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ZENVWDRIVER Samba Member
Joined: November 07, 2008 Posts: 3340 Location: N.E. Oklahoma
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:16 pm Post subject: '63 Stained Window Glass |
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...picked up this patina beauty earlier this week...it has no glass, no interior and no fenders. Installed new window rubber on glass I had. After the install, I tried cleaning the foggy glass, with no luck. The film appears to be oxidation, from sitting in my metal barn for maybe 20 years.
I used Windex and then a window scraper, and then gasoline on a rag, and finally lighter fluid on steel wool...maybe 20% of it came off. Anyone know of a way to remove oxidation from glass...I'd like to get it off, but if I can't, it does match the surface rust and patina
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grandpa pete Samba Member
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ZENVWDRIVER Samba Member
Joined: November 07, 2008 Posts: 3340 Location: N.E. Oklahoma
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:32 pm Post subject: . |
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no, the oxidation appears to be ON the glass surface and NOT in between the glass... Thanks! _________________ 5/50, pastel green 11G - SOLD
8/50, gray 11A Beetle
6/52, pastel green 11C - SOLD
11/4/52, black Zwitter - SOLD to my little bro.
1954 Porsche, pre A, with VW 36 horse- SOLD
1/54, black 11C Beetle - TRADED
2/55 Iceland green Beetle, on a 1965 pan
3/55 113 Beetle, stratos silver
1955 Messerschmitt KR175 - SOLD, sadly
1960 single cab
1962 SO33, with SO 42 interior
9/63 Pacific blue, Ghia
'87 Toyota MR2
'02 WestFORDia E-150, GAVE TO OUR SON
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longboard511 Samba Member
Joined: August 21, 2012 Posts: 133 Location: england
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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keep it it fits with the bug |
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ZENVWDRIVER Samba Member
Joined: November 07, 2008 Posts: 3340 Location: N.E. Oklahoma
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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longboard511 wrote: |
keep it it fits with the bug |
...appreciate that...is in my thoughts...thanks! _________________ 5/50, pastel green 11G - SOLD
8/50, gray 11A Beetle
6/52, pastel green 11C - SOLD
11/4/52, black Zwitter - SOLD to my little bro.
1954 Porsche, pre A, with VW 36 horse- SOLD
1/54, black 11C Beetle - TRADED
2/55 Iceland green Beetle, on a 1965 pan
3/55 113 Beetle, stratos silver
1955 Messerschmitt KR175 - SOLD, sadly
1960 single cab
1962 SO33, with SO 42 interior
9/63 Pacific blue, Ghia
'87 Toyota MR2
'02 WestFORDia E-150, GAVE TO OUR SON
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anthracitedub Samba Member
Joined: June 20, 2007 Posts: 3241 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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I bet a polishing cream would take it off... Like maas, it's good for polishing a lot of different surfaces, even plastic lenses. |
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61SNRF Samba Member
Joined: March 29, 2009 Posts: 4657 Location: Whittier 90602
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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It's good that you started with the least aggressive then worked your way up.
Next you might try a mild acid like vinegar and steel wool, if that doesn't work the next step up would be CLR and steel wool. _________________ -Bruce
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Eric&Barb Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2004 Posts: 24764 Location: Olympia Wash Rinse & Repeat
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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Water dripping on glass can transfer minerals onto the glass. We have a nice piece of headlight glass that had the same treatment. Very hard to polish off.... _________________ In Stereo, Where Available! |
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johnnypan Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2007 Posts: 7431 Location: sackamenna
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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body shop compound |
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hitest Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2008 Posts: 10296 Location: Prime Meridian, ID
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:44 am Post subject: |
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^^^ exactly. Don't be shy about cutin and buffin that glass. When faced with similar hell on my '66 bus windows- I spent nearly 2 hours per side window averaging 6 razor blades per pane to get that crap off. It will come off tough- with elbow grease and desolve-it. _________________
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Tim Donahoe Samba Member
Joined: December 08, 2012 Posts: 11740 Location: Redding, CA
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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"Nothin's Better". That's the name of an old-fashion product that comes in a 4 ounce white container.
It's a powder that is made specifically for getting the worst stuff--like hard minerals from water--off your windows.
I got mine at Napa Auto. My daughter's car had been sitting all summer next to where our yard sprinklers got the windows wet and left the hard minerals behind. Nothing would work on that shit, until ...
... I found the stuff mentioned above.
It works.
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ZENVWDRIVER Samba Member
Joined: November 07, 2008 Posts: 3340 Location: N.E. Oklahoma
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 7:14 pm Post subject: . |
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longboard511 wrote: |
keep it it fits with the bug |
...I have decided to leave the left side quarter and rear window as is...they really match the patina, I agree. The rear window is not so bad and the left quarter is not that important... since I look out of the right quarter a lot, I got a nice clear glass today and will install that. _________________ 5/50, pastel green 11G - SOLD
8/50, gray 11A Beetle
6/52, pastel green 11C - SOLD
11/4/52, black Zwitter - SOLD to my little bro.
1954 Porsche, pre A, with VW 36 horse- SOLD
1/54, black 11C Beetle - TRADED
2/55 Iceland green Beetle, on a 1965 pan
3/55 113 Beetle, stratos silver
1955 Messerschmitt KR175 - SOLD, sadly
1960 single cab
1962 SO33, with SO 42 interior
9/63 Pacific blue, Ghia
'87 Toyota MR2
'02 WestFORDia E-150, GAVE TO OUR SON
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Bob Loblaw Samba Member
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And here I was hoping to see a Beetle with "Stained glass windows". You know, like in church. _________________ sent from a phone using poor grammar and spelling |
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bgs Samba Member
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