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Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 10:26:43 -0400
From: Isaac Crow <Isaac@Avana.Net>
To: John Hed <john_hed@wssagw.chinalake.navy.mil>
Subject: Re: RainX
References: <n1346543125.67575@wssagw.chinalake.navy.mil>
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I have given my comments about DRI WASH, now I must come to the defense
of RAIN X...
I have used RAIN X for several years now, and I am very pleased with the
results. DRI WASH and some waxes say you can put them on glass with
similar results but I have not found them to be satisfactory.
Rain x is a thin, solvent based liquid that you squirt on a rag or
directly onto window glass and spread it with a rag to get complete
coverage. Then you let it dry to a haze (a few seconds). They
recommend putting an extra coat on top of this first one. IMHO this is
important especially when it is applied for the first time.
DO NOT get this stuff on paint --only the glass (i also use it on my
headlights and tailight with good results). It works just like paint
remover, and i have used it as such in a pinch.
Anyway, the stuff dries to a haze, and I have found the best way to
remove the haze is to take a very wet rag and a dry rag, and just wipe
lightly across the windshield with the wet rag and then dry it with the
dry rag. If this is done thoroughly, there will be no smearing or haze
left.
Immediately after, the stuff is ready to go. It works great on all my
cars...keeps wipers from streaking and smearing.
A lot of the time, I don't need wipers at all! The water beads up like
crazy and if you are driving fast enough (maybe 35mph) the water just
slides off the glass. You really can get away without wipers much of
the time even in pouring rain, if the rain x was applied recently
enough. I also use the stuff on the side and back windows...the water
just rolls off...the faster you go, the faster it goes away. Glass
cleaner, windshield washer fluid, and the friction of the wiper blades
removes the rainx over a period of a few weeks. Then you just reaaply to
a clean windshield. Bird droppings clean right off of treated glass.
I would recommend this stuff to anybody without hesitation. And if they
didn't likethe results, I am pretty sure you could take a rag with
alcohol on it and remove it with very little hassle. Or it will wear
off eventually.
Rain X also makes an ANTI-F0G product. I have tried this too. Pretty
nice for British cars with lousy Demisters! Doesn't last nearly as long
as the outside rain-x. Basically, you still get moisture on the
windows, but it condenses transparently instead of opaque. Same
application method as Rain-x and same solvent base...I wouldn't use it
on tinted windows! Works great on bathroom mirrors.
I don't own stock in Rain-X or Pep Boys, but Pep Boys has a pack with a
500 mL bottle or Rain-X and a smaller bottle of Rain-X anti-fog for
$5.99. I would say that the 500mL bottle is good for at least 40
applications.
That's my $.02 US worth!
Isaac Crow
'71 Spit
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