can micro-mesh remove the haze?

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The windshield has just a slight haze to it with some crazing (the shiny cracks) out of the normal field of view, will micro-mesh help?

I've seen a lot of voodoo magic products restore badly sun damaged headlights on cars before so I'm thinking this windshield could be easily improved.

All the side windows were replaced 5 years ago and are crystal clear, it would be awesome if I could get the windshield restored without replacement.

 
What's the age of the W/S? The specialist guy who travels around doing replacements told us that the plexiglass starts to get milky at ~25 years old, and no amount of polish will help. He said it's especially noticeable in tinted models.

The good news is that when you buy a new one it's like there's nothing between you and the horizon.

bnt83 said:
The windshield has just a slight haze to it with some crazing (the shiny cracks) out of the normal field of view, will micro-mesh help?

I've seen a lot of voodoo magic products restore badly sun damaged headlights on cars before so I'm thinking this windshield could be easily improved.

All the side windows were replaced 5 years ago and are crystal clear, it would be awesome if I could get the windshield restored without replacement.

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I have no idea how old the windshield is. Its for sure over 7 years, but I'm guessing it's much closer to 25.

I think the back window is original, and yes I can still see through it, but it's 10x worse than the windshield
 
Try a small section down low and out of the view of the pilot... If it works> keep going,,,, If it doesn't, bite the bullet and either put in a new windscreen or live with the haze............

This is Merica... we have multiple choices..:yes:;)
 
I have used it...works great. Just follow the procedure and keep rubbing. It is very time intensive but can get rid of surface anomalies.
 
flyingmoose said:
I have used it...works great. Just follow the procedure and keep rubbing. It is very time intensive but can get rid of surface anomalies.
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I don't think my shoulder can take anymore rubbing after the painting episode :lol:, I would get a kit for coredless drill.
 
bnt83 said:
I don't think my shoulder can take anymore rubbing after the painting episode :lol:, I would get a kit for coredless drill.
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Interesting thought! Wonder if the 3M car headlight kit would work on an aircraft windshield? The 3M kits do a wonderful job on car headlights, and they are the same material. Of course the area of an aircraft windshield is +/-50-100 times the area of a headlamp. Still a fair amount of work.

Gary
 
Gary said:
Interesting thought! Wonder if the 3M car headlight kit would work on an aircraft windshield? The 3M kits do a wonderful job on car headlights, and they are the same material. Of course the area of an aircraft windshield is +/-50-100 times the area of a headlamp. Still a fair amount of work.

Gary
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I don't think headlights are acyrlic but I could be wrong.
 
As the windshield guy describes it, the milky haze in older windshield is an internally-generated obscuration rather than a surface anomaly. In the big scheme of things windshields are cheap when compared to the time required to grind on an old one with dubious results. But both are labor intensive and trimming new ones is best done by somebody who's done it before.

flyingmoose said:
I have used it...works great. Just follow the procedure and keep rubbing. It is very time intensive but can get rid of surface anomalies.
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Or you could also try NuFinish. I have had good luck with it over the years. My door windows weren't adequately protected during the painting process and really had some nasty crazing. Repeated buffing with NuFinish made an incredible improvement. (every time I wax the plane I do the windows inside and out, that's typically twice a year).

I finally replaced them last year after the co-pilot's door glass got scratched pretty badly by a passenger.
 
Gary said:
Interesting thought! Wonder if the 3M car headlight kit would work on an aircraft windshield? The 3M kits do a wonderful job on car headlights, and they are the same material. Of course the area of an aircraft windshield is +/-50-100 times the area of a headlamp. Still a fair amount of work.

Gary
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Cannot speak to aircraft windscreens.

But a big +1 to how well the 3M headlight kit works. I have retained many a sale on expensive headlights that were scratched or were known to fog over.
 
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