scotch brite on glass/micro scratches

[N1tew0lf1212]

Ah!



Ok, the red must be a coarser grit?



This would have been my guess.



Didn't realize this was a solution - I've experienced this haze before on some of my older tanks. Will put it in my pocket for later. Incidentally I collect straight razors, and use the green paste when i need a little umph pre-stropping.



So your pretty confident you can buff these out with the CrO2 paste? I see a buffer wheel being used above. I would think s sponge might be better (like used for car wax) - it would transfer more of the force you're talking about to the paste, and paste to glass...



Can't even imagine. I've got a fiancé and one kid, and i can't keep up lol!

I went with wool cause it stays wet for a longer period of time and a spray bottle to wet the wool not the glass evenly distribute on the glass on low so it doesnt fling too much and slowly build speed. Tried the sponge dried pretty quickly and didnt hold the paste very well at high speeds aka ($ h i t went everywhere lol) from what i observed it also gets the paste into the wool creating almost like a complete pad full of the cerium so just wetting the wool with a spray bottle you dont even have to keep mixing more. It does not and i repeat does not do anything once dry and can actually cause micro scratches....it has worked very well for the haze. I tried everything from steel wool, razor blades, vinegar soak, clr (calcium lime remover) i mean everything over the past week and the cerium has done 3 times as much in an hour on the haze then anything else...i was about to say screw it and paint tge sides black lol....but to my surprise after a whole week with steel wool 0000 cerium literally did more in just that hour again was applying good pressure. When i say this glass was etched withthe haze i mean horrible could not see through it....i will spend some more time tomorrow on it and post an update....

 

[naterealbig]

I went with wool cause it stays wet for a longer period of time and a spray bottle to wet the wool not the glass evenly distribute on the glass on low so it doesnt fling too much and slowly build speed. Tried the sponge dried pretty quickly and didnt hold the paste very well at high speeds aka ($ h i t went everywhere lol)

Ok, makes complete sense.

It does not and i repeat does not do anything once dry and can actually cause micro scratches....

Great info on this...

I tried everything from steel wool, razor blades, vinegar soak, clr (calcium lime remover) i mean everything over the past week and the cerium has done 3 times as much in an hour on the haze then anything else...i was about to say screw it and paint tge sides black lol....but to my surprise after a whole week with steel wool 0000 cerium literally did more in just that hour again was applying good pressure.

Great progress!

When i say this glass was etched withthe haze i mean horrible could not see through it....i will spend some more time tomorrow on it and post an update....

Will keep my wire out for an update, thank you for sharing the details of your experience.

 

[littlefoxx]

Can anyone here tell me if they have bought used tanks/accidentally scratched glass with sponge and successfully got all the micro scratches out and the glass looks NEW using cerium oxide? If so can you please tell me the tools used and so forth. Thanks you.

I would say no way I know… that really sucks