mat88
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Oct 15, 2020 21:15:00 GMT
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Firstly,delete or move or whatever if I'm in the wrong place.. I don't venture far from the readers rides section normally but this seemed like the best place for my question... Haha
So the question.. if hypothetically speaking someone had gotten grinding sparks on the windscreen of a car, leaving with tiny little melted/scorched dots on it. What would be the best way of removing them/minimising them as a temporary measure.. polished with fine compound on the d/a? Clay bar? 40 grit? Throw a brick at it and claim on the windscreen cover haha.
Also hypothetically speaking of course... If same person had showered the double glazed upvc house window with same grinding sparks leaving hundreds of little tiny black dots on it. What's likely to be best plan of attack for that too haha
Again this is all hypothetical and definitely not what I've done. Incase my Mrs ever finds this post lol
Cheers
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Dez
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Oct 15, 2020 21:17:39 GMT
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Take all the metal blobs off with a Stanley blade so they don’t go rusty and leave brown stains/chew up your wipers. You’ll be left with tiny craters in the glass though that you cant do anything about other than replace the glass. Tbh our Lupo has had em for about 3 years and I don’t really notice em, but they are lower down the screen not really in your main field of vision.
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Last Edit: Oct 15, 2020 21:18:11 GMT by Dez
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Rich
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Oct 15, 2020 21:18:29 GMT
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Spray with a wet-type glass cleaner or screen wash and while keeping the glass very wet hold a penny (has to be a penny or 2P) against the glass with 1 finger flat against the pane and rub over the affected area. Will lift out the Metal particles while the glass cleaner keeps the coin Lubricated to Avoid scratching
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Last Edit: Oct 15, 2020 21:19:31 GMT by Rich
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mat88
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Oct 15, 2020 21:40:04 GMT
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Spray with a wet-type glass cleaner or screen wash and while keeping the glass very wet hold a penny (has to be a penny or 2P) against the glass with 1 finger flat against the pane and rub over the affected area. Will lift out the Metal particles while the glass cleaner keeps the coin Lubricated to Avoid scratching this feels like some kind of witchcraft. Is it cus the penny is softer than the grinding bits.. like industrial claybar haha
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mat88
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Oct 15, 2020 21:41:39 GMT
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Take all the metal blobs off with a Stanley blade so they don’t go rusty and leave brown stains/chew up your wipers. You’ll be left with tiny craters in the glass though that you cant do anything about other than replace the glass. Tbh our Lupo has had em for about 3 years and I don’t really notice em, but they are lower down the screen not really in your main field of vision. Tbh the ones on the screen aren't too bad, I can live with them, and if I get a stone chip that "spreads" il get the screen replaced.. good shout on the Stanley blade to take the highpoints off. It's the house window that is causing ermmm issues haha
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Oct 15, 2020 22:04:41 GMT
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Shave the blobs off with a very sharp wood chisel. Start saving for a new screen, as it's still knackered.
Punch the cretin that didn't cover the glass when grinding. I'm safe, because I haven't done that for ages.....
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Rich
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Spray with a wet-type glass cleaner or screen wash and while keeping the glass very wet hold a penny (has to be a penny or 2P) against the glass with 1 finger flat against the pane and rub over the affected area. Will lift out the Metal particles while the glass cleaner keeps the coin Lubricated to Avoid scratching this feels like some kind of witchcraft. Is it cus the penny is softer than the grinding bits.. like industrial claybar haha Yea, the penny is soft metal and drags the hard metal out of the glass. If you have a large area to work have a couple ready. It’s the easiest way of doing it I’ve found.
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slater
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Careful. Most modern pennies are steel not bronze.
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mat88
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Shave the blobs off with a very sharp wood chisel. Start saving for a new screen, as it's still knackered. Punch the cretin that didn't cover the glass when grinding. I'm safe, because I haven't done that for ages..... Hmmm can I avoid punching myself if necessary. Haha
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I feel your pain. I removed a wheelarch repair section from a project back while I had to work on the driveway. A few weeks later my Mum asked why the porch window felt gritty. All of a sudden I remembered where all those pretty sparks had gone.
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jamesd1972
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Been there done that, the 3m scotch pad to remove a parking notice didn't help matters...
Anyhow on a completely unrelated matter I've been told you would be amazed at how hard you have to hit a windscreen with a hammer to crack it so it needs replacement on the insurance.
James
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TessierAshpool
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Oct 16, 2020 10:28:13 GMT
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I feel your pain, been there.
Also check your car's paintwork for spark burns, or you'll get loads of tiny rust specks appearing.
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Rich
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Oct 16, 2020 10:53:09 GMT
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Careful. Most modern pennies are steel not bronze. Still seems to work but yes, the older the better.
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Oct 16, 2020 18:24:49 GMT
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As everyone said, scrape the lumps of steel out to prevent rust, and on the car prevent destroying the wipers.
If you need a new screen then you could stand on both inner wings as if you are about to lift off a really heave cylinder head, and slip backwards and put a bum shaped impression in the glass. Someone I know (not me though, maybe, OK it was me) did exactly that to a Jag XJ40. That definitely required replacement.
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Oct 16, 2020 18:39:41 GMT
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I've made the 'grinder sparks' mistake with the MR2. It's all in the paint as well as on the glass. The paint needs doing anyway so I'm not massively upset. Lesson learned though. We replaced the drive with expensive blocks a couple of years ago. Now I have a tarp down and regularly hoover to keep the dust off the drive 'cos it will go rusty. I must look dead posh hoovering the drive!
Anyway, glass. When I took the quarter light out I used a razor blade to knock the grinding blobs off (which took a bit of doing) and then gave it a good go with wire wool to get 30 years of dirt off it. It's come up nicely!
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Oct 16, 2020 19:02:56 GMT
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It also melts it's way into seat belt webbing.
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mat88
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Oct 16, 2020 19:23:06 GMT
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Il give all these ideas a try.. I mean I would if I'd been daft enough to damage the biggest window in the house haha
Nice to know it's not just me that's an idiot tho haha
Cheers
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Oct 16, 2020 19:53:50 GMT
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Il give all these ideas a try.. I mean I would if I'd been daft enough to damage the biggest window in the house haha Nice to know it's not just me that's an idiot tho haha Cheers I also did it to the biggest window in the house, then moved house, problem was we sold the house to my dad who was downsizing, so we still ended up replacing it.
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mat88
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Oct 16, 2020 20:01:59 GMT
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Il give all these ideas a try.. I mean I would if I'd been daft enough to damage the biggest window in the house haha Nice to know it's not just me that's an idiot tho haha Cheers I also did it to the biggest window in the house, then moved house, problem was we sold the house to my dad who was downsizing, so we still ended up replacing it. Hmmm moving house seems a bit extreme, especially since we're having new kitchen and stairs at minute.. il bare it in mind tho haha
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Oct 16, 2020 21:04:17 GMT
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Stanley blade first, then use fall out remover to remove any oxides to prevent rust stains. Done this on the mates van window and worked perfectly.
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Last Edit: Oct 16, 2020 21:04:34 GMT by rascaltl
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