magic eraser and any kind of soap…if it’s being extra stubborn, diluted distilled vinegar works better. edit: Heating up the vinegar solution makes it work even better. For really tough hard water marks, I soak a paper towel in hot distilled vinegar and leave it on there for a few minutes

[@richsmith3120]

I use Megs Water Spot Remover. It's a lite polish but works perfectly.

[@ScottHD]

Almost any of the hard water spot removers will do the trick.

[@LKN4WAR]

A DA w rayon pad and glass polish will remove fine hard water spots quick. I used no water so almost no sling of the product. DA at 5k rpm

[@E60-j9u]

Just want I needed🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ajd5363]

Hard work? Lol polishing glass is not hard work.

[@nanodrbright3173]

All done wrong