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Posted by: itsa914 Mar 22 2004, 02:00 PM

I might have a buyer for my windshield. It is great
shape but it has white cloudy / haze along the bottom about 1inch high. I tried some of the basic
window cleaners but nothing works. Any tips on
how to clear this up? Also whats the best way to
remove / dissolve the black adhesive that is on
the glass?

- Garold

Posted by: davep Mar 22 2004, 02:17 PM

You will probably find that the haze is a separation of the two layers of glass that sandwich the plastic center layer. Safety glass is a three layer sandwich. When the layers separate it will always appear cloudy. Nothing can fix that. Sorry.

Posted by: brians914 Mar 22 2004, 02:20 PM

The glass is seperating from the poly.

Posted by: itsa914 Mar 22 2004, 04:35 PM

Is there a way to stop it? If not I assume that this
seperation is a slow process since this is from a 74
it has only gone a little less than a inch up from the
bottom.

Is this then still a good windshield that can be
reused. I don't want to sell anything that is unsafe.

- Garold

PS I will post a pic tonight.

Posted by: p914 Mar 23 2004, 12:47 AM

If you wear glasses you may want to clean them unless you wear contacts in which case you should change to a new pair.

Posted by: brians914 Mar 23 2004, 09:32 AM

Its like terminal cancer, could be a slow or faster decay, I would not want it in my car though. Although mine got scratched pretty bad when I got caught in the rain last summer with a bad wiper blade. Took alot of it out though with pumis and a cloth wheel attached to a drill.