Glass scrapers [was: Re: Polishing scratches out of glass]

John Rumm ...

> > Mart> > > At some point in the past someone has overenthusiatically > > > sanded the window frames of my house, and managed to put > > > small scratches around the edges of nearly all the windows. > > > I'd like to polish the scratches out, and I've done some > > > research through the archives to discover that jewellers' > > > rouge is the stuff to get. > > > > My Father In Law is a glass engraver, and is often asked if > > it is possible to remove scratches, or change/erase the > > engraving on glass. The usual answer is that while not 100% > > effective, you can significantly diminish most scratches with > > a rubber wheel on the end of a dremmel type tool. > > You mean with rouge on it?

Erm, rouge? Jeweller's rouge, or do you have to apply make-up??? I should think that polishing out scratches like this might lead to so much distortion as to be counter-productive. Might a better bet be something to fill in or disguise the scratches, like you can get for car windscreens? It might even be better to replace the glass....

Re. the glass scraper, I got one from my local hardware shop (a good "we stock everything" one) - one of the metal kind of scrapers with a retractable blade that takes single-edged razor blades. It's really good, much better than the Stanley knife bladed "DIY" versions - my old one vanished ages ago, and I've been looking for one for some time. Got 30% off a box of blades, too! Result! It's almost as easy to paint a window, not worrying about paint on the glass, and whizz off the excess when dry, as it is to do a proper job and run a paint bead along the glass.

J.B.

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Jerry Built
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I used a razor blade to clean up some glass one time. It had muck on it that nothing else managed to shift. Trouble is, its very easy to cut the surface of the glass, leaving it matt and light scattering. There wasnt a big gap between the pressure needed to remove the muck and that needed to damage the glass itself. So I'd take care with your razor scraper.

Regards, NT

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N. Thornton

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