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[05omegav6]

Down here the heat reflective, rain sensing screen is £200, Standard is £130

Obviously the insurance version is £75 all day long regardless of screen type

[Kevin Wood]

I'd be weighing up putting up with a scratched screen against letting the average muppet from a windscreen company work on my car, TBH.

Most seem to remove the scuttle cover with a crowbar without even noticing the little clips.

EDIT: I do have some glass polish which I've found useful in the past. Glass is hard as bullets, though, so if the scratches are more than just tiny surface scratches, nothing will touch them.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Part of the reason when mine gets done, I'm debating doing it myself - or at the very least getting everything off, before Mr Windscreen man appears. I've also got some rust round the top of the screen to sort before another sheet of glass goes in. Off topic, but I know what you mean - I tend to hover like a mum that's just dropped her firstborn off on their first day at school whenever anyone is touching my Omega

[Steve B]

Part of the reason when mine gets done, I'm debating doing it myself - or at the very least getting everything off, before Mr Windscreen man appears. I've also got some rust round the top of the screen to sort before another sheet of glass goes in. Off topic, but I know what you mean - I tend to hover like a mum that's just dropped her firstborn off on their first day at school whenever anyone is touching my Omega

Got all the kit here to remove a windscreen 

[Gaffers]

From memory don't they clean and treat any rust around the windscreen when fitting?  Certainly seem to remember that they did on at least 2 of the windscreens I have had replaced.

[Kevin Wood]

From memory don't they clean and treat any rust around the windscreen when fitting?  Certainly seem to remember that they did on at least 2 of the windscreens I have had replaced.

The good ones probably do, yes. If you're watching...

[amba]

You would be very very lucky even removing the slightest scratch from a screen.

Like NickW I also worked for the same bunch and used glass polishing kits etc with little success.The theory was to use a pink powder called jewllers rouge which was then applied with a mop headed electric polisher .This would ,in theory flatten out the mark.

Truth was a usual rule of thumb was to replace ,as only std 3/4mm glass would allow even the slightest hairline mark to be removed.Once glass had been toughened it was not possible.

Stump up the insurance excess and get a new one fitted 

[Kevin Wood]

I suspect the polish I have used just fills the scratches with wax. It does improve matters, though.

[Steve B]

You would be very very lucky even removing the slightest scratch from a screen.

Like NickW I also worked for the same bunch and used glass polishing kits etc with little success.The theory was to use a pink powder called jewllers rouge which was then applied with a mop headed electric polisher .This would ,in theory flatten out the mark.

Truth was a usual rule of thumb was to replace ,as only std 3/4mm glass would allow even the slightest hairline mark to be removed.Once glass had been toughened it was not possible.

Stump up the insurance excess and get a new one fitted 

Who Andrew 

[The Sheriff]

I'd be weighing up putting up with a scratched screen against letting the average muppet from a windscreen company work on my car, TBH.

Most seem to remove the scuttle cover with a crowbar without even noticing the little clips.

EDIT: I do have some glass polish which I've found useful in the past. Glass is hard as bullets, though, so if the scratches are more than just tiny surface scratches, nothing will touch them.

Not too hard to scratch though 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

bullets get scratched as they're fired... so hard as bullets, like 'e said 

[05omegav6]

bullets get scratched as they're fired... so hard as bullets, like 'e said 

The expression might as well be soft as toffee... bullets generally being made of lead, which can be dented with a fingernail

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Haha. Well, I just nipped into the garage, dug out the old Webley service revolver, and popped out a round - gave it a chew, and now chipped my tooth. I demand you pay for the dentists bill!! It's not soft as toffee at all - and tasted orrible, too 

[05omegav6]

Haha. Well, I just nipped into the garage, dug out the old Webley service revolver, and popped out a round - gave it a chew, and now chipped my tooth. I demand you pay for the dentists bill!! It's not soft as toffee at all - and tasted orrible, too 

Just like toffee then

[Kevin Wood]

Haha. Well, I just nipped into the garage, dug out the old Webley service revolver, and popped out a round - gave it a chew, and now chipped my tooth. I demand you pay for the dentists bill!! It's not soft as toffee at all - and tasted orrible, too 

Bah! You're supposed to fire it at your windscreen then call Autoglass.