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| Thread ID: 129706 | 2013-03-07 02:07:00 | Cleaning Car Windscreen | Pato (2463) | PC World Chat |
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| 1331694 | 2013-03-07 04:31:00 | I just use fairly hot water with dish washing liquid in it to get that film off the inside of your windscreen. Put quite a bit of the liquid into the water. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1331695 | 2013-03-07 04:51:00 | Many so-called glass cleaners leave a film which causes smearing either inside or outside. The aim should be to clean glass so that the contact angle due to surface tension is as near zero as possible. (In physics and chemistry, chromic and sulphuric acids :) are used to produce chemically clean glass followed by copious washing with distilled water, this will give zero contact angle) Surface treatments like Rainex produce very high contact angles, so that the water beads in drops. This is ok until the wipers are used at night, then there will be irritating smears. I use very dilute ammonia based Handy Andy in windscreen wash, wiper smears are non-existent, but it is not so easy to wash off the inside of a screen. Kaolin mixed with a little water and a lot of rubbing will remove acid rain drop marks and also Rainex coating. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1331696 | 2013-03-07 05:12:00 | Actually Terry it might of been Handy Andy I used. Was a couple of years ago. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1331697 | 2013-03-07 05:39:00 | If YOU wear glasses, try cleaning THEM first.... :D | johcar (6283) | ||
| 1331698 | 2013-03-07 05:57:00 | I use SWMBO to clean my car windscreen I find she works wonders | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1331699 | 2013-03-07 06:28:00 | Some do not understand the word "sensible' but many thanks to others who have given me some things to try. I always appreciate the help that F1 members provide. | Pato (2463) | ||
| 1331700 | 2013-03-07 08:09:00 | . . . Kaolin mixed with a little water and a lot of rubbing will remove acid rain drop marks and also Rainex coating . How do you hold the marked acid rain drops to clean them? I keep squashing the little sods . |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1331701 | 2013-03-08 00:40:00 | What a great thread, I'm going to try some of these tips on my grubby windscreen as well. One thing I read a while ago is not to wash the windows with car wash as it contains a kind of wax polish in it which will leave a film on the glass. Oh, and the off-beat non-sensible replies gave me a giggle. :p |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 1331702 | 2013-03-08 00:46:00 | Also the stuff you put in the windscreen washer water, when it dries leaves streaks on your car. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1331703 | 2013-03-08 00:58:00 | Are you sure it's actually dirt and you're not trying to delaminate the windscreen itself? :lol: | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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