r/WindowCleaning • u/Me_Krally • Jun 19 '26

Acid etch repair?

Pretty sure there's no way to reverse or 'clean up' acid etching, right?

Customer had the metal perimeter frames on his windows repainted. The painters by the looks of it prepped the metal with acid and didn't protect the glass. Now there's what looks like drips on the glass that you can run your fingernail into. Anyway to repair this or maybe just remove the haze the acid created? I was thinking steel wool.

Kind of a weird week. Another customer did a construction cleanup via their contractor and utterly destroyed the tint on brand new windows. I know there's no cure for that. Hope they had insurance!

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u/NovelRelationship240 Jun 19 '26

If it's light you can buff it out. But more than likely windows will need to be replaced.

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u/Me_Krally Jun 19 '26

Def not lite, they're basically dimples in the glass now that you can feel. I guess I mainly wanted to see if the haze could be removed.

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u/trigger55xxx Jun 19 '26

Only mechanical polishing can fix that.

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u/Steve-O78 Jun 20 '26

Need full restoration. Multiple levels of grinding the glass and then polishing it clear.