I found a very small chip in my wind shield when I was cleaning the car over the weekend. Can it be filled with something? Or should I just leave it alone. It's very small, but it still bothers me... especially since I've had the car for about 2 months.

Thanks.

 

I have a small chip in my windshield too that I'd like to know how to fix. It's almost directly in front of my view along the left side, which can be distracting. A friend told me that my insurance covers a windshield replacement once a year, but that seems like overkill.

 

And what about fine scratches made by a plastic ice scraper? Any fix or other help?

Norm

 

I had the same problem with my wife's car - I called the insurance co. and their main questions was, "Is it in direct view of driving". They charged me my deductible and it was replaced. Depends on the deductible! Mine was $100

 

Not much can be done on the chips, however I've had glass polishers remove some scratches on my rear window when the tint was cut on it and scratched it.

If you can find a professional which does this, be prepared.
It takes lots of time (3 hours for 2 feet of scratches in my case) and money, though I paid nothing. The tinter did.
In Seattle, they charge about $75/hour.

Good luck

 

Guys,

I haven't tried it yet but I hear tooth paste is the way. Apparently you can buff it out with some hard work, some crest, and a soft terry. I WOULD RECOMMEND TRYING IT IN A PLACE THAT YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT. Like I said...I haven't done it myself yet and I don't know if it will scratch too much. Another option might be to use a clear-coat safe car polish (very light abrasive) and an orbital polisher.

Good Luck and let me know if it works.

Paul

 

I was afraid of that. Unfortunately I've got more than a couple of feet of scratches to work on.

I do have some ultra-fine polish that might be OK - it's fine enough that I've been able to successfully recover some scratched CD's with it, so it probably wouldn't add any new scratches of its own. . . . Don't know if it would tend to create a haze or affect any other optical qualities though. . . . Got a thought about a way to use that slow-cutting stuff that doesn't require quite so much "elbow grease". If it works, . . . [/RAMBLE]

Norm

 

i thought zaino made a glass polish that was supposed to work very well (haven't tried it myself). might be worth checking out though (www.zainobros.com), looks like the product is called Z-12. any users out there?

 

Yeah, I saw the Glass Polish Zaino offers, I passed on it when I submitted my first order for Zaino... I think I'll order some soon though.

 

glass chips --> small crack --> deep crack --> expands --> huge crack --> window shatters

 

Thank you so much for that detailed and comforting forensic analysis...

 

I got a quarter size chip compliments of a Durango that was in front of me. Took it to a Auto glass shop who charged me $80 to fix. I can hardly tell it ever happened. By law if the chip/crack is in direct view of the driver then shops aren't allowed to fix it. The whole winshield must be replaced. But cmon, I live in Jersey City...all they (shops) care about is $$$ which was good for this situation.