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After finihsing up a 6 hour detail on a coworker's Land Rover HSE and a quick wipedown of the interior of my friend's rental car (they gave it to her filthy), I was plenty tired and the sun was setting on another hard day of detailing. As I glanced at my Vette in the driveway I was forced to face something that has been bothering me since I purchased it 2 years ago.
The long, sloping rear window has terrible water etching and these long etched runs that basically looked like a kid poured syrup over the back of the car. Since purchasing it I haved tried claying it, Swirl-X 1.0 by hand, Meg's #83 by hand, and the Lake Country GPS-Pro Glass Polishing System via DA.
After all this, I had reduced some of the lighter water spots but not placed the slightest dent in the etched runs. I had pretty much resigned myself to living with it and just replacing the glass sometime down the road to the tune of a little over $650...
I had contacted a Corvette Forum friend of mine, Todd (TH0001), and asked for help. He gave me some tips to adjust my method with the LC GPS kit and mentioned I could always throw some M105 on there as a last resort. Said as kind of a joke at the time I shot him a quick message regarding the feasibility of actually using M105 as nothing else worked. He advised me to give it a shot with the DA and watch for heat!! Heat can warp the laminate between the glass and can basically ruin the windshield.
So before putting anything away I decided to do it. Here's the process:
1. Wash rear of Vette with Meg's Gold Class Shampoo
2. Clayed rear glass with Meg's Smooth Surface Clay Bar (Quik Detailer as lube)
3. Cleaned glass with Stoner's Invisible Glass and Meg's microfiber
4. Taped surrounding areas with 3M tape (used the last of the extra-wide roll I used on the Rover)
5. Applied M105 to a 4" Lake Country Orange Pad (non-CCS) for one pass
6. IPA wipedown and inspection
Didn't take any pure "before" shots but here are some 50/50's to give you an idea of what I'm dealing with and how one pass...that's right one pass...of M105 totally eliminated both water etching and the runs!!
50/50...
And another 50/50...
Good 50/50 of the runs...
And now for the money shot of the same area after ONE PASS of M105...
50/50 of the water etching spots versus the glass after one pass of M105 (lots of microfiber lint and some product dusting)...
50/50 a little further back showing more of the runs on the right and complete removal on the left...
Love M105!!!
The long, sloping rear window has terrible water etching and these long etched runs that basically looked like a kid poured syrup over the back of the car. Since purchasing it I haved tried claying it, Swirl-X 1.0 by hand, Meg's #83 by hand, and the Lake Country GPS-Pro Glass Polishing System via DA.
After all this, I had reduced some of the lighter water spots but not placed the slightest dent in the etched runs. I had pretty much resigned myself to living with it and just replacing the glass sometime down the road to the tune of a little over $650...
I had contacted a Corvette Forum friend of mine, Todd (TH0001), and asked for help. He gave me some tips to adjust my method with the LC GPS kit and mentioned I could always throw some M105 on there as a last resort. Said as kind of a joke at the time I shot him a quick message regarding the feasibility of actually using M105 as nothing else worked. He advised me to give it a shot with the DA and watch for heat!! Heat can warp the laminate between the glass and can basically ruin the windshield.
So before putting anything away I decided to do it. Here's the process:
1. Wash rear of Vette with Meg's Gold Class Shampoo
2. Clayed rear glass with Meg's Smooth Surface Clay Bar (Quik Detailer as lube)
3. Cleaned glass with Stoner's Invisible Glass and Meg's microfiber
4. Taped surrounding areas with 3M tape (used the last of the extra-wide roll I used on the Rover)
5. Applied M105 to a 4" Lake Country Orange Pad (non-CCS) for one pass
6. IPA wipedown and inspection
Didn't take any pure "before" shots but here are some 50/50's to give you an idea of what I'm dealing with and how one pass...that's right one pass...of M105 totally eliminated both water etching and the runs!!
50/50...
And another 50/50...
Good 50/50 of the runs...
And now for the money shot of the same area after ONE PASS of M105...
50/50 of the water etching spots versus the glass after one pass of M105 (lots of microfiber lint and some product dusting)...
50/50 a little further back showing more of the runs on the right and complete removal on the left...
Love M105!!!
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