Dangerous windscreen smears

[robsco]

mattmoxon said:

Autoglym glass polish works really well I find, as it is slightly abrasive and with a bit of elbow grease cuts away all of the crud that washing doesn't seem to remove.

Agreed, its fabulous stuff. Love the way the beads of rain zoom off up the windscreen just after a glass polish.



That sounds sad, doesn't it?

[Yazmin]

agent006 said:

Selotape a stone to the windscreen then hit it with a hammer. £50 later you'll have a nice new windscreen.

Best check you've got screen cover on your insurance first.

Lol.... Hassle free & prob cheaper by the time youv spent so much on products, time & headache...

[The Tea Boy]

Yazmin,
Your only just under 2 years late replying!


Matt

[Eighteeteewhy]

Meths first, then a good polish.

[AlpineWhite]

Holy thread resurrection, batman!

[Meths]

This thread be raised from the dead

Halleluiah




Did MrSmeary screen ever find a solution? I can't be bothered looking back

[TooLateForAName]

Toothpaste. rub over screen with damp cloth and washoff with liberal amounts of water.


Are you sure you are not seeing some sort of de-lamination of the screen though?





edit: just realised - oh, dear...

Edited by TooLateForAName on Sunday 23 December 17:25

[MotorcyclesFish]

Hope the OP found a greater solution was necessary than changing the cabin heater from recirc to fresh air.

[Sir Bagalot]

Meths said:

This thread be raised from the dead

Halleluiah

Think you've confused Christmas with Easter.....

[Yazmin]

The Tea Boy said:

Yazmin,
Your only just under 2 years late replying!


Matt

Tea boy ats because I had the same problem so googled it and took me straight to this post ... And didn't look at the date.. But least you replied to me :-)

[IceBoy]

Hahaha...just checking PH, while the kids watch Christmas tv!

We could not find anything to sort out Mrs. Ice's windscreen. So a new windscreen it was......she even has a new car now, just goes to show how old this thread is.

Having said the above, this is a great thread and most of the above advice is sound.

Good luck with getting that screen sorted.

Iceboy

[crossy67]

I have seen this before. You didn't wash the car with Murr (spelling?) wash did you? I had a customer about 3 years ago come in in some 4x4 complaining about the same thing. I tried every chemical I had to hand, some really nasty and even ones developed especially to remove silicone from glass prior to install. Nothing worked.

I ended up machine polishing it with G10 and treating it with Aquapel. Result, one very happy customer. I could only put it down to the Murr wash and wax.

[Stedman]

Try GTechniq G4, for when this thread is resuss'd in 12 months time

[surveyor]

Try wiping the blades with a cloth soaked in vinegar. Worked for me when I discovered blades were £70 each for an espace

[andy-xr]

Seeing as we're getting on for 2 years now, hopefully the blades were changed. I once used G3 compound on my windscreen, not one of my best ideas, it showed up all the tiny cuts and nicks in the glass, soon as the sun hit it.

[crossy67]

andy-xr said:

Seeing as we're getting on for 2 years now, hopefully the blades were changed. I once used G3 compound on my windscreen, not one of my best ideas, it showed up all the tiny cuts and nicks in the glass, soon as the sun hit it.

Really? I know someone that uses it as part of a professional refurb process on very high end cars. Maybe there was something in it that scratched the glass or your glass was badly scratched prior.

[kayzee]

crossy67 said:

I have seen this before. You didn't wash the car with Murr (spelling?) wash did you? I had a customer about 3 years ago come in in some 4x4 complaining about the same thing. I tried every chemical I had to hand, some really nasty and even ones developed especially to remove silicone from glass prior to install. Nothing worked.

I ended up machine polishing it with G10 and treating it with Aquapel. Result, one very happy customer. I could only put it down to the Murr wash and wax.

I use Mer and haven't had this problem!

[dowahdiddyman]

Put some Prestone redy mixed screen wash in one of my cars last week, comes complete with `rain-guard` and de-icer, cleaned the blades and it`s absolutely pants, smears like mad.

[crossy67]

kayzee said:

I use Mer and haven't had this problem!

Dam, thought I might have found the cause. The deposit was really difficult to shift. What ever it was at least I now know how to address problems like that.

[andy-xr]

crossy67 said:

Really? I know someone that uses it as part of a professional refurb process on very high end cars. Maybe there was something in it that scratched the glass or your glass was badly scratched prior.

That's where I got the idea from, whether I was a bit slack on my cloth choice I'll never know. The screen was very clean though!