Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?
Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?

On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:50:47 +0000, Tim Watts wrote:

Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?
Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?

Would copious quantities of hot water and washing-up liquid be more
successful?

Tim Watts wrote:

Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?
Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?


I use a tiny amount of isopropanol on a microfibre cloth to
clean the haze from inside my car windows, it works a treat.
I think it would be wise to keep the isopropanol well away
from paintwork though.

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On 14/01/2020 11:08, Sn!pe wrote:
Tim Watts wrote:

Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?
Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?


I use a tiny amount of isopropanol on a microfibre cloth to
clean the haze from inside my car windows, it works a treat.
I think it would be wise to keep the isopropanol well away
from paintwork though.


Isopropanol (aka IPA or propan2ol) won't affect paintwork, and I've used
it on the hard rubber of tape deck pinch wheels before now to remove
oxide residues with no damage, so window rubbers aren't likely to be
affected either.

Any residue left on rubbers etc can be removed with a cloth wetted with
water.

On 14/01/2020 11:08, Sn!pe wrote:
Tim Watts wrote:

Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?
Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?


I use a tiny amount of isopropanol on a microfibre cloth to
clean the haze from inside my car windows, it works a treat.
I think it would be wise to keep the isopropanol well away
from paintwork though.


nah. isopropyl alcohol is about as inert as it gest beyond water

what ya think is in screenwash anyway?

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puts mah heel on um jess the same if'n I catches him around mah chillun".

In article ,
Sn!pe wrote:
Tim Watts wrote:

Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?
Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?


I use a tiny amount of isopropanol on a microfibre cloth to
clean the haze from inside my car windows, it works a treat.
I think it would be wise to keep the isopropanol well away
from paintwork though.

isopropanol is usually abbreviated to IPA. An communication error could
lead to best bitter being used to clean a windscreen

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"charles" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Sn!pe wrote:
Tim Watts wrote:

Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and
sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?
Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?


I use a tiny amount of isopropanol on a microfibre cloth to
clean the haze from inside my car windows, it works a treat.
I think it would be wise to keep the isopropanol well away
from paintwork though.

isopropanol is usually abbreviated to IPA. An communication error could
lead to best bitter being used to clean a windscreen

IPA is an ale, not a bitter, stupid.

On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 18:29:29 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:

IPA is an ale, not a bitter, stupid.

Lets begin with its insistence that €œpale ale€� and €œbitter€� are different products, €¦ From the moment that bitter beers started to become popular in Britain, around the beginning of the 1840s, €œbitter beer€� and €œpale ale€� were used by brewers and commentators as synonyms. There never was any difference between the two. Why did €œpale ale€� come to be appended as a name mostly to the bottled version of bitter? Because generally in the 19th century brewers called the drink in the brewery €œpale ale€�, and thats the name they put on their bottle labels, but in the pub drinkers called this new drink €œbitter€�, to differentiate it from the older, sweeter, but still (then) pale mild ales.

polygonum_on_google wrote
Rod Speed wrote

IPA is an ale, not a bitter, stupid.

Lets begin with its insistence that €œpale ale€�
and €œbitter€� are different products, €¦

Corse they are, even if bitter is a contraction of bitter ale.

From the moment that bitter beers started to
become popular in Britain, around the beginning
of the 1840s, €œbitter beer€� and €œpale ale€� were
used by brewers and commentators as synonyms.

Irrelevant to the situation now.

There never was any difference between the two.

BULL****.

Why did €œpale ale€� come to be appended as a
name mostly to the bottled version of bitter?

Thats bull**** too.

Because generally in the 19th century brewers
called the drink in the brewery €œpale ale€�,

Thats not IPA, stupid.

and thats the name they put on their bottle labels,

Irrelevant to the situation now.

but in the pub drinkers called this new drink
€œbitter€�, to differentiate it from the older,
sweeter, but still (then) pale mild ales.

Thats not IPA either.

Keep digging, you'll be out in china any day now.

On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 05:29:19 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

FLUSH senile troll****

05:29? Yet AGAIN? LMAO

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On 14/01/2020 11:08, Sn!pe wrote: Tim Watts wrote:


I use a tiny amount of isopropanol on a microfibre cloth to
clean the haze from inside my car windows, it works a treat.
I think it would be wise to keep the isopropanol well away
from paintwork though.


I was wondering about IPA. Do you find it OK with the daskboard
plastics? (some's bound to drip on)

On 15/01/2020 09:02, Tim Watts wrote:
On 14/01/2020 11:08, Sn!pe wrote: Tim Watts wrote:


I use a tiny amount of isopropanol on a microfibre cloth to
clean the haze from inside my car windows, it works a treat.
I think it would be wise to keep the isopropanol well away
from paintwork though.


