While doing some minor fixup work, I was given an 18″ x 30″ piece of 3/8″ thick glass. I want to add it to a coffee table but it has a few scratches, nothing real deep, but I was wondering if anyone has removed scratches from glass, and how did you do it?
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You may want to talk to a local glass & mirror shop in your area, they must have some magic for that.
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Thanks. That product appears to be the way to go.
if a coffee table, shouldn't you use tempered glass?
Maybe so...but it is going to be setting down into the top and there will be a piece of wood (ply most likely) underneath it. It can be broken but it shouldn't get shards of glass around.
I have a square lamp table done this same way and it has survived for 12+ years, but I know it could get shattered tomorrow.
Harris To prevent shattering newly cut glass, try chamfering the sharp edges on all eight edges Hold the piece of glass under water (in a plastic tub)and with a wet brick, or,piece of an old grind wheel, rub the edges to take off the sharp edges It would take a heavy hammer to shatter 3/8" plate glass. Steinmetz.
I have a 2' x 4' x 1" coffee table that's about 50 years old - has some scratches & a couple og good-sized chips out of one corner - I consider it patina, & like it better than something that looks brand new...
Embrace patina!
Edited 6/5/2007 5:27 pm ET by kate
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I've gotten some excellent advice and learned some new tricks. I think Kate has the best advice..."Embrace patina!" Cheapest too. And I think that the glass is thick enough to withstand a few more years. Wish I knew what it had been in its former life.
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Flip it over. The scratches will be on the bottom.
And if that doesnt work, just use a hammer.
I removed the smallest scratches using wet/dry sandpaper, and cleaned up the edges of the deepest scratches w/same. I polished it with some ceramic polish and it looks marvelous. I am going to polish the edges of the deep scratches some more today using toothpaste and that will be that. I think the ceramic polish was cerium oxide...it came from a friend and she just called it ceramic polish.