Glass scratch remover (for cocktails)?

I would think with something like that you wouldn't get an even surface, and might cause some slight dips in the glass.


Correct.. when done to windshields this makes distortions in the glass and distracting to see through

I dont think this would be noticeable for the most part on a flat surface that you only peer though to see a monitor..

Eastwood.com also sells a nice kit.

They work, but very messy. The rouge slings everywhere. you would have to remove the glass.

Some glass installers offer this service too
 
I tried a kit like this so I could repair a scratch in a new shower door. It was similar with the polisher bits for the drill but wasn't any of the ones you have listed. I worked with it on a sample piece of glass first and it helped somewhat with the scratch but always left a very slight distorton or swirling haze on the glass. It was hard to describe the effect exactly, but maybe think slightly brushed nickel compared to chrome. I wasn't pleased with the results at all so I decided against using it.

I had a professional from my shower installation place look at it an he told me that slighty better results could be had blending it in with some practice but my results were typical. He said that it can be made to look better than a bad scatch but usually at the expense of the pefect look of the glass. He said if you do the polishing steps to the entire piece of glass you can at lest make the hazing/distortion even to help hide it. His recommendation was just to leave the scatch I had alone. I then actully showed him a scratch I had in a Dig Dug bezel when he was here and again he recommened to leave it alone. He said the back lighting would hide the scratch better than the hazing would. I came away with the feeling that it really only helps if there is a major scatch and the compromise of distorting the glass is better than the heavy scartch.

Hope that helps.
 
I'm in the same boat. I wish someone would make a Millipede underlay.

What's sad, is when I bought mine, it had great art and was virtually scratch free. Now after 2-3 years of my wife using it to put laundry baskets on, it is showing signs of scratching, some I can feel with my nail. The art also seems to be starting to peel a bit in the corners.
 
The Eastwood repair kit would be the best way to go. It's use on Automobile windshields are generally relegated to the scratched areas that need it, which is probably the reason for uneven surfaces.

A cocktail cabinet glass top is flat and I'd buff the entire glass equally. As long as you cannot catch your fingernail in a scratch it isn't considered too deep.

So after using Eastwood, go with a glass polish, but plan to spend a lot of time on it.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
 
wome where i live now theres a wicked good glass dude we have fix windshields and stuff on out lot cars..

he can fix long cracks in windshields, scratches,etc


he has a specialized high speed buffer that dispenses compound right out of the center of the pad.. real neat man. he can get most scratches out(deep ones will show slight waviness when buffed out) and it only runs me 50-100 on the side for things like ct glass.. so call around to local glass joints and see if anybody will clean it up for you..
 
I've used the Eastwood kit on an entire car's glass once, worked great. Makes a HUGE mess and is tough to clean up. Definitely an outside job.
 
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