Need help with rear glass!
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Need help with rear glass!
On my rear windshield I used to have several stickers. I removed them close to 3 months ago, and used both "goo gone" and "goof off" to remove the excess adhesive. However, to this day, there is still the outline of the stickers on my window. It is most visible when my rear windshield fogs up and when it rains, the water runs off the window accept on the sticker part. I tried using wax to no avail. Any help would be great.
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well, this could be totally wrong - but here's what it could be -
the stickers could have acted as a mask for regular wear and tear on the window. There are always things like sand and dust hitting your car, from all angles, and over a few years it can add a microscopic layer of roughness and pitting on the glass. SO, the stickers might have blocked this just enough to cause a difference in the roughness of your window, and when water is on the window, the water is going to stick better to the rougher parts as it has more to "grab" onto.
I dont know what to do about it, but im pretty certain thats what the deal is.
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the stickers could have acted as a mask for regular wear and tear on the window. There are always things like sand and dust hitting your car, from all angles, and over a few years it can add a microscopic layer of roughness and pitting on the glass. SO, the stickers might have blocked this just enough to cause a difference in the roughness of your window, and when water is on the window, the water is going to stick better to the rougher parts as it has more to "grab" onto.
I dont know what to do about it, but im pretty certain thats what the deal is.
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nope.
there are types of glass polish that you could give a shot, but you're going to have to polish the hell out of it to get it all uniform.
either that, or you can mask in a picture of a deer jumping over a creek or the rocky mountains in and sanblast the whole rear windsheild? eh? eh?
good luck.
there are types of glass polish that you could give a shot, but you're going to have to polish the hell out of it to get it all uniform.
either that, or you can mask in a picture of a deer jumping over a creek or the rocky mountains in and sanblast the whole rear windsheild? eh? eh?
good luck.
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Did you use any crap like RainX or other things that bond to the glass? That could be it...I FogX'd over a parking permit once inside my car, and the outline was there forever. 
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get window cleaner... and a razor blade.... spray the window cleaner on there and tilt you razor blade.. at a 40+ angle and scrap it..
be carefull tho.. if you scrape to hard or at a bad angle your going to scratch the window..
it should work.. call me if you have any ?
edgar,
be carefull tho.. if you scrape to hard or at a bad angle your going to scratch the window..
it should work.. call me if you have any ?
edgar,
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