How To Get Scratches Out Of Your Windshield 

Hi Daniel. Thank you for posting your video. The windshield on my Mazda was so badly wiper scratched that it was difficult to look through the window if driving into the sun. I did exactly what you showed in the video and it took out 98% of the scratches. Saved me having to replace my windshield. You rock!

Hey Dan, wanted to give you and your viewers some pointers. I noticed a few things that you should avoid next time, to achieve greater results. If we're making informational tutorials, lets make sure we're doing it safely and sharing proper information. 1. never use a "rag" anywhere on your vehicle. Only use microfiber towels. 2. Never lay your buffer "pad side down" you just picked up debris from your wooden outside furniture onto the pad and that will now contaminate your clean zone. 3. You're using a paste wax with a machine. this product was not designed to be applied with a machine. you should be using liquid. 4. you're using way to much product. only a micro film of wax is left behind, so why cake it on? 5. never use ammonia based cleaner on your vehicle. Unfortunately, this whole method is improper. you skipped many critical steps and jumped right to step 99. you have the right idea, but this method will give you permanent results. 1. mist the windshield with an ammonia free cleaner and clean glass with a razor tool, to remove any bugs, sap, tar, ect. 2. clay the glass with glass clay to pull contaminates from the pores of your glass. Dry glass with microfiber towel. 3. using a DA polisher, prep a microfiber cutting disk with a heavy cut compound (M105, or M101). 4. working a 2x2 section at a time, run the polisher in a cross-hatch pattern 2-3 passes over the area. 5. After the whole glass is compounded, switch DA pads to a foam polishing pad and use a polish (M205) and repeat the same process. 6. Never use WAX on windshield. (wax will cause the blades to drag and skip over your glass. 7. use a glass sealant or a glass treatment solution such as rainex to seal the glass pores. 8. finally use a clean dry microfiber towel to buff clean. filling your scratches with wax is not a repair, do it right and you will feel much better about your results.

Just appreciate you taking time out of your life to allow your DIY individuals get a skim over view on how to save money and fix there vehicle Thank you

I was clear to me that you have a lot to learn when I saw your buffer was pad side down on a wooden bench and you placed a metal tub on your hood.

Yeah, you can fill them with wax to get by, it works really well for fine scratches, just replace the windshield if you have to sand. They're not that expensive on the more common cars and repairing deep scratches is a pain in the ass because you usually create more in the process.

Don't mind the haters Daniel, I find your video helpful. Many many thanks.

The rubber from the wipers did not scratch the glass, it was dry rubber. Polish won't remove a glass scratch, at best it might fill it in, but that is not likely either. Products like RainX actually fill the micropores of the glas, making it really slick. Have you tried rubbing the wiper marks with acetone, or other solvent? Then washing it really well? There are glass polishes that can be gotten via Ebay, but they need to be handles properly or you can hurt yourself. Did the polishing wheel get dirty when you applied the wax? That might be the rubber you removed from the glass. I could be wrong, but I doubt it because no amount of wax can fill, or remove a true scratch in glass.

Thanks so much. We have a scratch made by the windshield wipers and can not get our inspection approved until the scratch is gone. So I'm going to try your method. I'll let you know.

Did you use a general car polish or specific windshield polish?

And how for how long will those scratches stay away? Wax doesn't do anything else than fill those scratches so that they look invisible but wax doesn't last forever.

Love your car. I got 05 mustang same color. Will try this tommorow. Thanks

Can you wax the windshields? I thin is a good idea

Can you do this for the inside of the windshield? Mines all scratched up on the interior

Doesn't this just fill in the scratches?

hello. I'm from India and don't have the cleaner wax available here. Can you suggest anything else?

Cool video, should've shown us the finished results in the sun though not in shade. Imma try this but with Polish and not wax

Dude! Thanks! We owe you a few beers! Best of luck!

