Anyone offer any advice on this. My windscreen is like a 'flies
cemetry' and all the 'specialised products' aren't any good.

Anyone got any tips on best way to remove the poor blighters.

"Russ" wrote in message
oups.com...
Anyone offer any advice on this. My windscreen is like a 'flies
cemetry' and all the 'specialised products' aren't any good.

Anyone got any tips on best way to remove the poor blighters.

There is a sponge available which has a hard coarse surface on one side and
an ordinary soft sponge on the other.
The hard side is for removing flies off the windscreen, I have found it
invaluable when after batting down the french motorways for a couple of
hours, a splash of water and an application of the sponge works wonders.
Let us know if you find it useful.
Cheers
Tom

"Russ" wrote in message
oups.com...
Anyone offer any advice on this. My windscreen is like a 'flies
cemetry' and all the 'specialised products' aren't any good.

Anyone got any tips on best way to remove the poor blighters.


Water, sponge, and drop of car shampoo whilst not forgetting the
secrete ingredient - elbow grease.... Doh!

In message .com, Russ
writes
Anyone offer any advice on this. My windscreen is like a 'flies
cemetry' and all the 'specialised products' aren't any good.

Coke is supposed to be very good for that - but could be an urban myth
:-)
--
Graeme

Graeme Eldred wrote:
In message .com, Russ
writes

Anyone offer any advice on this. My windscreen is like a 'flies
cemetry' and all the 'specialised products' aren't any good.


Coke is supposed to be very good for that - but could be an urban myth :-)

man! at £50 a gram, thats bloody expensive!

"Russ" wrote in message
oups.com...
Anyone offer any advice on this. My windscreen is like a 'flies
cemetry' and all the 'specialised products' aren't any good.

Anyone got any tips on best way to remove the poor blighters.


I was vaguely watching a short prog on the TV the other evening, and some
chap was extolling the virtues of applying cling film to the windscreen
before the flies were encountered, then he could just pull the film off
complete with flies. I seem to recall France being mentioned, and we all
know that there are no flies on the French

--
GPG

I was vaguely watching a short prog on the TV the other evening, and
some
chap was extolling the virtues of applying cling film to the windscreen

before the flies were encountered, then he could just pull the film off

complete with flies. I seem to recall France being mentioned, and we
all
know that there are no flies on the French

--

Like the man said - some places, even flies won't go!

Mike Hibbert wrote:
Graeme Eldred wrote:
Coke is supposed to be very good for that - but could be an urban
myth :-)

man! at =A350 a gram, thats bloody expensive!

..=2E. and how do you know the exact prices?? :-)

Nowt to do with removing flies, but recently I've been a convert to
that product called "Rain-X".
During the winter there I did a 50 mile journey in a persistent
downpour
on the motorway and didn't need to use my wipers once. Honest.
Below 50mph it ain't that good. But get a bit more speed on and the
rain
drops just fly off the screen.
A bit mesmerising though: all these rain "tadpoles" squirming off the
screen... damn, I ought to concentrate on the road!

Mungo :-)

Russ wrote:

Anyone offer any advice on this. My windscreen is like a 'flies
cemetry' and all the 'specialised products' aren't any good.

Anyone got any tips on best way to remove the poor blighters.

I got chatting to my local hand wash lads and they said that they used
DFR solution and they offered to give me some for my washer bottle. I
suspect that it must remain in contact with the screen for a while
before the flies can be washed off though.

(I presume that DFR stands for dead fly remover)

Dave

replying to Russ, Mac. wrote:
I use a one sided blade tool that can be purchased from Wilko fo about £3:25
and that's with 5 spare blades. I've had mine 4/5 years and only used 2
blades. Its primary use is for getting paint off,of Windows.

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posted from
http://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy/...en-178803-.htm

Mac. wrote:
replying to Russ, Mac. wrote:
I use a one sided blade tool that can be purchased from Wilko fo
about £3:25 and that's with 5 spare blades. I've had mine 4/5 years
and only used 2 blades. Its primary use is for getting paint off,of
Windows.

11 years old.
Who let these ******s in here?

Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
Mac. wrote:
replying to Russ, Mac. wrote:
I use a one sided blade tool that can be purchased from Wilko fo
about £3:25 and that's with 5 spare blades. I've had mine 4/5 years
and only used 2 blades. Its primary use is for getting paint off,of
Windows.

11 years old.
Who let these ******s in here?

Davemallon will be along in eight years time to retaliate to this post, he's
just trying to formulate a reply

On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 20:00:04 +0100, Phil L wrote:

Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
Mac. wrote:
replying to Russ, Mac. wrote:
I use a one sided blade tool that can be purchased from Wilko fo
about £3:25 and that's with 5 spare blades. I've had mine 4/5 years
and only used 2 blades. Its primary use is for getting paint off,of
Windows.

11 years old.
Who let these ******s in here?

Davemallon will be along in eight years time to retaliate to this post, he's
just trying to formulate a reply

I have a reply. Use your windscreen wipers.

--
The difference between insane asylums and our schools is that in the insane asylum you have to show some improvement before you can get out.

On Thursday, 21 July 2016 18:44:03 UTC+1, Mac. wrote:
replying to Russ, Mac. wrote:
I use a one sided blade tool that can be purchased from Wilko fo about £3:25
and that's with 5 spare blades. I've had mine 4/5 years and only used 2
blades. Its primary use is for getting paint off,of Windows.

A steel scraper on a toughened windscreen sounds like a bad idea to me.

And sort out your access!
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...up_access_tips


NT

On Thursday, 21 July 2016 19:29:02 UTC+1, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
Mac. wrote:
replying to Russ, Mac. wrote:
I use a one sided blade tool that can be purchased from Wilko fo
about �3:25 and that's with 5 spare blades. I've had mine 4/5 years
and only used 2 blades. Its primary use is for getting paint off,of
Windows.

11 years old.
Who let these ******s in here?

The posters aren't the problem, they're just using an access portal they don't realise is borked. New blood in the group is mostly a good thing.


NT