I was putting the finishing touches, a light polishing on the bike before covering her for storage and with the first pass I ruined my Klock windshield. I am so glad it was the windshield and not paint or chrome. I laid the micro fiber towel on a roll away stand I have in the garage with my supplies on it as I clean or work on the bike. When I went outside, I guess my wife swept the stairs leading down to the garage and some small gritty pebbles landed in my polishing cloth. She didn't think when sweeping and I didn't know she had done it till it was too late. Bad enough that no polish will take them out. A new windshield has just been added to my Christmas list from Wifey! It could have been much worse if I had started on the fairing or tank. Thankfully I started on the windshield.

 

I'll certainly take your word for it that no regular polish will remove/fill the scratches, but wouldn't a scratch remover compound be worth a try (given that its a ruined windshield anyway?)

 

I would get novius (spelling) #1. #2, #3
Start with #3 and work your way down..
If you have buffer, vibrator type, it will make it a lot easier. If you can feel the scratches you will have to sand them out first.
Maybe more suggestion will be posted.
A new shield may be in order any way.

 

Yeah guys, I tried Novus as well as Safe Cut. The shield is the dark smoke so I'm limited on how much I can buff it. I tried but results indicate its new windshield time. As I said though it could have been paint or chrome. Glad it was just the shield. Wife felt terrible

 

Long Ride medium smoke tinted shield with a 2 inch scratch caused by a loose pin in the cardboard box I had it in.Deep enough to feel with a fingernail,came out good as new hand buffing with Meguiar's Scratch X and a micro fiber cloth.

 

They make all sorts of kits for getting scratches out of plastic headlight covers. I would use one of those on my shield before I gave up and went for a new one.

 

This just may be worth trying

http://www.ehow.com/how_7647171_remo...et-visors.html

 

Back in the day I would use a product called Micro-Mesh to polish out canopies on tactical jet aircraft. I remember working (starting ) out with 800 grit wet paper to 12,000 grit polishing paper and then cleaned it all up with plastic polish. Saved big bucks using those kits.

 

Thanks folks, I'll try some more. Its not like I don't have all winter! Lol

 

Now that sounds interesting. I would have never thought of that one. I've got to try this on an old shield for sure.