Thank you for this post you did a wonderful job I will have to try that on my truck and friends and families cars

got to love giving advice and idiots complain you clearly said doesnt remove them but makes temporary fix thanks for the vid bud made mine look good all that counts fuk everyone else if they want them totally removed then buy a new one lol

Thank you for sharing this with us.Helped me out tremendously!!!!

I have a slightly different problem. I got scratches on my driver side window. Like long scratches going up and down from what I assume was caused by dirt and tiny rocks getting stuck where the window goes down. Some are light scratches and others are a little deeper. Suggestions on how to properly fix this?

Hi, your video was great,and should solve my problem.Thank you and best wishes.I will keep watching.P.S.Lovely Mustang.

DON'T use Windex on your car. Windex has ammonia which can cause corrosion or damage coatings around the windshield. It's much better to use an ammonia free cleaner. The cleaners made specifically for auto windshields are much safer.

Hi, can I use Turtle wax instead of Mothers ? Which type is better liquid or hard shell for car?

Is this a permanent fix? or would I need to re apply the wax, I've put wax on my windows before but I've never done it with this method or noticed any scratches go away

Hello DIYDaniel , does 3M compound works in this job?

Did it help against the night glare?

what kind of buffer pad is that?

Can I use a Autoglym Glass Polish for a scratches or only a Wax will help?

Won't this cause distortion in the windscreen?

Does toothpaste work?

What about when it rains and you use your wipers, won't it come of?

i have scratches on my windshield and i dont have a machine buffer can i use my hand ?

soooooo if you do this. do you still need to apply rain x on top?

thanks for the video will try it thanks Keith

Very helpful ...thank you for uploading

Thank you so much for showing us 💞💞

Well done. Thanks for the demo.

You are a saviour.

Thanks for the video Daniel. I get tired of all these whiners and complainers who say, "This is not going to work. This is not going to last." Have you tried it? NO! Go whine to your mommy.

The scratches aren't gone, like it says in the description its not a permanent solution. the wax just fills the scratches, it will come off and reveal the same scratches once the product has been worn off

Got all scratches out of 20 year old windshield, sunlight scattered, $275 well spent at safelight

sorry I commented before the video was over. if you would've just skipped to the polishing pad and went in even strokes up and down then side to side it would've came out great

DAm DaNiel!!!

I wi implement your idea and will give f/b.

With out buff machine possible

Use the wrong compound or too much pressure with any product with micro abrasives and you will scratch the crap out of your window! You can cut into paint, this is called paint correction, "you level the paint". YOU CAN NOT CUT INTO OR LEVEL GLASS, YOU WILL DO IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE! When using products like in this video, you will fill the valleys of the scratches and it will appear like you have removed the scratches. NO DISRESPECT INTENDED, just don't want to have anyone wreak their windshield. Water spots (if not etched) and transferred material sitting “on top of the glass” will always come off but BE CAREFUL, if you do damage the glass, it wont show while your buffing, you will see the damage later in the right light and refection and go/say oh-$h1t. A girl just called me and told me “you can fix glass scratches, I seen it on You tube” PRO-DETAILER x 25 yrs.

Why are you using wax to polish?

actual polishing paste and a real buff pad do it. you aren't removing anything you are just filling it until it wears off.

I have a deep scratch by buffingbit will it come off?

Thanks mate

This was a waste of time. Why apply more wax onto a layer of wax you just applied? That "buffer" you're using wont do anything but struggle when you apply more pressure against the surface being polished. Then after all that wax applied, you used windex to remove the residue? Do you also wash your car immediately after you wax it? Or do you go the extra mile and clay bar over the car you've just finished washing and waxing?

Thanks man!

I have buy mothers watersport remove can it help me to remove the scratch from windshield or turtle wax dash and glass is better?

thanks dear

my dad did this in our old car and all scratches were gone

i tried this but it fails . thinking of replacing the windshield

Show me the way Dan!

thanks...

you go on and on , in future get to the point , it makes for better viewing

you wasted my time!

Boring

you might get road grim off idiot but it will not remove srathces

Useless.