Well, kinda ironic that with this thread about glass that I wind up having glass work done today. However, things didn't go to well. As I said in the post above, I'm working on my '61 Ventura and the rear glass has that goldish looking stain across the top also. I have tried everything I know of to get it off but to no avail. I have a local glass installer that has been doing my glass work for years and I've been after him all summer to come by and remove the rear glass from the Ventura, replace the rubber gasket and then reinstall the window. The area in my garage that I work in has two bays, the '61 Pontiac is parked in one bay and my '63 Galaxie is parked in the other bay. The Pontiac is setting there with the rear window trim removed and the new rubber gasket was laying on the car also. The glass man called me about 2 this afternoon and said he was going down to my shop and put that gasket in for me, he knows where I keep the spare key to the garage so I told him to go ahead and I would be there shortly. Well, I got tied up at work and was an hour or so getting there. When I pulled in my drive he was standing in the shop door grinning saying "where the hell is the gasket? I could have been finished by now but I can't find the gasket." Well, I walk in the shop and say to him, I don't have a damn gasket cause you done took the glass out of the wrong car!! He had removed the rear glass from the '63 Galaxie!! I'm thinking this ain't all bad because the gasket in the Ford also needed to be replaced anyway, I just hadn't planned to do it now.
I wish I had a camera when i told him he had removed the wrong glass, his lower jaw looked like it was going to drop to the ground! Anyway, I got him over to the Pontiac and he then removed the rear glass, installed the gasket and reinstalled the glass. The good part is he had some stuff on his truck called Betabade-F, it is glass cleaner that looks like a real fine rubbing compound, its made by Dow Corning, it took that goldist tint right off. Didn't do anything but wipe it on and rub it off.
I also wanted him to replace the two vent glasses because there were some small bubbles along the edge of the glass, I had bought new vent glasses several months ago and never bothered to unwrap them. He removed the old glass and went to put the first new one in and it was clear glass, should have been tinted!! So, tonight I ordered a new rear window rubber gasket for the Ford from Dennis Carpenter and another pair of tinted vent windows from Hubbards. The first of next week we going to take another whack at it. Some days you da windshield and some days you da bug