Fairy dust on my windscreen

[feenster]

Hi all,
Whenever the sun catches my windscreen, all I see is thousands of little specs reflecting the sun - it looks like someone has covered the screen in glitter. The car is a 2004 Leon Cupra TDI, and has done ~58,000 miles.

To the naked eye, the screen looks clean enough, so i'm wondering if these are just lots of tiny stonechips or something? Is it possible to polish them out, or do I need to be looking at a new screen?

Cheers,
Matt

 

[beezasport]

try a clay bar it gets off all the ground in crap on there. worked on mine.

 

[the_prophet]

was jst thinking about posting that after reading the first post lol. always unhappy with amount of crap on my screen, then claued the car for 1st time last week end inc. screen and got everything off.

 

[feenster]

Good stuff - I'll try and some Clay from somewhere today then. Got some nice Aero style wipers to go on, so seems like a good opportunity.

Matt

 

[thebeno]

I use AG Window polish, works a treat for me, never need to put the window wipers on, the water just glides off.

 

[the_prophet]

I use AG Window polish, works a treat for me, never need to put the window wipers on, the water just glides off.

i always use that when i was the car, but it couldn't get rid of the heavy duty stuuf on the windscreen. clays the best for that.

 

[beezasport]

yu'll get some from halfords or somewhere like that... meguires quick clay

 

[feenster]

yu'll get some from halfords or somewhere like that... meguires quick clay

Not from my Halfords :S They were selling some kit for £25, but i only wanted the clay. Got it for £11 from a local shop in the end. Just need the weather to hold off long enough for me to use it!!

Matt

 

[beezasport]

matt make sure you put some sort of detailing spray on to lubricate the clay

 

[Skorchio]

Try magures (spelling) quick clay - Its abotu £14 buts its really good on paint work to.

 

[Smart22186]

I've thought about getting some clay, my car get a loving wash every week maybe twice a week depending on weather, i use (lol in order) meguiars;

Hot Rims All Wheel Cleaner
Gold Class Car Wash Shampoo and Conditioner
Gold Class Clear Coat Liquid Wax
Hot Shine Tyre Dressing
Gold Class Trim Detailer

(where abouts should i use clay? how long would the clay itsself last?)

 

[beezasport]

after the wash it needs it about every 6 months

 

[Smart22186]

ok so i somehow managed to find the answer to my question my misspelling a wash in google lol dont ask how, it sent me to the american version of meguiars where they have a very good video, ok so barry meguiar is a bit creepy but i like him LOL

heres the link for ppl who are interested

http://www.meguiars.com/video/index.cfm?vid=1

 

[Skorchio]

Good Video

 

[Phil 633]

Try using toothpaste or polishing compound to remove road film and then treat with rain-x.

 

[oldman]

i use autoglym car shampoo and the some car glass polish my dad borrowed from ford topped of with rain-x and i sometimes wonder what the purpose of windscreen wipers are

 

[stuart86]

i used water and a cloth and it worked fine

my wipers are a bit nackered and thats what cases my problems with "fairy dust" and smear's

 

[justlivyalife]

It is always possible that there are lots of little stone chips - my Dad's old beemer was absolutely covered in them so much that it was hard to drive in low sun as you couldn't see out proibably.

 

[markoos]

Clayed mine for the 1st time on Friday-didnt try it on the windscreen tho.Pics here-
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=123898