On Fri, 21 May 2004 10:02:20 +0100, "Martin Pentreath"
wrote:

Martin Pentreath wrote in message
...

Looks like the "bobbins" in
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...21851&id=30347
are just rubber wheels.

I wonder whether the white powder is cerium oxide. I'm planning to order a
kit once I've got enough other stuff on my shopping list to get the order
up
to £45 for free delivery ;-) I'll report back on progress.

OK, well I've got the screwfix kit. The bobbins are made of felt, and as far
as I can tell the powder is cerium oxide. I've just spent about 30 minutes
polishing some scratches out of my windows, and it does work, although
progress is slow. The scratches I'm removing from the glass have been caused
by someone sanding the frames, and they're not particularly deep, just
annoying. Even though they aren't deep they still take quite a while to
polish out, so I wouldn't fancy doing this if the scratches were much worse.

It seems a bit mean only providing two bobbins, I'm not sure they're going
to last the course, and I don't want to shell out another £20 for two felt
bobbins! Lots, more windows to polish yet, maybe I should have just reglazed
the damn things Probably any sane person would live with scratches, I
think I'm becoming obsessive.

Hi,

Maybe filling the scratches with superglue, clear epoxy or windscreen
repair and polishing that out would be easier.

cheers,
Pete.