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Re: Greasy Windscreen

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Nothing wrong with vinegar and newspaper!
It's all I use on the inside of my windscreen as it's totally foolproof and cheap!
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Yeah very true,
just don't get it on the dashboard or it ends up lookings alittle sunburnt,
itl strip polish/wax off a car too,

windolene is best at stripping off ming on glass ithink,
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lozz wrote:The stuff igot must of been a bad batch then.
Atm, im using Halfords ready mixed stuff, normaly iscrimp on buying stuff there coz im skint but its good stuff and fairly cheap
it smells nice too,

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_255225
Yes, it's lovely.., I use it too. No need to sniff glue when there's that stuff around.
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I use Rain-X on me windaz and like it, nice beads of water.

Has to be re-applied to the windscreen about every two weeks I find.
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Welly wrote:I use Rain-X on me windaz and like it, nice beads of water.

Has to be re-applied to the windscreen about every two weeks I find.
Yup me too, could be worth spraying some on kitchen roll and cleaning his wipers with it too.
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scotty73 wrote:
Welly wrote:I use Rain-X on me windaz and like it, nice beads of water.

Has to be re-applied to the windscreen about every two weeks I find.
Yup me too, could be worth spraying some on kitchen roll and cleaning his wipers with it too.
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Don't you lot find those rain repellents give a slight smear to the wipers for a second after they've er... Swooped? Swipededed?
It usually dries instantly but does my head in! I have rain x and car lack and they have both done it on numerous occasions.
It's also what I think is the issue with the Prestone screen wash I was moaning about earlier. It's supposed to have repellency aids in it which seems to work but gives the wiper a terrible smear! Had to flush my washer system and fit 3 new blades :(
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Bailes1992 wrote:Don't you lot find those rain repellents give a slight smear to the wipers for a second after they've er... Swooped? Swipededed?
It usually dries instantly but does my head in! I have rain x and car lack and they have both done it on numerous occasions.
It's also what I think is the issue with the Prestone screen wash I was moaning about earlier. It's supposed to have repellency aids in it which seems to work but gives the wiper a terrible smear! Had to flush my washer system and fit 3 new blades :(
I had that very issue with rain x on my old fiat
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ithought Rain x was ok ish' yeah slight smear,
its a tad on the expensive side too ithink,

ifound a cheaper way of creating the same effect,
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lozz wrote:ithought Rain x was ok ish' yeah slight smear,
its a tad on the expensive side too ithink,

ifound a cheaper way of creating the same effect,
Out with the baby oil again? :wink:
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scotty73 wrote:
lozz wrote:ithought Rain x was ok ish' yeah slight smear,
its a tad on the expensive side too ithink,

ifound a cheaper way of creating the same effect,
Out with the baby oil again? :wink:
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scotty73 wrote:
lozz wrote:ithought Rain x was ok ish' yeah slight smear,
its a tad on the expensive side too ithink,

ifound a cheaper way of creating the same effect,
Out with the baby oil again? :wink:
:P Nah not on windscreens :shock: :lol: that'd be lethal.
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I tried sarsons distilled and malt clear vinegar, is that the same as white vinegar?

I wiped it off with file paper instead of newspaper, and it doesn't seem to have helped much, does it need to be newspaper, and how much vinegar do i need to put on the windscreen.
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FarmerPug wrote:I tried sarsons distilled and malt clear vinegar, is that the same as white vinegar?
Yes.

I also use white vineger as a stain remover on clothes.
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Re: Greasy Windscreen

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FarmerPug wrote:I tried sarsons distilled and malt clear vinegar, is that the same as white vinegar?
Don't forget to add some salt it works a treat on the chips. :supafrisk:
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