moon roof restoration (OE sunroof glass)

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this is really not "fab" but restoration ..

this would apply to ANY rare glass , not just the moon roof .....

so I have a couple of these for my Trekker . Both are ok , but have scratches on the glass ... So I decided to try "fix" the worst one ..

This one was from a unit I parted a few years back .. It was rolled , as you can see the deep scratches on the glass .

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2/bj_bumperboy/MY%20Trekker/SSPX0978.jpg

so first .. I put some tape on the back side , so I would know ware I'm working

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2/bj_bumperboy/MY%20Trekker/SSPX0979.jpg

then I brought out the DA and started to sand it with 220

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2/bj_bumperboy/MY%20Trekker/SSPX0981.jpg

it as far as I got today ..




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[Obi..]

This is gonna be a good writeup! Sweet, thanks man!!

How'd you monitor the temp of the surface, something I always struggled with. Shattered tempered just sucks.
List the supplies all at once so I can go shopping? :D

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This is gonna be a good writeup! Sweet, thanks man!!

How'd you monitor the temp of the surface, something I always struggled with. Shattered tempered just sucks.
List the supplies all at once so I can go shopping? :D



wet sanding ...

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got a little bit more done today

wet sanded with 400G

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2/bj_bumperboy/MY%20Trekker/SSPX0984.jpg

wet sanded with 600G

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2/bj_bumperboy/MY%20Trekker/SSPX0985.jpg

wet sanded with 800G

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2/bj_bumperboy/MY%20Trekker/SSPX0986.jpg

and removed the tape

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2/bj_bumperboy/MY%20Trekker/SSPX0987.jpg

just need to polish to remove the haze

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2/bj_bumperboy/MY%20Trekker/SSPX0989.jpg




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[Seanz0rz]

awesome! i have alot of glass in the VW that needs some love, some of it has some weird tape residue embedded in it. ive tried nearly everything to get it off!

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I spent a few more hours sanding .. and polishing .. 6 hours total so far (wow a lot of time!!)

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2/bj_bumperboy/MY%20Trekker/SSPX0992.jpg

reflection is awesome , but there are still some haze spots .. captured pretty good on the camera , but you really have to "look" to see them .. and I think on top of the roof , no one would ever notice

overall , I'm pretty happy .. no more scratches , which were visable from far with the roof open , and also visable from looking inside up at the roof .. you no longer can see them , and the minimal haze , is not visable either from the inside






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[DHC6twinotter]

Awesome! Thanks for posting this!

[Seanz0rz]

my scratches are petty superficial, so many i can get away with 400 grit on up,

[Obi..]

16 year old 4Runner (2nd Gen) Glass edge after just three trips through the Sierra's wheeling..this is the worst of it on the edges, then there's of course streaks/scratches all over the middle. Rule seems to be "don't plan on using the rear unless you've a hose and fire-nozzle tip to pressure wash all the grit out. *and this is the low-res pic.. :P I need to go shopping for polish. What grade/brand are you using since all I have now is Meguiar's Ultimate?
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7ZdaP1cvw5c/TdssBB-mexI/AAAAAAAAA6w/xvuddZcXhhw/_Preview_.JPEG

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mine were so deep , as the glass was scrached along the rocks in a roll over .. I was very surprised it didnt break . I started with 220 grit .. thats how deep they were :)

my progression was:

220
320
400 wet
600 wet
800
3000
brown rouge'
green rouge'
meguires polish


in all honesty , I dont think I spent enough time with the 320 , this is why it' has some haze


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