scratches on privacy glass

[bmassaer]

I noticed some nasty scratches on the privacy glass of the rear window yesterday. It seems to be only the superficial later, but it shows as a silver coloured line on the dark window. Is there any way to camouflage this?

 

[Tactical]

Is there any way to camouflage this?

You could try running an indelible black marker pen along the scratch; for example the type of pen that is used for writing on CDs.

 

[motacyclist]

I could be wrong, but I thought the glass itself was tinted, rather than just a surface treatment; in which case the scratch may just be catching the light and giving the silvery appearance.

It is possible to polish scratches out to some degree. When I bought a new car there were some scratches on the windows and the dealer sent a specialist out to polish them out, and the end result was satisfactory.

Alternatively you could try polishing them out yourself, a Google throws up lots of hits including Youtube videos. I've used toothpaste to remove scratches, but not on glass - yet.

If the tinting is a surface treatment then you will have to try the marker pen trick as suggested above. Another trick is to use black shoe polish - not the waxy stuff, but the liquid stuff that comes in a plastic bottle with a sponge on the top.

 

[Caliburt]

I just did the same thing to mine, very annoying (handle of motorbike on new rack I have just fitted).

I have done the black marker one, it is ok but not brilliant - did you come up with a better solution?

It is definitely a surface treatment by the way, not within the glass itself.

 

[bmassaer]

I also just tried the black marker. But the bike rack "camouflages" the scraches, so I can live with them...