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Ghosting on Glass
Anybody got any tips on removing this from a shop window? Is it removeable, it’s only evident in the rain.
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I recall this being discussed on here before but don’t remember the outcome. If the material was applied to the outside of the glass then it’s likely that the design has acted as a mask and the remainder of the glass has been etched/shotblasted by the weather, leaving the masked area nice and clean?
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I applied the letters causing the ghosting 3 years ago appox to the inside Neil.
I did try a search but couldn’t find anything, I remember it being discussed too.
A google search suggests using light steel wool with an auto glass cleaner, wonder has anybody had success with this method. Don’t want to end up with scratched glass! -
Can’t remember who it was before, but I think they did get to the bottom of it. Strange that it only shows up in the rain, when it’s on the inside. Smooth steel wool etc may work but I’d be very wary of it. Maybe brasso or or even for a lighter abrasive, duraglit?
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quote NeilRoss:Strange that it only shows up in the rain,
Now that you say that!
I will have to go for a look, the owner rang me and said ‘ghosting’ from previous lettering, so it may not be from the letters I applied, I just made an early morning pre coffee assumption!! 😀
I can see how Brasso/Duraglit might work too, cheers. -
Intensive glass cutting compound from motor factor / halfords and a buffing machine…and about an hour…at least.
Maintains the glass finish just abrades the surface slightly unlike wire wool which buggers it up.
use it, and it REDUCED the evidence (when windows were wet / steamed up) but nigh on impossible without spending so long you may as well buy new glass.
Also, applying a solar / security film will remove it as it resurfaces the glass.
Dave
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quote Harry Cleary:quote NeilRoss:Strange that it only shows up in the rain,
Now that you say that!
I will have to go for a look, the owner rang me and said ‘ghosting’ from previous lettering, so it may not be from the letters I applied, I just made an early morning pre coffee assumption!! 😀
I can see how Brasso/Duraglit might work too, cheers.Maybe try the whiting and meths you use for cleaning glass prior to gilding? May work too and would be smoother than the other abrasives.
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quote DavidRogers:Intensive glass cutting compound from motor factor / halfords and a buffing machine…and about an hour…at least.
Maintains the glass finish just abrades the surface slightly unlike wire wool which buggers it up.
use it, and it REDUCED the evidence (when windows were wet / steamed up) but nigh on impossible without spending so long you may as well buy new glass.
Also, applying a solar / security film will remove it as it resurfaces the glass.
Dave
Do you know what causes it Dave?
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I have used T-Cut (I think they do a special T-Cut for Gloass now in a royal blue bottle) to do similar things on car & Van windows before now..
I’ve used it with teh plastic type scouring pads as well as standard lint free cloth and even a buffing wheel…
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Previous thread here Harry:
http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … ass#429167 -
quote NeilRoss:Do you know what causes it Dave?
Not really, but the longer it’s on the ‘deeper’ it seems to be. Even in undisturbed, VERY rarely washed internal windows.
Some theories of the vinyl protects the surface and the rest gets weathered (like a van), others that it’s at a molecular level…but glass is one of the least reactive & non-porous things around.
But if it’s the weathering effect then it SHOULD disappear over time when left exposed – it just doesn’t. You can see shop windows from 20 years ago still showing up several businesses!
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I’d try Bon-Ami.
I had this happen on my own truck windows.
Love….Jill
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