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10-07-2013, 09:25 AM
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Fleetwood Owners Club
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Cleaning Windshield
I saw a spot on one of the RV web sites about cleaning your windshield with a steel wool pad. It did work great but I found a real problem doing mine. I have had a few rock hits repaired on my windshield and until now they were all but invisible. The steel wool made each spot stand out like a sore thumb! Does anyone know of a product that I can use to polish the spots that were repaired?
Be careful using steel wool on your windshield.
Tom Troy
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10-07-2013, 10:14 AM
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I can not imagine using steel wool on a windshield!
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10-07-2013, 10:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dukeinhaler
I saw a spot on one of the RV web sites about cleaning your windshield with a steel wool pad. It did work great but I found a real problem doing mine. I have had a few rock hits repaired on my windshield and until now they were all but invisible. The steel wool made each spot stand out like a sore thumb! Does anyone know of a product that I can use to polish the spots that were repaired?
Be careful using steel wool on your windshield.
Tom Troy
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Did you use 0000 wool?
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10-07-2013, 10:26 AM
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Newmar Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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I assume what happened is that you scratched the material they used in the repair. I don't think you'll be able to get those out. You may call a service that does that repair and ask them for a suggestion on what might work.
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10-07-2013, 10:39 AM
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Newmar Owners Club
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I polished a telescope mirror with jewelers rouge some time ago and it worked well. If you have noticeable spotting that might work. However this is a very slow process. Jewelers rouge works very slowly.
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10-07-2013, 10:46 AM
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Tiffin Owners Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by F117plt
I can not imagine using steel wool on a windshield!
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I've done it on mine and my cars too. As long as you use 0000 it works fine. It will also remove bug splatter. Lots of folks follow up with RainX.
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10-07-2013, 11:02 AM
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Fleetwood Owners Club
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Cleaning Windshield
Yes, I used 0000 steel wool as the video suggested. It did scratch or rough up the windshield repair resin. It did not scratch the glass. I will ask a repair guy what to use to polish the repair resin.
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10-07-2013, 11:15 AM
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Country Coach Owners Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by F117plt
I can not imagine using steel wool on a windshield!
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Lots of info can be found with Google, here is one about using steel wool.
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10-07-2013, 06:15 PM
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Winnebago Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
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I would think bronze wool would be a better choice than steel wool. I can just imagine all the steel dust fallout getting trapped in a gasket or seam or something and rusting away.
You can find bronze wool at any decent marine supply store.
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10-07-2013, 06:23 PM
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Monaco Owners Club Holiday Rambler Owners Club
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Flitz polish would be my choice, it polishes everything from jeep windows to headlight covers to alum. wheels. Give it a try, can't make it worse.
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10-08-2013, 05:40 AM
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Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Quote:
Originally Posted by t55watson
Flitz polish would be my choice, it polishes everything from jeep windows to headlight covers to alum. wheels. Give it a try, can't make it worse.
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I use Flitz on the headlight covers on our motorhome a couple times a year, works well to remove the yellowing on the plastic. Haven't tried it on glass, but it should work.
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