What do you clean your windshield with?
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I use Stoner's Invisable Glass cleaner and Autoglym Glass Polish
Cleaner(Got this from Autopia). I polish the glass to remove all films about once a month then use the stoner cleaner between polishes. This removes all films and waterspots from the windows and they are 100% clear.
Cleaner(Got this from Autopia). I polish the glass to remove all films about once a month then use the stoner cleaner between polishes. This removes all films and waterspots from the windows and they are 100% clear.
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If it's not dirty with bugs, etc, I simply use a damp microfiber towel, followed by a dry microfiber towel. You'll be amazed at how good a job that will do.
When it's a bit dirtier. I substitute Eimann Fabrik Clear Vision Auto Glass Cleaner for the water and use the same procedure.
When it's a bit dirtier. I substitute Eimann Fabrik Clear Vision Auto Glass Cleaner for the water and use the same procedure.
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Originally posted by Beaker02
Newspaper? Realy?
Newspaper? Realy?
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Originally posted by POWERZ
Stoners IG is good. Try using newspaper (except on tint) instead of cloth.
Stoners IG is good. Try using newspaper (except on tint) instead of cloth.
-Xray
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I always use the towel I dried it with to wipe down the inside and outside of the windows. Then if it gets dirty between washings, I use a towel and a spray bottle filled with dihydrous monoxide, AKA-water! A mist of water works pretty well to get almost anything off. Maybe that's why its known as the "universal solvent".
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Originally posted by xray
Newspaper is a ridiculous myth that somehow is still being circulated. Lint free towels, or a microfiber is your only choice.
-Xray
Newspaper is a ridiculous myth that somehow is still being circulated. Lint free towels, or a microfiber is your only choice.
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Sometimes I put a coat of Z-6 on the outsides of my windows. I've tried it on the inside also, but you need to have the windows very clean first.
Haven't tried Zaino glass polish, I'll have to add that to the shopping cart.
Haven't tried Zaino glass polish, I'll have to add that to the shopping cart.
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Originally posted by POWERZ
I disagree. Newspaper is highly absorbent and never leaves lint or streaks. You can clean your windshield in a fraction of time with MUCH better results than even microfiber.
I disagree. Newspaper is highly absorbent and never leaves lint or streaks. You can clean your windshield in a fraction of time with MUCH better results than even microfiber.
Plus it is covered in ink and bleaching chemicals. In other words: it stinks.
If the newspaper myth were true, then plain copier paper would work as well. Or even good resume paper stock. Paper is paper: newspaper happens to be pressed paper with lots of crap than don't aid in cleaning. There is nothing even inherentelly mechanically advantageous about newspaper that would make it better.
Make this myth go away. This is just out of control. I see these stupid myths constantly propagated all over. Just because you see it written and spoken everywhere, do not believe it. It's almost like a home remedy: only 7 days of the flu with honey, but a whole week without.
Microfiber + water, maybe some ammonia, or citrus based cleaner.
Next time you disagree, back it up with proof or at least a hypothesis. If this was a science forum, you'd be laughed off the board.
-Xray
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Originally posted by xray
Next time you disagree, back it up with proof or at least a hypothesis. If this was a science forum, you'd be laughed off the board.
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Next time you disagree, back it up with proof or at least a hypothesis. If this was a science forum, you'd be laughed off the board.
-Xray
Originally posted by xray
Newspaper is a ridiculous myth that somehow is still being circulated. Lint free towels, or a microfiber is your only choice.
Newspaper is a ridiculous myth that somehow is still being circulated. Lint free towels, or a microfiber is your only choice.
Go smash some bugs on your windshield and come back and do an actual test rather than just relying on speculation. Do one section with microfiber, one with newspaper, another with paper towels, and finally some resume paper - just for fun. Then we can talk.