I was wondering about IPA. Do you find it OK with the daskboard
plastics? (some's bound to drip on)


It appears ok with the plastics BUT the problem with second hand cars is
that the plastic may have a coating of a cosmetic cockpit shine product
that may be dissolved when the IPA splashes on to it.

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alan_m wrote:

It appears ok with the plastics BUT the problem with second hand cars is
that the plastic may have a coating of a cosmetic cockpit shine product
that may be dissolved when the IPA splashes on to it.

Is this the right point for a diatribe on the annoying use of
silicone polish on steering wheels?

Chris
--
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@ChrisJDixon1

Plant amazing Acers.

On 15/01/2020 11:39, Chris J Dixon wrote:
alan_m wrote:

It appears ok with the plastics BUT the problem with second hand cars is
that the plastic may have a coating of a cosmetic cockpit shine product
that may be dissolved when the IPA splashes on to it.

Is this the right point for a diatribe on the annoying use of
silicone polish on steering wheels?

Chris

The annoying use of that stuff full stop.

In article ,
Tim Watts wrote:
On 14/01/2020 11:08, Sn!pe wrote: Tim Watts wrote:


I use a tiny amount of isopropanol on a microfibre cloth to
clean the haze from inside my car windows, it works a treat.
I think it would be wise to keep the isopropanol well away
from paintwork though.


I was wondering about IPA. Do you find it OK with the daskboard
plastics? (some's bound to drip on)

It's pretty safe on most plastics. Once of the safest things to use on
electronics, where you can find all sorts of plastics.

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On 14/01/20 10:50, Tim Watts wrote:
Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

I find it's the stuff on the inside of the windscreen which is difficult
to get at due to the often shallow angle of the glass. This helps, but
isn't ideal:
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/sponges-brushes-buckets/halfords-long-reach-windscreen-cleaner

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?
Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?

Might be worth trying undiluted screenwash first, then rinsing with water.

--

Jeff

The state of the cloth has a big effect.

On 14/01/2020 11:16, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 14/01/20 10:50, Tim Watts wrote:
Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

I find it's the stuff on the inside of the windscreen which is difficult
to get at due to the often shallow angle of the glass. This helps, but
isn't ideal:
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/sponges-brushes-buckets/halfords-long-reach-windscreen-cleaner


And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?
Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?

Might be worth trying undiluted screenwash first, then rinsing with water.


I use a big spraycan of glass cleaner bought at a local glazing,
window,conservatory place. Works a treat.

On 14/01/2020 10:50, Tim Watts wrote:
Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).


washing up liquid does..

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?

yes

Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?


surgical spirit


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look exactly the same afterwards."

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Tim Watts Wrote in message:
Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?
Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?


Meths
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On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 10:50:50 UTC, Tim Watts wrote:
Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?
Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?

My fist american flatmate said newspaper and vinegar worked well for household
windows.

whisky-dave Wrote in message:
On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 10:50:50 UTC, Tim Watts wrote:
Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?
Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?

My fist american flatmate said newspaper and vinegar worked well for household
windows.



Did you not look?
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On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 12:32:09 UTC, JimK wrote:
whisky-dave Wrote in message:
On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 10:50:50 UTC, Tim Watts wrote:
Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?
Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?

My fist american flatmate said newspaper and vinegar worked well for household
windows.



Did you not look?

Not really, being a man I don't clean windows, they clean themselves or stay dirty ;-)

whisky-dave Wrote in message:
On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 12:32:09 UTC, JimK wrote:
whisky-dave Wrote in message:
On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 10:50:50 UTC, Tim Watts wrote:
Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?
Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?

My fist american flatmate said newspaper and vinegar worked well for household
windows.



Did you not look?

Not really, being a man I don't clean windows, they clean themselves or stay dirty ;-)




I meant through them...
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On 14/01/2020 12:29, whisky-dave wrote:


My fist american flatmate said newspaper and vinegar worked well for household
windows.

Maybe 25 years ago! Newspaper tends to be better quality these days and
less absorbent. The type of ink previously used, and came off on your
hands when reading the paper, had solvent sufficient for cleaning glass.
The ink used for newsprint changed decades ago.





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On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 13:11:26 UTC, alan_m wrote:
On 14/01/2020 12:29, whisky-dave wrote:


My fist american flatmate said newspaper and vinegar worked well for household
windows.

Maybe 25 years ago! Newspaper tends to be better quality these days and
less absorbent.

