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"James C. Reeves" > wrote in message ... > > I've found that a second or third application clears things up. > I used it once when I lived in the southwest (US). It rarely rained, but when it did, my wipers weren't usually in the best shape. So I applied Rain-X. Over time, it collected dust or sand particles, obscuring the windshield, so I had to remove it. Much more trouble that it was worth. Maybe it's OK in a less dusty environment. |
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"David" > wrote in message ... > > "James C. Reeves" > wrote in message > ... >> >> I've found that a second or third application clears things up. >> > > I used it once when I lived in the southwest (US). It rarely rained, but > when it did, my wipers weren't > usually in the best shape. So I applied Rain-X. Over time, it collected > dust or sand particles, > obscuring the windshield, so I had to remove it. Much more trouble that > it was worth. Maybe > it's OK in a less dusty environment. > > Interesting. I live in the wet (relatively speaking) mid-Atlantic region, so don't experience that situation. I can see it happening in your climate, now that I think about it. |
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Daniel J. Stern wrote: > On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, wrote: > > >> Clean cloth and denatured alcohol, step one. > >> Glass Wax, step two. > > > Makes sense. Smells like alcohol is the carrier for Rain-X. > > Yep. Silicone solution in an alcohol carrier. > > > Not familiar with Glass Wax. > > Introduced in the '30s, it was a glass cleaner that came in a rectangular > "bottle can". You wiped it onto glass, let it dry, then buffed it off. > Made glass disappear; the blue stuff in the spray bottle doesn't > even come remotely close. > > Looks like the company that made it for six decades just discontinued it. > Idiots. A longtime stockist of the stuff, Vermont Country Store, has had > the same stuff made elsewhere, labelled it "Window Wax" and is once again > selling it. www.vermontcountrystore.com item number 43208. It's in with > the Xmas decorations 'cause the other use for it was to apply it to > windows and leave it on to make 'em look frosted up. > > DS You're kidding! I love that stuff, and was hoping to buy some more in the near future, you mean I have to mail order it now? Sheesh, one would have thought that a good product like that would have no trouble remaining viable. nate |
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Daniel J. Stern wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, wrote: > > >> Clean cloth and denatured alcohol, step one. > >> Glass Wax, step two. > > > Makes sense. Smells like alcohol is the carrier for Rain-X. > > Yep. Silicone solution in an alcohol carrier. > > > Not familiar with Glass Wax. > > Introduced in the '30s, it was a glass cleaner that came in a rectangular > "bottle can". You wiped it onto glass, let it dry, then buffed it off. > Made glass disappear; the blue stuff in the spray bottle doesn't > even come remotely close. > > Looks like the company that made it for six decades just discontinued it. > Idiots. A longtime stockist of the stuff, Vermont Country Store, has had > the same stuff made elsewhere, labelled it "Window Wax" and is once again > selling it. www.vermontcountrystore.com item number 43208. It's in with > the Xmas decorations 'cause the other use for it was to apply it to > windows and leave it on to make 'em look frosted up. > > DS You're kidding! I love that stuff, and was hoping to buy some more in the near future, you mean I have to mail order it now? Sheesh, one would have thought that a good product like that would have no trouble remaining viable. nate |
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:26:04 -0800, "David" > wrote:
|| > wrote in message ... ||> I have created a problem on my wife's 2003 300M Chrysler. ||> I cleaned the windshield, then applied Rain-X. Somehow that application ended ||> up streaked, so I wanted to remove it and re-apply. || || ||Do you *really* want to reapply? Sure, I've used it for years, never a problem. I think this was a compounding of errors due to hasty application, poor conditions. Texas Parts Guy |
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, N8N wrote:
[Glass Wax] > > Looks like the company that made it for six decades just discontinued > > it. Idiots. A longtime stockist of the stuff, Vermont Country Store, > > has had the same stuff made elsewhere, labelled it "Window Wax" and is > > once again selling it. www.vermontcountrystore.com item number 43208. > > It's in with the Xmas decorations 'cause the other use for it was to > > apply it to windows and leave it on to make 'em look frosted up. > You're kidding! I love that stuff, and was hoping to buy some more in > the near future, you mean I have to mail order it now? Sheesh, one > would have thought that a good product like that would have no trouble > remaining viable. Yep. The PR girl I spoke with at Reckitt-Benckiser (1-800-333-3899), the manufacturer in New Jersey, said they get a fairly steady stream of "Bring it back!" requests. You might want to call and give her one more. |
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James C. Reeves wrote:
> "David" > wrote in message > ... > >>"James C. Reeves" > wrote in message ... >> >>>I've found that a second or third application clears things up. >>> >> >>I used it once when I lived in the southwest (US). It rarely rained, but >>when it did, my wipers weren't >>usually in the best shape. So I applied Rain-X. Over time, it collected >>dust or sand particles, >>obscuring the windshield, so I had to remove it. Much more trouble that >>it was worth. Maybe >>it's OK in a less dusty environment. >> >> > > > Interesting. I live in the wet (relatively speaking) mid-Atlantic region, > so don't experience that situation. I can see it happening in your climate, > now that I think about it. > I live in a dry climate, and never found Rain-X to collect dirt. OTOH, I did't think it worked nearly as well as just turning on the wipers! I do use Rain-X anti-fog on the bathroom mirrors at the house, though. |
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now how do you get the rain x off with out your windshield being very
smeary? |
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