Cant see s*#t

[lefty]

A while back I decided to clean my windows after I couldn't see crap (glare/film) when the sun shined through when driving through the mountains. After I finished cleaning them, I reliased I had used Meguiars Quik Interior Detailer (grr), and quickly got a sponge with water, and redid the windows with Meguiars No Smear Glass Cleaner with a glass cloth cleaner, but the crap just seemed to make my windows worse. All they do is fog up to the shithouse, especially now that its cold, and I cant see.

What is a good glass cleaner product, that will make windows clean (no streaks!),wont fog and is easy to apply/work?

I've been looking alot at Raix-X. (www.rainx.com)

1. 2-in-1 Glass Cleaner with Rain Repellent (Rain-X WeatherBeater) (Exterior).
2. Glass cleaner wipes with Anti-Fog (Interior).
3. Thinking of getting the Latitude Wiper Blade's.

Anyone use RainX? Is there anything else that will be decent? I'd like to look though a clean, non fogged, window.

Thanks

 

[Jonson]

Rain X is good stuff! Have always used it.

Another thing I have been put onto by the detailers at work is to actually polish the windows, as you would the body.

 

[bazeng]

use newspaper also =)!

 

[vsthis]

The Rainx stuff is awesome. After you have been using it a while, you start to forget to use your window wipers. The de-fog stuff they have is great aswell. It's also good for the inside of motorbike helmets, ski goggles, sun glasses and anything really that you don't want to fog up!

 

[kaotik]

yeh u can just use an exterior body wax on the windows and u wont have a problem with fogging. Just make sure its a wipe on, let dry then wipe off wax, not one u have to work in otherwise u will have problems with when the lights hits the windscreen on certain angles

 

[to4garret]

i use meths and paper towels.

its gets all the films left on the window off, and as along as the window itself is in good condition i've never had a fogging problem with nothing on it.

but you really need to use elbow grease when cleaning windows.

normally takes me around 10 minutes just to clean the inside front window, i do it about 4-5 times, even when it looks perfect do it again and again. usually sorts me for almost a year.

as long as no one puts their fingers and shit all over it. :evil:

 

[Dean]

yeh rain x buddy.
used to work @ a car wash and that was the weapon of choice :wink:

 

[vsthis]

A really good tint guy i talked to told me to get windows perfectly clean, he used kitchen oven glass cleaner!

 

[Entaran]

A really good tint guy i talked to told me to get windows perfectly clean, he used kitchen oven glass cleaner!

I use commercial glass cleaner for cleaning shit off wine glasses. But I have access to it.

Kitchen oven glass cleaner is AWESOME to get films and marks off, but then you use like windex which is a streak free finish because oven glass cleaner streaks like crazy.

Don't forget to buff the window dry after!

 

[rob323]

Step 1. For getting oils, grime etc off glass, use either metho, pure turpentine (record cleaner solution), isopropyl alchohol or my favourite, brake clean in a can

Step 2. If you go to any glazing hardware supplier, or glass merchant, you should be able to buy commercial glass cleaner in a can (which leaves windex for dead).

Step 3. if the above doesn't give you perfectly clean, grime free glass, then use the following mixture:
1 drop dishwashing detergent (not soap!)
(or Kodak Photoflo if you have it)
1/3 cup 99% Isopropyl alcohol
1 2/3 cup distilled water

This is the mixture I use to clean the lenses in my crt projector and as recommended by most guys in the projection and photgraphic industry.

 

[lefty]

alright tnxs guys, got the rainx antifog & rainx original today, at $8 each from super cheap auto (autobarn = $18 each :|)

ill give it a go tomorrow, was too late to clean/apply the crap on today.

ill try to apply with the newspaper/paper towels