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"  Scratching the Surface I&amp;#039;ve got some light scratches in my windshield. My nail doesn&amp;#039;t catch in them, so they&amp;#039;re not deep, but the usual Windex is not having an effect. Can I buff these out? How? There are two ways to address light scratches in glass. The easiest is to fill the scratches with an acrylic scratch remover, which is applied as a liquid and dries hard and transparent, hiding the damage by filling the scratches chemically. For deeper scratches, the most popular fix is buffing the glass with cerium oxide, a popular glass, ceramic and metal polish with very low abrasivenessit&amp;#039;s widely used in jewelry and ceramics. Add water to the fine powder and make a slurry the consistency of Elmer&amp;#039;s Glue, then cover the damaged areas with the paste. Using a drill with a hard rubber polishing wheel attached, apply firm pressure to slowly grind the surface smooth. To make things a bit easier, mark the location of the scratch on the other side of the glass so you can keep track of where you should be working. It may take a while, but keep the paste moist and add more cerium oxide as needed, and the result will be a smooth, scratch-free surface.   Got a car problem? Ask Ben about it. Send your questions to pmautoclinic@hearst.com or over Twitter at twitter.com/PopMechAuto. While we cannot answer questions individually, problems of general interest will be discussed in the column. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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