Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2007 11:27:36 GMT
My 3 litre windscreen was a bit tired with a myriad of tiny scratches, especially in the swept areas where the wiper blades operate. In the rain, this causes an effect a bit like looking through frosted glass until the air bubbles burst, even on a perfectly clean screen. My local Autoglass centre was very unhelpful when I enquired whether they knew of any process to renovate the toughened glass so after a Google search, came up with an outfit called GlasWeld based in Gravesend, Kent.
They operate a franchise system and the local guy came out to my house and has "polished" the screen to an almost new condition. It is not cheap but worth every penny as a new replacement is almost unobtainable now (according to Autoglass). The system works by generating enough heat on the surface to make the glass (supercooled liquid) flow and fill in the microscopic surface imperfections. It will deal with deeper scratches but this takes a long time and is consequently very costly.
I should mention that have no connection except as a very satisfied customer.
They operate a franchise system and the local guy came out to my house and has "polished" the screen to an almost new condition. It is not cheap but worth every penny as a new replacement is almost unobtainable now (according to Autoglass). The system works by generating enough heat on the surface to make the glass (supercooled liquid) flow and fill in the microscopic surface imperfections. It will deal with deeper scratches but this takes a long time and is consequently very costly.
I should mention that have no connection except as a very satisfied customer.
