Windscreen internal suface cleaning.

My windscreen appears to have been 'polished' with
something that I am having great difficulty in getting off.

The previous owner denies having used something like
silicone polish on it but I can't be sure. The effect is that
it causes condensation to 'bead up' and trying to wipe it
clear results in further beading.

I've tried Fairy Liquid, Brasso (metal polish), Windowlene,
Duco Glass Cleaner all without much improvement.

Has anyone any suggestion, please?

 

Denatured alcohol.

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'03 S2000
'94 Accord

It's just about going fast...that's all...

http://home.insight.rr.com/cgreen/

 

If you suspect it to be RainX then use mineral spirits to remove
it.


mike hunt

 

I don't have an unknown chemical on the inside of my windshied but none the
less, I find this surface very dufficult to clean well. If I use just
windex and paper towels or Armorall auto glass wipes it looks fine until I
drive into the sunlight and then it looks worse than when I began. Anyone
know of any good cleaners for this job?

Thanks.

 

Many methods that work: Rubbing alcohol on terry cloth, 1:1 white
vinegar:water solution on terry cloth, or windex and newspaper. Keep the
Armorall crap on the store counter.

 

Call up an auto body supply shop and get a bottle of the solvent they use
to clean the body prior to painting. It will take off just about anything,
including silicone.

 

What's the matter Mikey...cat got your tongue?

Please provide the information and/or link that wings do nothing under "150
MPH".

Also, care to tell us who the "Italian gentleman" is, that we wouldn't have
modern flight without?

We are all waiting...

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'03 S2000
'94 Accord

It's just about going fast...that's all...

http://home.insight.rr.com/cgreen/

 

Thanks for the suggestions[1], folks. I'll give them a go and
report back.

[1] Suggestion were 1:1 vinegar:water, Windex, mineral spirits,
denatured alchohol and solvents used in body shop to remove
silicones from painted areas.

 

(NetSock)
wrote:

Please. Speak for yourself. Speaking for myself, you have been
consistently making yourself look as foolish as Mike with your Hunt.

 

I think somebody already mentioned it but people many times spray Armor All
type stuff on the dash to shine it up when they should be spraying it on a
cloth and then applying. This will usually result in spraying this stuff on
the window and it can be a pain to remove.

CaptainKrunch

 

Yep...that would be denatured alcohol.

--
'03 S2000
'94 Accord

It's just about going fast...that's all...

http://home.insight.rr.com/cgreen/

 

Dunno. The can I've got smells more like some sort of paint thinner.

 

The problem with Armor-all is that the fumes with cause a fog on the wind
shield when the car gets warm inside.

 

I agree. I personally do like the Rain-X inside and outside window
treatments, but I know that some people don't. I think that my results
might be because I always clean my windows inside and out with 1:1
vinegar-water using newspaper. Then I dry them with a towel, let them
sit about 20 minutes to let anything I missed dry out, and then apply
the Rain-X. Try this method sometime, but make sure you don't use
colored papers like USA Today or the Sunday comics, it just doesn't
work well.

Nate

 

its probably rain-X the stuff you put on the glass that makes the rain
fly off... it messes up the windshield pretty good. you gonna need a
chemical to get it off.. try alcohol or mineral sprits, it might work...