Who Fixes Scratched Glass on Sliding Doors in Fort Lauderdale?
We do — and often without replacing a thing. The calls all start the same way: the dog scratched up the slider, a screen left circular marks on the glass, a razor blade slipped while scraping off paint, or fine scratches showed up across the whole door after years of sand and grit. Then somebody quoted a full glass replacement. Here's the part they skip: if the damage sits in the surface of the glass rather than through it, it can often be polished out on-site, with the door still in its frame.
Fresh Frames handles glass scratch removal for homes and businesses throughout Fort Lauderdale, from Victoria Park to Harbor Beach, backed by 7,000+ completed jobs.
Windows Hazy From Salt Air? That's Damage, Not Dirt
East of Federal Highway, glass takes a beating no cleaner can undo. Salt spray off the ocean and the Intracoastal lands on windows daily, and the sun bakes it into a gray film that comes right back after every wash. Add sprinkler overspray drying mineral rings onto the bottom of the panes, and you get glass that looks foggy even though nothing is wrong between the panes.
That's oxidation and bonded minerals — surface damage, and it's restorable. Our treatment dissolves the mineral bond, lifts the oxidation, and polishes the glass clear again. If your view of the water has gone dull, the glass usually isn't ruined; it's just been left untreated too long. Waterfront and near-coastal homes take this damage fastest — see where your street falls on our salt air index.
“Andrew provided premier customer service and took off lots of built up calcium stains on my windows that hadn’t been washed in years. I’m extremely happy with their service!!”
Glass Restoration for High-Rise Condos and Las Olas Storefronts
Storefront glass on Las Olas works hard: fine scratching worn in around the door pull, hard water rings from sidewalk sprinklers, salt haze dulling the display behind it. Customers notice hazy glass before they notice anything inside it. We polish out surface scratches and etching, strip the mineral haze, and schedule the work around your business hours so the store never closes for it.
For property managers and associations running towers along A1A and the Intracoastal, we handle commercial glass restoration with the paperwork ready before anyone touches a pane: $1M general liability, workers' comp, and commercial auto, with a COI provided on request. The full commercial scope — including protective treatments that help restored glass resist re-spotting — lives on our commercial glass restoration page, and the estimate is free.
New Windows Scratched by Builders? Don't Close Out the Job Yet
Fort Lauderdale is mid-remodel year-round, and new glass pays the price: scratches left after the stucco crew packed up, cement splatter dried onto sliders, paint overspray from the painters, razor scrapes from whoever tried to fix it first. Replacing builder-installed glass means lead times and change orders. Polishing the damage out usually means one visit.
For builders, GCs, and new-construction homeowners, we also run a full post-construction package — paint, stickers, stucco, and silicone removed from the glass, plus the complete final clean: floors, tile, dust wipe-down, debris removal, and windows inside and out.
How We Remove Scratches Without Replacing the Glass — or Making It Worse
Hardware-store kits and aggressive buffing are how a scratch becomes a wavy lens you see every time the sun hits it. Our approach is a controlled, multi-stage treatment: we work the damage with progressively finer compounds inside a feathered zone so the repair blends into the surrounding glass instead of dishing it — and we know when to put the polisher down, because chasing perfection past clarity is exactly how distortion happens.
And we'll tell you straight when restoration isn't the answer. Damage that goes through a laminated layer, or fog trapped between double panes from a failed seal, needs a glazier — not a polisher. You'll know which one you're dealing with before we start, not after.
An Insured Florida Glass Restoration Company — With the Reviews to Prove It
Fresh Frames is a Florida LLC with 7,000+ completed jobs and 4.9 stars across roughly 500 Google reviews. Every crew works under $1M in general liability coverage plus workers' comp and commercial auto. And every job carries the Spotless Promise with teeth: if anything isn't perfect, we come back and make it right free within 72 hours.
Once your glass is clear, keep it that way. Our maintenance cleanings use a water-fed pole with deionized pure water that dries spot-free — so minerals never get the chance to bond again. Estimates are free, homeowners don't need to be home, and commercial work runs around your business hours.
Frequently asked questions
Can you fix scratches on hurricane impact windows without replacing them?+
Often, yes — if the damage sits on the exposed surface of the glass, it can frequently be polished out without disturbing the laminated layer underneath. We assess every impact window before quoting, and if the damage runs deeper than polishing can safely reach, we say so upfront rather than experimenting on expensive glass. The estimate is free either way.
My sliding glass door was scratched by a dog — can it be fixed?+
In most cases, yes. We assess the door first: if the scratches sit in the surface of the glass rather than through it, our multi-stage polishing treatment restores the door in place — no removal, no replacement — and we finish only when the pane reads clear under a sight-check.
My glass looks foggy but it's not between the panes — can it be restored?+
Yes — haze on the outside surface is usually bonded minerals or salt-air oxidation, and both respond to restoration. Fort Lauderdale glass near the ocean and the Intracoastal is especially prone to it. If the fog turns out to be trapped between the panes, that's a failed seal that needs a glazier, and we'll confirm which one you have before any work starts.
Do you restore scratched or etched storefront glass?+
Yes. Fine surface scratching, etching, and mineral haze on storefront and display glass can often be polished out without replacing the pane, and we work early mornings, evenings, and weekends to fit your operating schedule. Property managers get a COI on request.
Is Fresh Frames insured for glass restoration work?+
Yes. Fresh Frames is a Florida LLC carrying $1M in general liability insurance, workers' compensation, and commercial auto coverage, with a certificate of insurance provided on request — the documentation most Fort Lauderdale buildings and associations require before work begins.
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