Glass Scratch Removal - Sunglasses

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  • Nj
    S2Forum Possessed
    • Jan 2007
    • 3420
    • Home: Scotland Current: Finland

    #16
    a flip flop?
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    2001 3.0 B6 A4 Avant Quattro Sport

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    • Rusty
      Super Moderator
      • Jun 2004
      • 18953
      • Country: United Kingdom

      #17
      joke
      Cheers'en, AndyC
      1994 ABY Coupe - Projekt Alpinweiss

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      • HPmuirt
        S2Forum April Fool
        • Apr 2005
        • 3014
        • Home: United Kingdom Current: England

        #18
        Stop teasing them Rusty and give the saddo detailers what they want - before and after pictures with close-ups of the scratches and a dull 7-page report of which products you used and how much it all cost.

        I assume you finished the job off with a good handfull of some special £8K a tub Carnauba wax?

        Cheers n

        Si
        95 ABY S2 Coupe - Ragusa Green
        Subtle mods here and there


        2011 A5 3.0 TDi - Lava Grey
        With every option available (except a towball)

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        • Rusty
          Super Moderator
          • Jun 2004
          • 18953
          • Country: United Kingdom

          #19
          £8k tub of wax is a bit cheap, I'd go for the wax that incorporates the first pressing from a virgin's breast milk and is then refined through shellfish for that added pearl effect... only £eleventy-billion - cheap IMO.

          Actually I removed the scratches so well that I also removed the surface coating on the lens but that's life and was due to the initial mess being too much to sort out and the lenses being plastic and not glass as I had assumed (expensive glasses my *****). I tried it on the other lens (light scratches) and it worked well, removing most little scratches with no ill-effects. Toothpaste is also good but not as well controlled on the abrasive particle size
          Cheers'en, AndyC
          1994 ABY Coupe - Projekt Alpinweiss

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          • Nj
            S2Forum Possessed
            • Jan 2007
            • 3420
            • Home: Scotland Current: Finland

            #20
            haha. and there was me thought it was detailers terminology for a special pad or something. doh!
            I'm actually interested not as a saddo detailer but as a guy who scratched his mother in law's ceramic hob and got a big dose of "the brows". Thought I might be able to fix it instead of having it as a constant thorn in my side.
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            2001 3.0 B6 A4 Avant Quattro Sport

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            • Rusty
              Super Moderator
              • Jun 2004
              • 18953
              • Country: United Kingdom

              #21
              Should work perfectly, Peek states ceramic hobs as a recommended application
              Cheers'en, AndyC
              1994 ABY Coupe - Projekt Alpinweiss

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              • Nj
                S2Forum Possessed
                • Jan 2007
                • 3420
                • Home: Scotland Current: Finland

                #22
                good stuff. also have a long wide scratch or series of scratches on my driver's window. looks like something was trapped against the rubber for some time and kept doing damage as the window went up and down. can you use a pad and polisher with the Peeks because I could be there for a loooong time by hand I think
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                1990 CQ20v
                2001 3.0 B6 A4 Avant Quattro Sport

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                • Nj
                  S2Forum Possessed
                  • Jan 2007
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                  • Home: Scotland Current: Finland

                  #23
                  if anyone else is looking £4.75 for 100g seemed to be the best I could find without going into bigger volumes. much better value than the 50g tubes anyway http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PEEK-Multi-Use...item4aa0b92401
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                  1990 CQ20v
                  2001 3.0 B6 A4 Avant Quattro Sport

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                  • Rusty
                    Super Moderator
                    • Jun 2004
                    • 18953
                    • Country: United Kingdom

                    #24
                    Might want to get a proper glass polishing kit to sort the window... then again, a breaker window will cost about the same...
                    Cheers'en, AndyC
                    1994 ABY Coupe - Projekt Alpinweiss

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                    • Nj
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                      • Jan 2007
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                      #25
                      aha! but finnish breakers aren't the same as British breakers. EVERYTHING's more expensive. I went to a scrappie recently and they wouldn't let me near the cars. I had to tell them what I wanted and they would go get the part if they had it. and so you pay for their time too.
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                      2001 3.0 B6 A4 Avant Quattro Sport

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                      • Nj
                        S2Forum Possessed
                        • Jan 2007
                        • 3420
                        • Home: Scotland Current: Finland

                        #26
                        and the last time I sent a window by DHL it arrived in a condition only suitable for decorating flower beds
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