On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:20:31 GMT, the inscrutable Unquestionably
Confused spake:

Larry Jaques wrote:

Rain-X is also used on aircraft windshields, so I'm sure it's OK.
I polished my computer and reading glasses with it and the polycarb
lenses on both are fine.

Okay as far as damaging the poly but I was more concerned that the
Rain-X would do nothing to remove the smaller scratches you referenced.
I took a look at the Rain-X bottle I have and this not billed as a
cleaner but rather a topping after you have the windshield scrupuously
cleaned with other chemicals, etc. To remove the scratches there should
be some microabrasive component to the Rain-X, no?

Not necessarily. The film portion (left after wiping) fills in the
scratches so they pass instead of reflecting light. I was amazed at
how good my 14 year old windshield looked after the first application.
And I love the dance raindrops do on a freshly Rain-Xed windshield.
I'm on my 3rd bottle, and have bought the large size since finishing
the small one years ago. Good schtuff, Maynard.


Also the ingredients are two kinds of alcohol and siloxyate (Sp?) Could
this be a dreaded silicone act alike? It's a stretch but should any
product with silicones even be in the shop? That **** is so persistent
you never can get rid of it.

I believe it's an acrylic polymer coating, a plastic, with none of
those silly cones. That said, I'd use the pair of nitrile gloves I
keep with the Rain-X to buff the face shield.

The painter I used to work with used naphtha to remove any trace of
silicone from the cars before he painted them. You're probably
thinking ArmorAll, the bane of all it touches. The wash kid" at work
had it all over him, and he almost killed me once after he ArmorAlled
the steering wheel, gas and brake pedals in a car I had to test
drive. I got to the bottom of the driveway and my foot slipped right
off the brake pedal as I slid sideways into the street. Luckily no
trucks were coming by at the time. I just love that ArmorAll sh*t.
The kid was using ArmorAll right next to the paint shop one day and
Dennis nearly killed the guy when he saw that the job he'd just
prepped and sprayed was ruined by it. Dennis was the guy who knew his
paint gun so well that he could lay metalflake on metalflake and stand
the flake at just the right angle to match perfectly in full sunlight.
He was a true artist with a perfect eye for color, too.


Haven't found the can yet, but haven't spent much time digging yet - nor
have you seen my garage and shop areag

That's my current task in the shop: Finding countertops, benchtops,
and the bloody _floor_.


What I did do is search on the product using Google and came up empty.
Could be that even if it does work, if you don't already have a can
you're out of luck. Still looking thoughg

I found Davies Klear-to-Land, Plexus, Myles Supercoat, Diamondite,
303, LP Aero Plastics 210, and AeroShell Plexicoat, but no
"Slipstream".


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