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« on: September 15, 2018, 12:46:12 PM » |
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Last weekend I bought another Valk (I now have 3). It’s a 99 Tourer and the windshield sat in the corner of a warehouse for many years. It has a thick layer of dust on it and it may have turned yellow. I will be honest, I have zero interest in the windshield BUT would like to clean it up in order to sell it. I don’t want to sell something that is useless to the buyer if the shield can not be cleaned. Any tips or advice to clean it up? Was thinking that crap that is used to restore headlights, but I dunno and I dont want to ruin the shield either. Thanks.
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2018, 01:29:00 PM » |
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If hot water and a tiny bit of mild soap doesn’t do it. Well I am sorry but it’s trash as far as selling at that point. There is a film on a stock shield. If that film is yellow beyond repair it’s done.
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Tourus
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« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2018, 07:19:36 PM » |
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I bought a 1998 honda ACE tourer and the windshield was very blotchy, the factory film had come off or turned yellow in some places. I laid it on a couple of saw horses laid paper towel on it and poured goof off on it and let it sit for awhile. After about 20 minutes before it dried I started wiping it and to my surprise the film was coming off. Had to do it a few times but when I was done it was clear. I did both sides but the inside was the worst. You have nothing to lose so try it, hope it works for you as well as it did for me.
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DGS65
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« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2018, 10:16:47 AM » |
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I was surprised how easy it was to clean mine up and it looked like it was full of scratches.
A little Flitz and elbo grease looks like new.
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sixlow
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« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2018, 02:24:53 PM » |
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I was hesitant to post this until I tried it for myself. I once saw a friends spotless 98 Tourer and the stock shield was crystal clear, when I asked him how he did that he said he used gas on a micro fiber to remove the film, he also was very good with polishing equipment so maybe he polished it as well. Today I tried a small spot on my stock shield that has been hanging in the garage for years and it did work, it may take hours to do an entire shield but it may be worth it for a nice clean stocker to be brought back from yellow scratchy doom. I have Flitz too and may try that as well.
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DGS65
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« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2018, 05:31:49 PM » |
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I was nervous about trying the Flitz but very happy I did. I have had good luck using it on other similar surfaces such as the GPS screen on a boat something I thought was toast and it looks like new today. The GPS would have cost about 3K to replace and frankly there is no reason now!
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Wayn-O
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« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2018, 12:23:13 PM » |
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I have the same problem of a splotchy windshield on a project Valk I just bought.
I was ordering some Mother's Mag and Aluminum polish online and reading the reviews, only to discover that people use it to polish their car headlight lenses. I think that this is similar to Flitz where you use a metal polish to get it smooth again. The Mother's was only $4 for 10 oz. I'm gonna try it on the windshield.
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« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2018, 06:32:53 PM » |
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You must remove the original aged protective coating before polishing the polycarbonate windshield.
No amount of polishing will remove scratches or yellowing from the coating on the windshield. The polycarbonate should polish up nicely.
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