Slippery Windscreen?

[shining]

I had a new windscreen fitted a number of weeks ago by Windscreens O'Brien. In the first shower afterwards (its been a late break to the autumn dry around here) guess what? No noise. :) . I changed blades a couple of years ago to stop the "slap" at the outer extremity of the cycle but they still squeaked.

I hope its not something that wears off!

[ADMIRAL]

Just apply Rainex regularly. Has a similar effect.

[101RRS]

Just apply Rainex regularly. Has a similar effect.

Is not my experience - I have Rainex on my screen and made no difference to the noise made by new blades.

Garry

[BMKal]

I've been using Rainex for years on many vehicles. Works well for me.

Just re-applied it in Kal last weekend, which was good timing - as it's bucketing down in Perth at the moment. I use it on all the external glass, including mirrors. I also use the Rainex additive in my washer fluid.

Because I'm "batching" it in an apartment when I'm down in Perth (and I'm basically a lazy barsteward), I've also found that Rainex on the inside of the glass shower screens and the tiles in the shower enclosure in the bathroom of the apartment works brilliantly. ;)

One thing that I have found though (some time ago on an older vehicle) - the Rainex product in the black box / bottle that you apply to the inside of the windscreen to stop internal fogging of the glass should be avoided. In my experience, it doesn't work and it leaves a horrible smear / film on the glass that takes ages and a lot of effort to get rid of (makes a similar mess on the mirror in the bathroom).

[SBD4]

I've been using Rainex for years on many vehicles. Works well for me.

Just re-applied it in Kal last weekend, which was good timing - as it's bucketing down in Perth at the moment. I use it on all the external glass, including mirrors. I also use the Rainex additive in my washer fluid.

Because I'm "batching" it in an apartment when I'm down in Perth (and I'm basically a lazy barsteward), I've also found that Rainex on the inside of the glass shower screens and the tiles in the shower enclosure in the bathroom of the apartment works brilliantly. ;)

One thing that I have found though (some time ago on an older vehicle) - the Rainex product in the black box / bottle that you apply to the inside of the windscreen to stop internal fogging of the glass should be avoided. In my experience, it doesn't work and it leaves a horrible smear / film on the glass that takes ages and a lot of effort to get rid of (makes a similar mess on the mirror in the bathroom).

X1000 the anti fog is crap! took me a lot of elbow grease to get it off too!

[shining]

Agreed about the internal stuff. Tried it on the D1. Terrible smears! I will have to get it off this weekend.

[Carnut1100]

Rain-X good.
Anti-fog bad!

[theresanothersteve]

Agreed about the internal stuff. Tried it on the D1. Terrible smears! I will have to get it off this weekend.
I tried it a few times as was unimpressed. One time I applied it on a day when it was raining cats and dogs and it worked brilliantly. Apply it on a cold wet day and it seems to work...

If you get smearing you can fix the problem by applying a fine spray of plain water (filtered) and rubbing with a good quality cloth. Probably mimics doing it on a cold wet day.

After this process I'm not as unimpressed as I was. :)

But its nowhere near as good a product as the stuff for outside windows (RainX). That is brilliant (no pun intended).

[Canaussie]

HOW TO: Super Clean Your Windshield - YouTube

Found this useful for actually applying rain x the correct way