Arrgh... measles on the windshield

First, you should never wash your car in the sun.

I wash mine in the shade and dry it with an Absorber.

You can try a claybar. It works on glass. If that doesn't work I'd try Meguiar's PlastX and if that doesn't work ScratchX. I wouldn't use LimeAway or CLR or anything like that. No matter how careful you are there is always the chance you'll ruin the paint.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Godiva @ Apr 16 2007, 10:41 PM) [snapback]424430[/snapback]</div>

Oh God, be careful with the claybar on the glass!!

I got a teeny-tiny chip in my almost brand new Prius' windshield, directly in front of where I normally look while driving straight ahead.

I thought that maybe I could 'buff' most of it out.

I was wrong and ended up paying for a new Toyota-branded windshield out of my own pocketbook.

Using a claybar (and other things, too) I created this weird haze in the glass that was all but invisible normally. But, during the night or first thing in the morning or at sunset, if bright light would hit it just right, that spot would suddenly turn more or less opaque...then, just as quickly, it would disappear...

Really, I asked a friend if she saw it, too. And she did! The first two or three times, well, I thought I was having a flashback or something [smile] but then I realized it was my very own handiwork...and it all (ahem) became a lot clearer...

*rimshot*

I do not know, if you're careful with the lime-a-way (or however it's spelled) and 'mask' off the area with towels or plastic and only moisten a cloth (and don't apply from the bottle directly or anywhere *near* the car)...keep it under control...you might make it work, maybe...?

I think that, whatever you do, begin with a product as mild as you possibly can, try it, assess, and go from there.

I'm maybe a klutz but have found that messing with blemishes often makes them more obvious, not less.

 

http://www.autopia-carcare.com/sonperglass.html

I use NXT glass cleaner for the interior of my Prius because of my window tint but for the exterior that Sonus glass polish removes water spots, bugs, haze... pretty much anything I've thrown at it. If you do not have a Porter Cable buffer you will have to use the little applicators they supply and a lot of elbow grease but the results are worth it imho

 

PlastX is really gentle. I use it on the interior plastic on the cup holder covers on the console and the CD door under the CD.

 

wont it come out with rubbing alchohol?

how about investing in a centralized water filtration system
or at least a water softner for the whole house hah

think of all the money you will save on drier sheets

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Godiva @ Apr 17 2007, 01:44 AM) [snapback]424478[/snapback]</div>

I'd use a product made for the job. You can get a glass polish and take it off with relatively little work by hand. Zaino sells one, also Griot's Garage has both a mild and more agressive one. I've used both with a machine polisher and by hand. They are great for cleaning the windshield before applying Aqua-Pel.

- Tom