A new (different) way to perfect glass

[DonM]

I wasn't home, when I tested a theory and couldn't write it up then. Well, after reading Mike Phillips' article:

Remove the Glare Where You Stare

I had to try it. He uses Griot's Garage Glass Polish, which I don't have, so I asked if Ultimate Polish would work. He said he thought it would, but was semi-concerned about the polishing oils in the UP, but said the alcohol in glass cleaners should remove them. Well, I thought that Ultimate Compound should have fewer oils, so I used it. (Note: I don't see why a similar ADAM'S polish wouldn't work as well).

You'll need at least 2 mf cloths and 1 terry cloth towel (mf is optional), Ultimate Compound, Glass Cleaner (I used Invisible Glass) and water.

I used an old, thinning mf cloth, soaked it in water an wrung it out really well so it was only damp and applied a small amount of UC on the cloth and applied it to the inside windshield of my wife's Explorer (it has NASTY windows), wax-on wax-off style, straight lines, back & forth, up & down, etc.just to make sure I got all of the glass .... I used a water-dampened cloth to help 'cut' or 'remove the oils from the equation.' It seemed to have worked.

Since it was cold and muggy today, I had the defroster on to help the glass dry. Then I took the terry towel and buffed off all the UC & water off the glass. Then a light misting of Invisible Glass, followed by a good buff and I was done.

The glass was perfectly clear, no smears, nothing.

Now, I can't be COMPLETELY sure it worked as good as it seems so far, being that I haven't had anything to glare back at me on the glass (headlights, streetlights, sun glare etc), but I do believe this might be yet another option for glass cleaning.

If the weather holds, I'll be doing the Camaro tonight after work.

[Gayton81]

Yea I seen this on Autopia and want to give it a try


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[DonM]

Originally Posted by Gayton81

Yea I seen this on Autopia and want to give it a try


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Yeah, I posted in a few places It worked so well on the wife's car that I had to share.

[Gayton81]

Oh so that was you on there and Autogeek? I guess I'll have to follow you lol!


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[DonM]

Originally Posted by Gayton81

Oh so that was you on there and Autogeek? I guess I'll have to follow you lol!


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And Autopia ... LOL

[jshaf]

been using the mckees glass restorer and it gets the same result. might do a side by side in spring for a comparison. I use the glass restorer about twice a year to clean up air born gunk that gets deposited from the environment. use the AMMO approach to cleaning the exterior glass, 3 inch orange pad and DA

[DonM]

Originally Posted by jshaf

been using the mckees glass restorer and it gets the same result. might do a side by side in spring for a comparison. I use the glass restorer about twice a year to clean up air born gunk that gets deposited from the environment. use the AMMO approach to cleaning the exterior glass, 3 inch orange pad and DA

In the link, Mike Phillips used Griot's Garage Fine Glass Polish, I was just curious to see if anything I had on hand would work as well (the wife doesn't like me ordering things off line.

BTW, I did my Camaro's windshield last night, only problem is that it was colder/more humid than when I did the wife's Explorer and I had extra wiping to do to dry the glass ...

Side Note: After driving it a few times, the windshield in the Explorer is definitely CLEAN.