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Old 03-23-2025, 07:46 PM
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I can offer this experience based on a few years of glass experience.
There are a few snake oils that may work, I have never tried any.
Cerium Oxide is going to be the most effective. It will clean up the hairline scratches from years of dirty towels etc. For deeper scratches you can help minimize that Cerium polishing duration with a 3500 up to 5000 grit wet sand with plenty of water or in a water bath, Follow up with a Cerium Oxide polish.
The sanding of anything “deep” can leave a distortion or wave when clean and in the correct lighting, much like you would see in bodywork.
The key to both, or any part or the process is to not let get the glass get hot, that’s when it has a chance of popping.
Any grit polishing on the etch logo will wipe the logo away.

If the Cerium paste is drying up quick as you buff across it then the glass is to hot.

In the past I hired a scratch removal company that came to a recently completed project and was able to remove 95% of the scratches that the window cleaners damaged on about 20 units on a glass wall that had pieces 72 x 120, these were scratched bad, similar to a piece of auto glass that had a DA run across it with 80 grit. Yes the glass had some distortion but it faced north east so sunlight was not an issue, that saved the college a ton of money versus new glass and install.
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