Even if it did stick ^^^ you would still see the scratches, they refract light from both sides. Eastwood makes a gl*** polishing kit, if it won't remove the scratches then the scratches are too deep.
X 2 What have you got to loose by clearing your screwed up back window? I wouldn't have even asked. If you polish gl*** and Waves appear, its because the polishing (removal of material surrounding the offense to depth of the scratches and pits) was not spread out and concentrated in too small of an area.
tried this years ago on a 64 comet, It yellowed very quickly, and peeled in flakes within weeks of hot,cold temp changes. I wouldn't
The gl*** in large telescopes owned my do-it-yourselfers is often polished by hand, lapped using a variety of compounds of greater to lesser abrasive in order to achieve what eventually become distortion free gl*** lens. Of course, we are talking about gl*** that has not been tempered, as some automobile gl***, so this is apples and oranges by comparison. What is not is the process that I can only equate to board sanding versus sanding without any support, thus the wavy results from most efforts to remove wiper scuffing, and small scratches. As to adding a layer of material to the gl***, my guess is that the refractory co-efficient of the coating will not equal that of the gl*** and lead to further distortion. Most lens coatings, that are protective or add other qualities to lens are created by a chemical reaction that rises and deposits the coating which is cured by other means. Instead of asking others, however, in the same spirit as all science, I would suggest you try your experiment and write us a report, which would make more interesting reading than the speculative nature of asking what if questions. In this respect, we're all waiting on your report.
This is a cl***ic example of a question that should not have been asked in the first place. Seriously, buy a new window.
This has got 2 B 1 of the most *****ic post ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Buy a new gl*** and B done with it.
I knew a ricer who did that on the inside of his gl***es with some blue to get all his gl*** blue tinted, what I remember from that ugly *** car was that you could see easily where the clear was not the same thickness (distortion on top of the difference in tint) and despite the fact that he spent countless hours cleaning and dusting outside then inside the paint booth you could see very well a lot of tiny dust specs. No idea of how it hold up though.
I think this is going to end badly. Fix the gl*** properly, work some ot or a couple of Saturdays and be proud of the results. Sell some other junk laying around. Give your aunt a foot m***age or something just do it right please.
Where do you live? I have a decent shoebox Ford rear window in my attic that I don't need. Shoot me an email if you want it - I'm in Joplin Missouri. Atomickustom@hotmail.com
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