RE: RainX help please

["Marv De Beque" <debequem@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I am not a chemist by trade or know the active ingredients, but I have used
this stuff and since stopped.  I find that it makes the wipers squeak.

Actually, there is an old fashion trick someone told me about.  I had my
wipers fail in a rainstorm and was told to smash two cigarettes on the wet
windscreen and wipe the tobacco over the glass.  To my surprise, it worked.
Best use for tobacco I have found.

As for squeaky wipers, I have heard complaints of this nature before.  It
seems if you keep the window saturated it isn't too bad, but when it needs
reapplication, it gets squeaky.

The stuff is difficult to remove completely, but there must be some solvent
somewhere.

As you may or may not know, glass is not absolutely smooth.  rather, it has
microscopic surface irregularities that force water to adhere and bead by
surface tension on the window, thus distorting vision.  RainX fills these
microscopic voids, defeating any hold for water to grab onto (sort of trying
to grab one of the Spice Girls after they have been heavily covered in
grease).  Water and our pudgy hands slide right off.

With my latest car I refuse to use anything on the windscreen.  My method is
to keep both the wipers and the glass as clean as possible prior to wet
weather travel.  Replace your wipers every 6 months (more if you get acid
rain and soot) and they should give you good visibility.

Marv
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> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 11:08:11 -0000
> From: "Paul Drawmer" <paul@domain.elided>
> Subject: RainX help please
>
> I have been using RainX for a few months now, and when it is freshly applied
> it is the canine's testicles.
>
> However, as it loses its' effectiveness (depressingly quickly) I find it is
> gets to a stage where it is worse than nothing.
>
> My question is; can anyone explain what it actually is and how it works.
>
> Why is there the instruction to apply 2 coats?
> How important is it to clean the screen before applying it? Or, is there a
> cumulative build up effect, and does it work better if you only wash the
> screen before each re-application?
>
> How effective is the RainX screenwash additive which is supposed to prolong
> the effectiveness?
>
> Also I find that the BMW intensive wash (the one out of the separate wash
> bottle) makes it really cloudy for a couple of minutes. As this is designed
> to be used undiluted, and it is going all over the paintwork, I only use the
> BMW product for this.
>
> At the moment I know spend MUCH more time cleaning the glass than I ever
> have before.
> It works so well when first applied that I can't wait for it to rain.
> (that's not too long in the UK right now)
>
>
>
>
> Paul Drawmer
> BMWCC(GB); BMWCCA
> '89 Z1; '94 325iSE
> paul@domain.elided
> http://www.drawmer.demon.co.uk/Z1home.htm

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