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Title: best windscreen water replant?
Post by: shepgti on 29 April 2010, 21:20

basically my windscreen smears with the wipers on(wipers are fine) i think theres some sort of oily residue on the windscreen so any recomendations on sorting this?

Title: Re: best windscreen water replant?
Post by: Dan J on 29 April 2010, 21:33

get some neat fairy liquid and wipe over the screen, aggitate then rinse off WELL!!!

Title: Re: best windscreen water replant?
Post by: waxamomo on 29 April 2010, 21:53

Quote from: dubplate Dan on 29 April 2010, 21:33

get some neat fairy liquid and wipe over the screen, aggitate then rinse off WELL!!!

Does this really work Dan? The only time I have heard of this is at paintball to stop the masks steaming up.

Title: Re: best windscreen water replant?
Post by: JasonPD on 29 April 2010, 22:30

I would have thought IPA would sort it out but I'm interested to hear if the fairy liquid works  :smiley:

Title: Re: best windscreen water replant?
Post by: asif on 30 April 2010, 15:21

Water repellant, wouldn't that be something like Rain-X?

Have used that before and if you put about 3 good coats on you may not even have to use your wipers, deffo not on the motorway.

Or is it just to get the oily resdue off, in which case i've used Autoglym glass cutter before followed by glass polish. My windows looked completely transparent after that but then lost interest in detailing.

Title: Re: best windscreen water replant?
Post by: Dan J on 30 April 2010, 15:47

Quote from: waxamomo on 29 April 2010, 21:53

Quote from: dubplate Dan on 29 April 2010, 21:33

get some neat fairy liquid and wipe over the screen, aggitate then rinse off WELL!!!

Does this really work Dan? The only time I have heard of this is at paintball to stop the masks steaming up.

it will get rid of any grease or whatever it is thats making his screen smear, and as mentioned ipa would work also. plus the washer bottle may need cleaning out.

Title: Re: best windscreen water replant?
Post by: sharki786 on 30 April 2010, 20:07

How long are the wipers ment to last anyway? ive got bosch all around. had them for 2 years now

Title: Re: best windscreen water replant?
Post by: Uruk Hai on 30 April 2010, 21:21

This is getting good write ups so far !

http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=701

Title: Re: best windscreen water replant?
Post by: JonnyG on 02 May 2010, 09:30

As above I think I'd wash, clean and polish the glass with a detergent & a glass polish. 

Then seal it (as per your thread title) with a rain repellant like Rain X or another glass sealant. 

Title: Re: best windscreen water replant?
Post by: Guy on 02 May 2010, 12:14

Rain X is utter pish imo

i would recommend carlack, Kev wouldn't, but I would  :wink:

Title: Re: best windscreen water replant?
Post by: Gene Hunt. on 05 May 2010, 22:23

Quote from: Guy on 02 May 2010, 12:14

Rain X is utter pish imo

i would recommend carlack, Kev wouldn't, but I would  :wink:

.........same here, used it once & it was crap.Never again.

Title: Re: best windscreen water replant?
Post by: kells on 05 May 2010, 23:35

Rain x is crap

the very best was Rain wizzard in the pink dildo container, but rain x bought the company and shut it down to try take over the market

i managed to find a guy on ebay who has a few old stock left that he bought in bulk, i got 2 bottles 3 years ago im still on the first bottle (over half left in i too) and the stuff is amazing!! lasts ages too

Title: Re: best windscreen water replant?
Post by: JasonPD on 08 May 2010, 12:43

I'm currently testing Nanolex glass sealants on my vehicle and really please with how they are performing so far.  They do an urban sealant which is designed to be better suited for city driving and I can really see the difference (done a half and half on front screen).

They also don't make the wiper blades squeek (like I found RainX used to).

Cheers - Jason