Polishing swirls off glass
 

Can someone recommend a good polish and pad combination to remove swirls from glass windows and sideview mirrors?

Toothpaste

Glass and sideview mirrors are very different materials.

If you want true cutting ability on glass, a felt pad with cerium oxide polish might be your best bet. This would really apply to deep scratches. You'll probably want to be careful with this since doing a heavy cut on glass might mess with the optics.

#00 Steel Wool also might work on some lighter scratches. Spoon's suggestion of toothpaste will also work on lighter scratches since it's slightly abrasive.

Sideview mirrors are probably plastic so you probably don't want anything super abrasive on those. Might go with a lighter polishing compound by hand first to see if it gets out the swirls you want.

Actually sideview mirrors are glass, the difference is the reflective coating is often ONTOP of the glass. Fastest way to ruin them is use something abrasive.

Glass is 10 times harder than car paint. Removing swirls from glass you need cerium oxide (or polish that containing it). Thanks