Swirls in Windshield

I'm not a detailer, though I do take excellent care of my vehicles. Wanted to see if anyone could provide assistance on this issue:

I purchased a 2005 Nissan Sentra a year ago from a private buyer. Car was in excellent condition inside and out only needing to be cleaned up a bit. I had test driven the car in the early afternoon. The first time I drove it into the sun in the evening I noticed a ton of scratches on the windshield. Some actually appear to be swirls. It's not bad unless you're driving into the sun, then it's horrible- to the point I've considered having the windshield replaced. Would someone have used a rotary polisher on the windshield? Is there any way to get rid of or lessen them? Thanks.

 

My dad's volvo had a similiar problem, just not as severe. I used M205 + LC white pad and removed most of the swirls, I was scared to use something with more cut than that. I'd say give that a try and see how it turns out, if it is still too bad you could maybe step up to an LC orange with M205 or something.

Idk if this is relevant but my mom had a few chips filled with some resin stuff on her windshield, maybe they could coat your entire windshield to fill some of the deeper scratches? I don't know if that even works, just throwing it out there.

 

Good question, I've been wondering if there is polish strictly for glass. I've tried polishing with my rotary and Menzerna products and the results where okay but not what I was expecting.

So looking forward to some feed back as well.

 

Lake Country makes a glass polishing kit.

 

There is Carlos, cerrum oxide is one, there are others but it works the best imo.

To the original poster br VERY careful when useing a buffer to remove scratches from glass. Too much heat build up & you will be replacing that windshield.