How to Remove Scratches From a UTV Windshield 

I am delighted with the amazing results

Great video.. this saved me alot of hassle and from buying a new windshield! Straight to the point is key!!

Hey man your videos are pretty cool. They help alot!

You should have emphasized how quickly you need to keep the gun moving. I got 85 percent of my Yamaha Royal Star Midnight Venture "bug-cleaning scratches," melted away and then slowed the heater movement just a little because I was heating a narrow but pretty deep rock gouge that I had left for last. That spot took in a little extra heat and before it seemed any of the gouge was softening or moving, it suddenly grew into a 2 inch mound of bubbled poly-carbonate - right in the middle of my windshield. The local shop gave me a used windshield. The "wet sand and polish method" with 500\1200\2500 wet sanding and orbital disc polishing with Meguiar's PlastiX worked amazingly well, and there was no way to totally screw up the job in just a couple seconds of too much heat.

Thank you for the video, great tip on that windshield. I just found your channel and a new subscriber, looking forward to watch everything you add to your channel from here on in. Be watching you from the west coast of Newfoundland, Canada.🇨🇦

GOOD job - Thanks for sharing. I had heard of this method, but never saw anyone actually do it. I was worried about using a heat gun and actually doing damage to the polycarbonate windshield on my UTV.

This method is awesome. Thank you !!

Thank you! I have an old boat windshield (poly). Doesn't get dirty or scratched as often as your UTV, but I think it will work great for those many micro-scratches.

Great idea never thought of that

AR, support from California Stay humble

nice vid man thanks

I also use this method on faded polycarbonate fenders and parts on ATV’s. Brings the color back if faded. Just be patient and use a well lit area .

Most helpful thanks

Nice. Tks for sharing

Awesome thank you

I’m going to try this on my Goldwing windshield . The swirls make it so impossible to see through at sunset , or in the rain . Thanks for the idea !

This helped allot!

Thank you I just subscribed to your channel

Good idea

My buddy used to make thick plastic Cribbage boards and he would flame polish them with a propane torch

What's the heat you have to do it with??

I soak all mine with soapy water or windshield washer fluid and use a soft silicone squeegee to clean mine. I've had better luck keeping scratches out with it than using microfiber towels.

Thanks very much for this. I have a really bad issue with the home installed windscreen on my Kubota L39 backhoe. I messed it up scraping the ice off it. I'll going to get me a heat gun next week. Is that a Massey 35 in the background there? If so, what year? Continental or diesel? Thanks again. Really helpful little tips on your channel.

I had scratched the plastic door with a sponge. Hope this method will help. Thank you

Do not have any poly shields, might try this on some plastic headlights though ! Thanks Dad !

I got a brand new windshield and put a protective sealant on it and with just two brand new microfiber towels it scratched the hell out of it…. Gonna try this method tomorrow and if that doesn’t work I’m sending it back haha

I'm just impressed you called it a ute and not a "side by side". That drives me nuts.

My storm door for the house will be getting this treatment soon.

So what happens if it gets too hot, will it break or discolor it? Definitely want to try this on my RatRod custom windshield that’s plexiglass. Thx

Try cleaning with lemon pledge rather than soapy water. These are the same material as a lot of airplane windows. Works like a charm and fills in micro scratches.

Would this technique or gentle use of a torch remove tiny scratches in an acrylic aircraft window?

I bet this would work great on motorcycle helmet visors and plastic goggles!

Spray dishsoap will also kill bugs..flies etc..I use Dawn..cause I love the irony..

Your so cool I want to be just like you when I grow up 😜

I did a pretty good job for my first time trying it but I did hold it too long it a couple of spots but not too bad..howevernow i have a couple of white spots from it starting to melt....any ideas on how I could remove that please

Heating up plastic, or anything for that fact changes the composition of the material. The material then becomes brittle. Making it more fragile then it originally was.

Gonna try this on my computer side panel, it's acrylic.

was this windshield acrylic or polycarbonate? I don't remember hearing you mention it in the video? thanks

Does this apply to windshields that come with an antiscratch coating?

Will this mess up the hardness of the windscreen?

Will work on my golf cart?

will this work on sun damaged windshields

What temperature are you using?

Nano fiber towels are the best.

that windswhield must be a foot thick. my windshield would be blown roman candles, creating a fuel explosing that becomes a mushgroom cloud over the spot garage used to be..

I use rain x. Been using it for years, no scratches.

Think this method would work on a skidsteer door? I think it’s polycarbonate

I tried this, just didn’t work for me. I wish it had

Anybody try this with a plexiglass windshield?

Well I just tried it and didn't work unfortunately on my plexiglass windshield 😮‍💨

Doing this heats the windshield and drys it out makes it more fragile, just polish it and do it right

Wow

I tried this and it's crap too...

got to be a faster way, this probably took hours, like trying to fill up a swimming pool with a garden hose. :C

Basically everything I did to my new windshield was captured in the first minute.... And that's how I stumbled upon this video. Dammit.

Never worked at all

Can't understand why anybody'd care about a scratchy windshield in the first place in that general environment .. it's to be expected, just goes with the territory.

GZZZZ, WHAT THE HELL ARE Y'ALL PAYING ALL THAT MONEY/LABOR ON?!?!? If it scratches that easily.

When I get a windshield I'm just gonna have it clear bra'd