After the triumph of the jeweller´s rouge on the front window scuffs of the Barchetta, now attention turns to the PVC rear window which has become cloudy with age. It´s not that bad, but if anyone on the Backroom has a magic fix to try before I replace the whole shebang (could be a bit pricy) I would love to hear it!
I´m pretty sure that the jeweller´s rouge won´t work on the back window before anyoneone suggests it...!
Thanks in advance,
Barchettaman
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Renovo Plastic Window Polish as described here www.clean-image.co.uk/valeting_convertible.htm
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Most renovation finishes will mearly 'varnish over' the scratches as oposed to abrading them back as in the case of jewlers rouge.
Paul
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meguiars plast x is intended for these windows
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One word... Renovo
The window of my spider was completely opaque, 1 hour with a polishing machine and a bottle of Renovo and it's now see through.
In fact I recomend all of their Hood products.
:) JaB
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Used Mer glass cleaner and smart cabrio window cleaner on our smart - both did a great job and look suspiciously like the same product!
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Many thanks one and all for some really good tips. Looks like I´ll be getting some Renovo, and let you know how it goes. Anything´s got to be better than ?200+ for a new window...
Cheers,
Barchettaman
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Right, well, half an hour and half a bottle of Renovo later the Barchetta back window is now practically good as new. I´d definitely recommend the Renovo stuff - I reckon that´s ?200 saved.
One point though - it was only after 20 minutes of furious polishing of the outside surface without much luck, that I realised maybe the inside surface needed doing too... suddenly, Road to Damascus revelation-style, the light came streaming through!!
Many thanks to all for the suggestions.
Regards,
Barchettaman
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I'd advise doing it in warm weather (too late now of course!), the rear windows are fairly brittle in the current cold weather and can split if manipulated too much.
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Oops. It was about -5 yesterday.
Looks like I got lucky, as the window didn´t split.
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This stuff is also recommende, if Renovo proves difficult to obtain:
snipurl.com/pum2
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