MK5 Golf GTI
General => Detailing => Topic started by: Stooey on January 18, 2015, 04:27:41 pm
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My windscreen is in awful shape and no matter what I do I just cant seen to get I very clean. I have seen this video on youtube about going over your windscreen with "0000" grade wire wool and it looks like it works well but wanted to know if anybody in here has tried this before or anything similar?
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I'll b be trying that already got rain x aswell
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Clay it?
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I'm ultra picky with windscreens. The best thing you can do, if get a stanley knife blade, drench the windscreen with soapy water and with the blade at a 30 degree angle to the screen, gently push it over the screen, with little pressure. You'll hear a grit like noise at first, but with a few goes over the same area, the noise will go and you'll have a very clean screen. A quick once over with a screen cleaner and it'll be a very clean screen!!!
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Saw that video the other day and was going to try it out on an old bit of glass I have for a caddy van to make sure it doesn't scratch it
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Mine is covered in tiny chips and scratches...does my head in :(
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Done that today as the wire wool 0000 arrived and looks pretty good nice and easy took few minutes looks really clean.
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quite interesting. Will have to give this a go
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I've used RainX and wasn't impressed, repels water but didn't clean the screen that well
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I've used RainX and wasn't impressed, repels water but didn't clean the screen that well
Its not a screen cleaner...
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I've used RainX and wasn't impressed, repels water but didn't clean the screen that well
You have to clean the screen first and then apply the rainx as it's only a rain repellent
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Sorry, realised after I'd posted that I was being a muppet ...
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Great guide. I love detailing and was always frustrated on how the windscreen never looked "brilliant" i will certainly use this. :)
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I've only ever needed to clay and use IPA on glass. Not heard of using wirewool but I know detailers who've used cerium oxide to polish the glass properly.
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In the end I used the blade method followed by clay then rain x glass cleaner/rain repellent, worked a treat and my windscreen is like new again
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Got some 0000 wool from B&Q and my screens come up a treat
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Does Rain X really work?
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Does Rain X really work?
It's not bad works ok, does repel the water but not that good if you're not doing motorway speeds, I want to try G3 I think it is. That seems to get good reviews.
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If you clean your windscreen and then apply Rain x it will work perfectly fine, I've done motorway driving in heavy rain and not needed to use the windscreen wipers having put a coat of rain x on (it was a day old application).
However it doesn't last very long , i'd say 3 or 4 bouts of rain and it needs re-doing or if it doesn't rain then general weathering will see it lose a great deal of effectiveness about 3 weeks after application - however it's such a piece of p155 and quick to do, which coupled with he fact it's cheap means its lack of longevity is nae bother in my book :happy2:
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I would suggest, washing the windscreen and wiper blades as normal using car shampoo, hose down, then clay the glass thoroughly and, re-wash. Dress with AG Glass Polish, although I must warn, that I find with a screen with chips the polish sticks in the small cracks. Also wipe the blades with the polish allow to cure and buff off. Alternatively, and what I currently use and really like, is Auto Finesse Crystal and do the same. Watch the rain speed off the screen like it is coated in silicone.