It's small but in my eye line when driving, the sun being out shows it up, I was wondering if I use touch up clear lacquer and level it up might work?

3 minutes ago, Nimrodmk8 said:

It's small but in my eye line when driving, the sun being out shows it up, I was wondering if I use touch up clear lacquer and level it up might work?

You need to get it fixed by a windscreen repair company. Touch up paint/lacquer will not fix the problem but using it will possibly mean that any future professional repair wouldn't be possible.

Most car insurance will cover the cost of windscreen repair for free or a very small fee of £25. Windscreen repair does not affect your no claims discount.

Companies like Autoglass will deal directly with your insurance company for you.

Unofix is correct of course, but I have occasionally got away with doing that, where the damage is very small and more of a "graze" than a deeper, larger chip. 

I have had repair companies decline to attempt to tackle a chip where they consider it is too small/shallow for a repair to be effective. If that turns out to be the case, the lacquer may be worth a try.

If you do try it, ensure the area is really clean, apply only a minimal amount of lacquer preferably using a small artists brush rather than the one in the touch up cap, allow to dry thoroughly before smoothing (I used metal polish such as Autosol). 

NB it won't, in my experience, make the chip/graze disappear, though it may be less noticeable. Chief benefit I found is smoothing the surface to prevent damage to wiper blades and smears from dirt gathering in the chip/graze.

20 minutes ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

If you do try it, ensure the area is really clean, apply only a minimal amount of lacquer preferably using a small artists brush rather than the one in the touch up cap...

If like me you're too cheap to obtain a specialist artist brush, a cocktail stick makes an ideal applicator of very small amounts of liquid...

3 minutes ago, StephenFord said:

If like me you're too cheap to obtain a specialist artist brush

My Mrs is into arts and crafts sorts of thing so I "borrow" one of hers as required!😀 

Or a cotton bud

31 minutes ago, eddie eastwood said:

Or a cotton bud

Oh dear, you'll get absolutely no accuracy with a cotton bud LOL Good for cleaning air vents in cars though!

5 hours ago, StephenFord said:

Oh dear, you'll get absolutely no accuracy with a cotton bud LOL Good for cleaning air vents in cars though!

Good for cleaning inside your ears, but you have to be careful and hold on to the end or it could fall inside your head and rattle about 🤣

7 hours ago, unofix said:

Good for cleaning inside your ears...

Actually, very bad for ears as all you do is compact the wax even harder inside the ear canal

7 hours ago, unofix said:

but you have to be careful and hold on to the end or it could fall inside your head and rattle about 🤣

However... if you push hard enough, yes, it'll all go inside your head and rattle about as stated LOL

16 hours ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

Unofix is correct of course, but I have occasionally got away with doing that, where the damage is very small and more of a "graze" than a deeper, larger chip. 

I have had repair companies decline to attempt to tackle a chip where they consider it is too small/shallow for a repair to be effective. If that turns out to be the case, the lacquer may be worth a try.

If you do try it, ensure the area is really clean, apply only a minimal amount of lacquer preferably using a small artists brush rather than the one in the touch up cap, allow to dry thoroughly before smoothing (I used metal polish such as Autosol). 

NB it won't, in my experience, make the chip/graze disappear, though it may be less noticeable. Chief benefit I found is smoothing the surface to prevent damage to wiper blades and smears from dirt gathering in the chip/graze.

Thanks, I would call it a graze, it's tiny, not worth glass repair company to sort, I'm just fussy.

13 hours ago, eddie eastwood said:

Or a cotton bud

It's too small for cotton bud.