moon roof restoration (OE sunroof glass)

[slacker]

this would apply to ANY rare glass , not just the moon roof .....

so I have a couple of these for my Trekker . Both are ok , but have scratches on the glass ... So I decided to try "fix" the worst one ..

This one was from a unit I parted a few years back .. It was rolled , as you can see the deep scratches on the glass .

so first .. I put some tape on the back side , so I would know ware I'm working

then I brought out the DA and started to sand it with 220

it as far as I got today ..




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[cometobanks]

Im very sun sensitive so I always tint mine like double limo, it doesn't fix the scratches, but you cant see them any more. I hope your trick works out.

 

[slacker]

got a little bit more done today

wet sanded with 400G

wet sanded with 600G

wet sanded with 800G

and removed the tape

just need to polish to remove the haze

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[lowlightbw]

keep it up! looking good!

 

[slacker]

thanks ...



I spent a few more hours sanding .. and polishing .. 6 hours total so far

reflection is awesome , but there are still some haze spots .. captured pretty good on the camera , but you really have to "look" to see them .. and I think on top of the roof , no one would ever notice

overall , I'm pretty happy .. no more scratches , which were visable from far with the roof open , and also visable from looking inside up at the roof .. you no longer can see them , and the minimal haze , is not visable either






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[GonOvr]

Did you use compounds when you did the final buff? I did the same thing with my side glass but i wet sanded then buffed with coarse, medium, and fine grit compound then finished it with wax. I couldnt see anything afterwords. In fact it made my other windows look like crap.

 

[slacker]

I did .. used brown , and green rouge' with a hi speed buffer .. then paste polish ..
I was going to try some ceridun oxide (sp) but just ran out of time


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