Scratched Windows

[pelo]

Hi everyone

 

Can anyone suggest how to remove scratches from my top vent window. Or make them not so noticeable please.

 

If you read a post I may earlier you will understand.

 

 

 

"We had our first row with a height bar one of those with metal bar swinging on a chain

 

We are a low profile motorhome but not that low!!! We hit the bar and lot of bangs and more noises that I cannot mention.

 

We pulled over away down the road as I climbed up the ladder holding breath I expected to see holes but on further inspection I noticed that the top window had been scratched and could not believe it and the rail running around the top only a small dent.

 

What Luck.

 

So advise is look out for low flying bars!! "

 

It would be nice to get rid of them.

 

Pelo

[watsoa]

I have used Brasso very successfully on my motorhome side windows after getting some fairly deep scratches from shrubs / tree branches on the side of a narrow roadway.

I know of several other people who have also used Brasso successfully  but I would advise testing a small area first.

 

Alan W

 

[barbar]

Try Mer. It is a polish but does take out scratches on the plastic windows. However, whether it will take out bad ones I do not know.

[barbar]

Try Mer. It is a polish but does take out scratches on the plastic windows. However, whether it will take out bad ones I do not know.

[jhorsf]

http://www.fenwicks.info/windowize.htm

[chas]

On a roof light with deep scratches I would advise T cut, you need something that will be quite strong cutting, and although the Fenwicks product is fine for slight grazes it will never get rid of deep marks.

[lennyhb]

I use Farecla scratch remover don't waste your time with Fenwicks it is only any good on the very lightest of scratches.

 

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[kelly58]

WE used to use T-Cut or Brasso on Aircraft canopies with great results plenty of elbow grease and patience is all you need and only do a small section at a time very time consuming but well worth it in the end. Toothpaste is very good for light scratches as well.

[pelo]

Hi Everyone,

 

Thank you for all your replies, down to the local camping supplies on Monday so that means I am on the roof :-( Tuesday!!

 

I hate heights!! Still management wants clear windows, what can you do. *-)

 

Thanks again

 

Pelo

[oldlowie]

Hi pelo, just thought I would add my two pennorth'!

 

I regularly use T-cut on the nearside windows where they get quite scratched down around our narrow country lanes.

 

The windows always come up looking like new, and with very little effort.

 

Good luck on the roof, just spent most of today on mine trying to clean the c**p off!! >:-(

[sshortcircuit]

Cutting back in during overtaking a stationary vehicle in France I left severe rubber/scratch marks on three windows. I used T-cut last night and windows are clear again.

 

We now call out to each other when overtaking in tight situations to ensure I do not make the same mistake again.

 

Unfortunately my SatNav does not no my MH width and has taken us down some narrow lanes which I should have abandoned but was unable to turn in.

 

Thanks for the tips and they do work.

[Guest Peter James]

If I might add never use a paper towel to clean plastic windows, glasses, CDs. Paper is derived from wood which may be harder than plastic - even though the fibres are so fine they feel soft to the touch they are often still hard enough to scratch the windows, particularly since the paper may well have hard impurities in it, or dust underneath it, making it act like sandpaper.

WORST OF ALL IS A DRY PAPER TOWEL!!! Sorry if thats obvious to many of us but I have seen a guy cleaning a new motorhome plastic windows with a dry paper towel!!!!

Rinse the dirt off first then use a wet cotton cloth or wet microfibre cloth.

[Colin Leake]

I used T-Cut to remove scratches in the windows of our Rapido. At first it seemed to have work and all looked well. Then when we were parked in the sun I noticed that the T-Cut had replaced the scratches with a series of swirl marks on the surface of the windows. I was a bit worried because the motorhome goes in as a trade in in March and I did not want to give the dealer any excuse to change his agreed price. Fortunately some hard elbow grease with Fenwicks removed the swirls but it was hard work. It may be that T-Cut followed by a specialised polish such as Fenwicks may be the answer for deep scratches, but be wear T-Cut on its own does have problems.