windshield polish or new windshield question??

[rightaway]

I got an old family truck out of a field and spent the last month getting her running. its a 92 dodge w250 with a plow. only the driver side windshield is scratch up really bad. I tried headlight polish and paint polish with a porter cable buffer but the seem deep. it made no difference. it was parked next to a tree and I believe a branch scratch it for many, many years, I got a few quotes of $250 to replace the windshield but I'm not looking to put that much into the truck. its a winter beater. does anybody know a place in the LHV that polished windshield or a cheap place to install a windshield. I have cash

[rightaway]

today I tried M105 and M205 with a cutting pad on high speed. seem to help just a very little bit. I'm looking for a pro to do or a better option than what I'm trying

[yellow2000S/R]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nC3teMQAqiA

[rightaway]

thank you. is there any where local that sells Cerium Oxide? or is there a website that sells a kit?

[yellow2000S/R]

I've never done it myself. I've searched about it a few times, results seem to vary. Some people start off with 1200 or 1500 grit wet and work up to 2000 then use that powder mixed with water.

I just know that you should make sure to not get it too warm or it can distort/make the area wavy. I've only ever sanded/buffed fog lights and stuff, so it's not as critical as a windshield.

[jpalamar]

$250 isn't alot of money. Just get a new windshield

[Spawne32]

When I bought my car I had scratches from an ice scraper right across my drivers side right in the path of my vision, you couldnt really feel them but nothing I did, including various compounds and window polishes could ever get it out, even with my porter cable DA polisher on high speed. I wound up just paying safelite to put a new window in.