Janvil glass polishing system review

A couple weeks back, when Pindude Gregg B. posted that he was giving
away some free glass and I clicked on the post, I was assaulted by
select pop up ads on the sidebar. Normally i pay about as much
attention to them as zero, but this time something caught my eye about
scratch removal from glass so I checked it out. The company is Janvil
out of Cartersvile GA , not to be confused with Jan-Al the roadcase
folks out of LA. (I used to be a roadie/soundguy) So I bought a starter
scratch removal kit which I received today, specifically for use with a
5/8-11 buffer vs. the kit they make for use w/an electric drill. It
includes a heavy cutting paste and a lighter compound, plus pads,
backing pads with the 5/8-11 arbor size, and some other spray goodies
and sundry items all delivered for the not-paltry sum of about $100. So
I slapped the heavy-duty on my cheapo Chicago-brand Harbor Freight $40
buffer which ain't like the old man's nice Makita but cost me 1/4 the
digits, and I doubt I'll go through four of them before I'd go through
1 Makita, so WTF. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the cutting
compound got into the heavy scratches, and I'll be damned if the "pro
performance polishing compound" didn't do a number on the rest of the
small stuff. Mind you, this stuff only claims to get scratches 4/1000's
of an inch deep out of glass but I'd say it'll do better if you're
patient and play with the variable speeds a little. It left some
swirling which came out great with the Glass Renew compound which came
with it, although I think they claim it should be used first. Plus the
glass glow spray really brightened up the final results. Not too bad of
stuff-If you've got some scratches right where you have to look all the
time and hate to see them this stuff will likely do the trick. And I
think you can get a cheaper starter setup for about $60. (I got the
extra big tubs-o-compound for the starter size pack plus the bouns
pads-only two days left for the special price!)

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