Ok, I have been a silly girl.

Last night I washed the car.

I was wiping the inside of the windscreen and changed hands. I then heard a scrape and realised my watch had scratched the window.

It is a light scratch about 3 inches long (it is annoyingly on the drivers side).

What can I do about it?

I read on an old thread about using brasso, but has anyone actually tried this.

Any other suggestions?

 

If its bad give the outside a whack with a hammer, pay your windcreen excess and get a new one fitted.

Gary

 

Would welcome any advise on this too, as i have a small scratch on the outside of my drivers window, but quite noticeable since i've had the windows tinted.

 

I had quite a few monir scratches from grit getting caught up in the window guides. Autoglym's glass polish has lessened them quite well, even if they are still there, but not quite as noticable.

worth a go - windows will sparkle pretty good even if it doesnt shift the scratch!

 

We've got the same problem with ours, the previous owners hav managed to make a right mess of the drivers window and that shows up like a witches nipple on a cold night when we clean the car, any advise would be great.

 

And the insurance company reads this and ???

 

I refer back to my hammer comment. If its that much of an issue pay the £25-£50 excess and get a new one, jobs a good-un.

 

I have just been told that toothpaste will work.!?!

(something I do have in the house)

 

How can toothpaste sort out a window scratch?

 

ham

 

mer

 

Try some stuff called Jewellers Rouge Glaziers use it to get rid of fine scratches on glass.

 

I saw a window fitter use t-cut to take a scratch out once... maybe worth a try.

 

because it has some minor abrasive qualities?

 

Basically any type of cutting paste/polish will do the job, Brasso, T-Cut, toothpaste, etc etc, if it's a light scratch use something fine and not very abrasive, if it's a deep scratch start with something strong and work back to a finer polish, exactly the same as you would do to remove a scratch on the bodywork or on plastic.. problem is, glass is so damm tough you need a heck of a lot of elbow grease and patience to do it.

 

I have successfully used diamond paste used in the preparation of metallurgical samples on a cloth.

It can be purchased in syringe tubes in differing grades down to 1 micron (ie 0.001mm - mirror finish).

Supplier that I know is Struers ( www.struers.com ).

Best probably to find a local company to you that is involved in either metal manufacture / processing and ask for someone in their lab if they use diamond paste for the preparation of metallurgical mounts. If they yes...bingo...ask if you can borrow some to try.

Best to start at, say 10 or 20 micron and work down to one or two micron.

 

thanks for the advice.

When I got home from work I tried toothpaste, then a scratch remover paste in my car kit.

The scratch is not so bad now, but it is still there.

I guess next step is the more serious stuff.