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From: shk@machaids.UUCP (Steven H. Krapes)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Abrasive Windshield Cleaners
Message-ID: <845@machaids.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Mar-84 11:35:33 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 30 11:35:33 1984
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Ah Ha!  The old car wash wax & hazy winshield demon strikes again.!!!
The problem you are having is not with RAIN-X ( a *fairly* good product ).
When commercial car washes spray hot wax (why is it hot???) on your car,
it tends to get on the glass.  I got the hot wax once, I'll never do it again.
I tried various solvents for 2 hours, yet some wax residue still remained.
(Just a little bit of wax makes a BIG smear!!!)
While searching under the kitchen sink, I came across a bottle that said,
"DO NOT USE ON GLASS". Hmmmmm, could this be because it was too strong.
Since I couldn't see out of my windshield anyway, it couldn't hurt.
Voila, it did indeed work!!!!   Just 30 minutes later, all the windows
were back to their sparking luster. After which I applied RAIN-X to
keep them that way.   The remarkable solvent was the lowly FANTASTICK.
    BTW, RAIN-X is a nice product to keep glass slick but it's an
even better conversation piece.  My passengers get all upset when I
don't use the wipers, but when my speed hits ~50, the water beads up
and flies up on to the roof. The resulting expression of the passenger
worth the price of RAIN-X


                             Steve Krapes
                             ATT-BL  Holmdel  x6044