Removing aluminum "skid marks" from glass.

littleharbor2
littleharbor2 Solar Expert Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Does anybody out there know what I could use to remove the silver streaks from the glass fronts of solar panels? Sometimes when unpacking panels and the frame of the one being moved rakes across the one under it, it will leave aluminum streaks on the glass. These seem to be fused onto the glass. Nothing I have tried will remove this stuff. Goof off, Mr. eraser, Windex, water, and lots of elbow grease, nothing removes it. I was hoping somebody knows of a way to get this stuff off.

2.1 Kw Suntech 175 mono, Classic 200, Trace SW 4024 ( 15 years old  but brand new out of sealed factory box Jan. 2015), Bogart Tri-metric,  460 Ah. 24 volt LiFePo4 battery bank. Plenty of Baja Sea of Cortez sunshine.

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  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #2
    bon-ami cleanser.   Might take off the AR coating too.   Mercury will remove aluminum too, but it's hard to limit it.
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  • vtmaps
    vtmaps Solar Expert Posts: 3,741 ✭✭✭✭
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    Just guessing... those skid marks are bare glass... there's nothing to remove.  Maybe they are where some anti reflective coating has been scraped of the glass.

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  • jonr
    jonr Solar Expert Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭✭
    #4
    Supposedly oven cleaner.

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  • littleharbor2
    littleharbor2 Solar Expert Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #5
    They are definitely Aluminum colored.

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  • Dave Angelini
    Dave Angelini Solar Expert Posts: 6,894 ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2016 #6
    It will wear off over time or it has for me before. The sun is great for this :) even the stuff you do not want to come off :):)
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  • littleharbor2
    littleharbor2 Solar Expert Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Thanks al for your suggestions.

    2.1 Kw Suntech 175 mono, Classic 200, Trace SW 4024 ( 15 years old  but brand new out of sealed factory box Jan. 2015), Bogart Tri-metric,  460 Ah. 24 volt LiFePo4 battery bank. Plenty of Baja Sea of Cortez sunshine.

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