Thread: Removing Aluminum Residue Of Glass

Something mildly acidic may remove it although you wont want to let it run on paint/bodywork! Maybe start with something like vinegar on a rag left in place for a while? Then up to perhaps phosphoric acid rust-remover or CLR clear?

Try buffing it out with Turtle wax

.... bewary of using acids on glass, cause thats how you get "white etching"

Repo or Kitten No. 2

Jewlers polish and a buff, you wont get it off as it etches in.

Use a razor blade.

Thanks for all the suggestions - I just got the razor blade out and it moved most of it but there was still a bit of staining - had some Repo cutting back compound so I polished the window up with that - finished it very well with just a faint mark remaining - I think further goes with the repo will probably remove the rest.

Thanks - I appreciate the help.

Oh and CLR really works well on the galvanising bits - brings it back to its original rustic self - not like new - just clean and lived in.

Garry

Hi Garry,

If you are buffing this out with a machine then take care not to heat up the 'screen in a small localized area. Would spoil your day, even if it is only flat glass. Nice truck......... I want one!

DL

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Hi Garry,

If you are buffing this out with a machine then take care not to heat up the 'screen in a small localized area. Would spoil your day, even if it is only flat glass. Nice truck......... I want one!

DL

Thanks - but I don't think my arthritic shoulder can manage to put that much heat into the polishing cloth.

Cheers

Garry