True and this was in 1991-92. Not sure what diffrecies there are between UK newsprint and US, at anytime regarding materials.
Vinegar's good on chips in the UK, not sure they use it in the states like we do here.


The type of ink previously used, and came off on your
hands when reading the paper, had solvent sufficient for cleaning glass.
The ink used for newsprint changed decades ago.





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On 14/01/2020 13:11, alan_m wrote:
On 14/01/2020 12:29, whisky-dave wrote:


My fist american flatmate said newspaper and vinegar worked well for
household
windows.

Maybe 25 years ago!Â* Newspaper tends to be better quality these days and
less absorbent. The type of ink previously used, and came off on your
hands when reading the paper, had solvent sufficient for cleaning glass.
The ink used for newsprint changed decades ago.

It still works very well for cleaning the inside of the glass on a wood
burner (without the vinegar)

On 14/01/2020 15:00, wrote:

It still works very well for cleaning the inside of the glass on a wood
burner (without the vinegar)


Try a slightly damp cloth (or slightly damp newspaper) dipped in the
wood ash. I didn't believe it would work when it was suggested to me -
until I tried it.


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On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 16:12:00 +0000, alan_m wrote:

It still works very well for cleaning the inside of the glass on a
wood
burner (without the vinegar)

Try a slightly damp cloth (or slightly damp newspaper) dipped in the
wood ash. I didn't believe it would work when it was suggested to me -
until I tried it.

Or a slightly damp non-scratch scourer, spot of washing up liquid,
dipped in the white powder wood ash. I don't use this scourer on the
windscreen...

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Dave.

On 14/01/2020 12:29, whisky-dave wrote: On Tuesday, 14 January 2020
10:50:50 UTC, Tim Watts wrote:
Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.


Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?
Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?

My fist american flatmate said newspaper and vinegar worked well for
household
windows.


I've heard that - it was a British thing in ye old days, apparantly.

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as well
without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

I had a hell of a problem with the film that ends up on the
inside of the glass of the car. Nothing would shift it. A mate
suggested a commercial product and that works very well
indeed. Not cheap tho. But I dont get traffic film on mine
so I can't see if it works for traffic film as well.

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.

How do you get sticker residue on your kitchen windows ?

Maybe you mean stickier residue.

Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?

Easy enough to do that yourself. Use ammonia that
comes in bottles in those manual spray bottles.

Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?

Acetone does, but its very dangerous for plastics.

I wouldnt use it on car windows.

On 14/01/2020 15:08, Rod Speed wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton
of elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just
as well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

I had a hell of a problem with the film that ends up on the
inside of the glass of the car. Nothing would shift it. A mate
suggested a commercial product and that works very well
indeed. Not cheap tho. But I dont get traffic film on mine
so I can't see if it works for traffic film as well.

Can you recall the name?


And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and
sticker residue from my kitchen windows.

How do you get sticker residue on your kitchen windows ?

New DG panel - came with a big fat sticker

Maybe you mean stickier residue.

No - definately a sticker

Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?

Easy enough to do that yourself. Use ammonia that
comes in bottles in those manual spray bottles.

I was about to get to the point of adding some ammonia to windowlene and
see if that works.

I'm sure it used to have either vinegar or ammonia in once??? Why not now?


Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?

Acetone does, but its very dangerous for plastics.

I wouldnt use it on car windows.

On 15/01/2020 09:08, Tim Watts wrote:


I was about to get to the point of adding some ammonia to windowlene and
see if that works.

I'm sure it used to have either vinegar or ammonia in once??? Why not now?

Wasn't Windowlwne more of a cutting product much like T cut? I recall
Windowlene leaving a pinkish residue on the glass as it dried that
required elbow grease and a clean cloth to remove.

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"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
On 14/01/2020 15:08, Rod Speed wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

I had a hell of a problem with the film that ends up on the
inside of the glass of the car. Nothing would shift it. A mate
suggested a commercial product and that works very well
indeed. Not cheap tho. But I dont get traffic film on mine
so I can't see if it works for traffic film as well.

Can you recall the name?

Meguiars Perfect Clarity Glass Cleaner.
https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/...ml/339077.html
https://www.meguiars.com.au/glass-cl...glass-cleaner/

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and sticker
residue from my kitchen windows.

How do you get sticker residue on your kitchen windows ?

New DG panel - came with a big fat sticker

Maybe you mean stickier residue.

No - definately a sticker

Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?

Easy enough to do that yourself. Use ammonia that
comes in bottles in those manual spray bottles.

I was about to get to the point of adding some ammonia to windowlene and
see if that works.

I'm sure it used to have either vinegar or ammonia in once??? Why not now?

