sandblasted and pitted windshields

[markclark00]

Are there any products that can repair windshields that are sandblasted and pitted? Seems like there would be a polishing compound of some type?

[Dave M]

No, there is not. Pitted or sandblasted w/s are like mini craters. A very small chip of glass is removed when impacted by debris leaving a "pit". If you look at one of these pits with a magnifying glass you will see the crater.
If a modified zamboni machine (as used in hockey) would be invented for glass, well, I'd buy that stock!
Individual pits can be filled....turnbacks on rental cars, however if you are looking at a w/s that is covered with pits I'd suggest replacement.

[Lee]

You can do it, you can polish those pits out. Just get yourself some cerium oxide, a felt polishing pad and a high speed drill. Mix a slurry of water and cerium oxide and polish away. Be sure to polish to insure optical perfection. This should only take 2-3 years to do. But what the heck, sure beats spending all that money for a windshield.

[sag canada]

Yes I like spending the time making a cerium oxide mess of myself and the vehicle for a couple hours, warping and scratching the glass and charging the customer about $50 less than for the windshied replacement, I usually talk the customer out of this idea of polishing. By the way, would anyone like to buy a 1256 you can almost see out of. A fella I work with went a little crazy with the oxide and buffer.....

[markclark00]

Thanks for the info. I work with a company that services large trucking fleets. I see a huge amount of blasted windshields the the customer doesn't want to replace but could be sold on repairing if it was possible.
There was one so bad this past week that the service manager decided to replace cause the driver said he couldn't see when it rains.

[GlassStarz]

A bad blasting takes so much time to do its not worth it and why bother? buffing the glass is hard work and often if it was real bad still distorted a bit cheaper to replace