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Chicago Glass can remove those stubborn, organic and inorganic deposits
on your glass to leave a clear finish.
Surface contamination on glass, either through environmental conditions or its proximity to other materials, can cause the glass to lose its transparency.
Chicago Glass is able to remove these tough deposits on the glass, which are not able to be removed with general cleaning products.
Common Types of Surface Contamination Found on Glass
Concrete and Mortar splashes
Glass in close proximity to concrete and mortar can be subject to concrete and mortar splashes. Splashed onto the glass, it can leave a hardened residue on the glass surface.
Airbourne Cement
When airborne cement comes into contact with surface water on the glass, an insoluble film is created. This film leads to accelerated weathering of the glass.
Limescale stains and run-off
This occurs when rainwater flows over mortar, green concrete and some types of stonework onto a glass surface, depositing insoluble salts of calcium crystallize which become chemically bound to the glass.
Metal Staining and run-off
Weathered metal releases oxides over time, and these can become adhered to the glass surface should rainwater flow across the metal onto the glass surface. The staining can be seen as white or grey streaks across the glass.
Stonework Cleaning
Using hydrofluoric acid to undertake the cleaning of stonework near glass, can create a reaction that attacks the glass it contacts leaving run marks on the glass surface.
Traffic Film
Seen typically as a blue haze on the glass, this surface contamination is a combination of soot, airborne dust particles and partially burnt vehicle fuels that react with the surface of the glass resulting in a chemical bond.
Train Braking Stains
Commonly seen on glass close to the railway tracks. The combination of iron particles and hydraulic fluid droplets and vehicle emissions, leaves a brown film on the glass surface.
Weathering
Pollutants within the atmosphere, can over time cause the glass to become pitted. These cavities are then filled with particles of dust.
Why have the Surface Contamination Professionally Removed?
General cleaning products alone may not remove the stubborn contaminations. Some of the contaminants, especially after time will 'etch' into the porous surface of the glass, and regular window cleaning will not remove this. We provide you with a service that will restore your glass to its original clarity before the contamination damaged the glass. We use a system that both cleans and mechanically buffs away the surface contamination. If any heavier scratch damage is found underneath the contaminant, we can also remove this for you.
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We hold CHAS Advanced, Builders Profile, and Constructionline Silver Accreditations, along with being members of the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF)