Dunno, never used it. Some play silly buggers
fiddling with what works fine for no good reason.
Presumably to justify their employment there etc.

Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?

Acetone does, but its very dangerous for plastics.

I wouldnt use it on car windows.

I wouldnt either now that there is so much plastic on modern cars.

"Rod Speed" wrote in message
...


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
On 14/01/2020 15:08, Rod Speed wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

I had a hell of a problem with the film that ends up on the
inside of the glass of the car. Nothing would shift it. A mate
suggested a commercial product and that works very well
indeed. Not cheap tho. But I dont get traffic film on mine
so I can't see if it works for traffic film as well.

Can you recall the name?

Meguiars Perfect Clarity Glass Cleaner.
https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/...ml/339077.html
https://www.meguiars.com.au/glass-cl...glass-cleaner/

https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G822.../dp/B006FUT09G

And standard well know household sprays are not shifting oil and
sticker residue from my kitchen windows.

How do you get sticker residue on your kitchen windows ?

New DG panel - came with a big fat sticker

Maybe you mean stickier residue.

No - definately a sticker

Does anyone still sell spray with ammonia in?

Easy enough to do that yourself. Use ammonia that
comes in bottles in those manual spray bottles.

I was about to get to the point of adding some ammonia to windowlene and
see if that works.

I'm sure it used to have either vinegar or ammonia in once??? Why not
now?

Dunno, never used it. Some play silly buggers
fiddling with what works fine for no good reason.
Presumably to justify their employment there etc.

Or at least a solvent that actually dissolves stuff?

Acetone does, but its very dangerous for plastics.

I wouldnt use it on car windows.

I wouldnt either now that there is so much plastic on modern cars.

On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:40:03 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


Can you recall the name?

Meguiars Perfect Clarity Glass Cleaner.
https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/...ml/339077.html
https://www.meguiars.com.au/glass-cl...glass-cleaner/

Can it remove all the **** you got in your senile head, senile Rodent?
Obviously not.

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In article ,
Tim Watts wrote:
Is there any available?

Nothing made for cars shifts the traffic film properly without a ton of
elbow grease at the dry-cloth stage (which would probably do just as
well without the useless glass cleaner spray in the first place).

I reckon not much beats warm water and a decent washing up liquid, used
with a plastic pot scourer. Rinse with clean water and dry with a decent
chamois.

Screen wash additives also seem to vary quite a bit. BMW seem to make
(sell) one of the best ones.

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On 14/01/2020 15:19, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Screen wash additives also seem to vary quite a bit. BMW seem to make
(sell) one of the best ones.


Often the problem is with machine car washes where the windscreen is
sprayed with wax as part of the final process. Screen wash additives
tend to work better once this wax is removed from the glass.

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On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 16:44:03 +0000, alan_m wrote:

Often the problem is with machine car washes where the windscreen is
sprayed with wax as part of the final process.

Yep, guaranteed way to end up with an opaque smeary mess of traffic
film and dead insect when the wipers are used the first after a few
weeks of idleness in summer.

Screen wash additives tend to work better once this wax is removed from
the glass.

And shifting the wax can be a right PITA. Can't see the point in
washing a car, it'll only get dirty again. Not to mention stood out
in a gale with accompanying rain pressure washes it anyway.

Salt? Well maybe but the quantity fo water sprayed about underneath
from a pressure washer is nothing compared to the road spray from a
wet road...

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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
idual.net...
On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 16:44:03 +0000, alan_m wrote:

Often the problem is with machine car washes where the windscreen is
sprayed with wax as part of the final process.

Yep, guaranteed way to end up with an opaque smeary mess of traffic
film and dead insect when the wipers are used the first after a few
weeks of idleness in summer.

Screen wash additives tend to work better once this wax is removed from
the glass.

And shifting the wax can be a right PITA.

Can't see the point in washing a car, it'll only get dirty again.

Me neither. I do lend my car quite a bit and the
buggers almost always wash it. Dunno if they are
too ashamed to be seen in such a dirty car or
whether its their way of saying thank you.

Once when I had almost got bogged in a dirt road
and the car was even more filthy than usual, one of
the cops who pulled me over for a breath test as
they do here quite often just grinned and said it
must the be dirties car in the town.

Its bright yellow and lives under the big
trees outside so its filthy most of the time.

Not to mention stood out in a gale with
accompanying rain pressure washes it anyway.

Doesn't work very well here.

Salt? Well maybe but the quantity fo water sprayed about underneath
from a pressure washer is nothing compared to the road spray from a
wet road...