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fine scratches are a fact when cleaning the windows with anything other than water and a soft cloth.i do use a good quality car polish too.very fine or minor scratches can be removed with toothpaste. failing this fenwicks windowize.

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If you have scratches on the windows, you can polish them out using acrylic polish, or brasso!  Use with a soft cloth and buff out. then rinse off using clean water and spongfe.

Brian

A tip. seen cling film on the front windows when travelling to keep the flys etc off.

cling film may be ok for a short time but has been proved to cause crazing on polyplastic windows.once crazed it can not be removed.
this is suposed to be good.

http://www.care4car.com/productdisplay/productid/314/Renovo_Clear_Plastic_Soft_Top_Hood_Window_Polish.html

Ihave recently bought a car with autoglym  paint protect and in their bookelet it states that a brush no matter how soft WILL scratch paintwork and caravan windows are softer than paintwork I should think

                                                               doug 

all these special cleaning additives for cleaning caravan windows in and out,In my opinion are useless,

ask any window cleaner for the best solution to clean any window (yes theres are glass) they always recomend fairy washing up liquid with warm water and a quick wipe over with a dry microfibre cloth.

i use it inside and out and never have any compliants

i just use the glass cloth now and water,the finish is great and mirrors gleam £4.99.they can be washed.no chemicals or soaps in it.

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/F/C/cleaning-protecting-cleaning-cloths?src=ggcle&sq=cleaning%20cloths

E-cloth with 1054 fibres per sq.cm. Use wet or dry on bathrooms, kitchens or windows. Last up to 300 washes. 50 x 40cm.

Brilliant cleaning results with no chemical detergents, just water and a cloth? Hard to believe, but after giving it a thorough testing, we've all become E-cloth fans, and so have a number of leading appliance manufacturers, hotel chains and celebrity chefs.

Millions of tiny microfibres (1054 fibres per sq.cm, to be exact!) penetrate every nook and cranny, picking up and absorbing dirt with nothing more than the aid of a little water.

Use wet or dry for gleaming bathrooms, kitchens and wonderfully clear windows. Retaining its excellent cleaning properties for up to 300 washes, E-cloth will pay for itself many times over.

I used to work with relatively soft plastic finishes and would some times have to polish out scratches.  We generally used Autogleam polish (Mainly because it's produced by the same company, Altro Whiterock, who produced plastic Wall caldding systems), and you can get different grades of buffar heads for electric car polishers. start with the heavier, work your way down to the finest for a fine finish.  Between them, these two methods can polish out even slightly deaper scratches.

Paintwork is another issue though.

Tony B

and you can get different grades of buffar heads for electric car polishers

have been looking buy a small hand polisher for the windows,do you know of one and how much will it be? found a car polisher may be too large and heavy.ta.