scratches in arcade glass

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What is the easiest way to remove light scratches in tinted tempered glass? I heard of people using toothpaste and a buffer.
 
If Novus works for you please post the results.

But, Tempered glass is typically too hard to polish out scratches. Your best bet is to try to find a filler.
 
I already have that stuff. It is for plastic. I didn't think you can use it for glass.
 
Here's the general rule any glass company will tell you: If you can feel the scratch with your fingernail, it's not coming out. It takes more polishing compound and time than you will ever be willing to spend and in the end you'll be left with a piece that resembles wavy water. Live with it or toss it and buy a new one.
 
Here's the general rule any glass company will tell you: If you can feel the scratch with your fingernail, it's not coming out. It takes more polishing compound and time than you will ever be willing to spend and in the end you'll be left with a piece that resembles wavy water. Live with it or toss it and buy a new one.

It has to be a very expensive piece of glass to justify the work to remove a scratch you can catch with your finger nail.

You need to find glass polish with cerium oxide, as a liquid. Buff the glass by hand. Do not attempt to use power tools for this. Do not stay working one area trying to get rid of a specific scratch, work the area. (Just like novus, you'll end up with a blemish). Make sure the glass and rag you use to buff are clean, or you may scratch the glass while buffing.
 
I looked into doing this many years ago for a 35" tv I got for free with a tiny chip in the tube. I think I ended up at a telescope shop as they sold stuff to polish lenses. I did not go through with it as I was told it would be a ton of work to get the chip out.
 
Agreed, you're wasting your time if you try to polish a scratch out of tempered glass

Fillers do sometimes work, but it depends on the type of scratch... if you rub some grease from your nose on it, and lightly polish away the excess outside the scratch, and it helps, then a commercial product might work
The concept is to fill the crevace with a liquid that refracts light the same as glass, and once hardened you can polish the top flush with the surface of the glass
 
Polishing tempered glass is a great way to shatter it. You can't polish it.

Like it was stated above the only option are replace or try a filler.
 
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