Whats the best way of making your windscreen smear-free ?
I understand that a lot of the smears are due to tiny quantities of unburnt diesel fuel mixed in with the turbulent air on motorways, so how is this best dealt with.
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I have always found MER windscreen cleaner to be excellent.
Needless to say, the windscreen needs to be cleaned well first using normal methods - wash and leather etc.
Then clean the windscreen with MER and also the wipers.
This was an Honest John recommendation in his DT column some years ago.
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I mearly use the sreenwash button a lot and wash the vehicle weekly, no real problem
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The best solution for removing grease is neat vingear, removed with newspaper. It won't make the glass particularly shiny like the cleaning products do, but it will remove all the grease and stop the smearing. Use a bit on a rag to do the wiper blades too.
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This is the method I use. Very effective and without the 'expense' of any specialist cleaners.
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Gunk, if you can stand the smell
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Book: From \'Bodywork, Appearance and Interior\' in HJ\'s Book
of Motoring Answers 1998
Title: Screen clean
Three readers in a week have asked for a good windscreen cleaner. The best I have found is \'Mer\' at some accessory shops or by mail order from Worldwide Marketing and Promotions Ltd, Unit 1, Coulsdon North Industrial Estate, Station Approach Road, Coulsdon, Surrey CR5 2UD, tel: 0181 763 2480. Apply in the dry and use Marigold gloves because this stuff can have a nasty effect on your hands. I also like Mer polish which is particularly good for bringing up oxidised or dirt-ingrained solid colours such as red or white.
Per my earlier reply, I have just found the above extract in the
HJ Archives
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I had this exact problem last night and I used neat vinegar, and then dried off with newspaper. Also, make sure you clean the blades with vinegar as well.
Cleaned inside of screen with Autoglym glass cleaner which is a fabulous product.
Windscreen was gleaming today. Well, until I hit the road anyway!
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i had to use paint thinners on a cloth to clean a windscreen today as it seemed it had never been done properly before in its seven years life,cost was 4 pence (in gun wash) this was followed off by an application of a basic window type cleaner most stores 99 pence a litre including spray applicator.
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\"a little man in a big world/\"
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If the smears are more permanent ie. scuffs and actual scratches n the screen from debris, jewellers rouge brings them out a treat - tip from this forum for me the other week.
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If the smears are more permanent ie. scuffs and actual scratches n the screen from debris, jewellers rouge brings them out a treat - tip from this forum for me the other week.
Scuffs & scratches
If you do not have jeweller's rouge handy (Its not that common in UK Households - not in Scotland at any rate)
Rub the scuff marks with toothpaste - smokers toothpaste is better than the normal varieties but along with a bit of elbow grease they both work.
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Would anyone recommend adding methylated spirit to the washer bottle to help this problem.Used to work for a transport company where the owner swore by this..
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An old 'trade trick' is to mix up a solution of decorator's soap ('sugar soap') in a Wilco's 99p trigger spray bottle. Works nicely.
I also used to use 'Clearalex' tablets in the washer bottle - but they seem to have gone out of business? - not seen it for ages.
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" also used to use 'Clearalex' tablets in the washer bottle - but they seem to have gone out of business? - not seen it for ages."
They seem to be available here at bottom of web page - Ireland and in Euros. www.buy4now.ie/atlantic/shopping.aspx?loc=C&catid=...9
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