Nikwax Visor Proof

[Sossige]

I bought some of this the other day. Is there any benefit in more than one application of the product?

Interested to hear how other people have got on with it - but after my riding in the rain earlier in the week, I needed to get some kind of repellent for my visor.

Cheers,

S

[Carl-H]

Not seen it advertised before, might try it out. I think some people use Rain-X which is for car windscreens but does the same job. At the moment I've learnt to look through it or if its really bad (light rain seems worse) I will give it a wipe with my glove but when you have your visor open and water gets on the inside you've had it.

[Sossige]

Hi Carl -

I've used RainX before on glass and it's fantastic stuff. Unfortunately the manufacturers say that it's not suitable for plastic or coated surfaces, so it isn't suitable for visors.

I know a lot of people use it on visors, but whether it would make a visor brittle over time (or some other damage that isn't readily apparent) I don't know.

S

[toxgobbler]

I use these and would never go out in the wet without one now.

http://www.getgeared.co.uk/acatalog/Glove_Rain_Wip...

[dern]

I don't use anything, you just have to learn to look through it as Carl-H says.

[Hooli]

furniture polish works for me. i've heard stories of rain-x making visors brittle - last thing i want to risk is a stone in the face so i'll leave that idea cheers.
a good tip is turn your head as far to the side as you can now & then, the wind blows your visor dry, only does half though so turn the other way afterwards.

[Rubin215]

Rain x is really bad for visors; makes them very brittle and removes the anti-scratch coating from some.

I saw a tech in the Arai truck shatter a visor with a plastic pen after the customer admitted to using it. Didn't take a lot of force to do it either!

The guys there only recommended mild soap and warm water for cleaning the visor, though one admitted "unofficially" to using a soft cloth which was sprayed with furniture polish and the solvent allowed to evaporate.

[surfsofa]

When the heavens opened on me yesterday I tried the technique someone mentioned on here of turning your head to the side. Worked a treat.

[Sossige]

surfsofa said:

When the heavens opened on me yesterday I tried the technique someone mentioned on here of turning your head to the side. Worked a treat.

Hi guys -

I found that even turning my head to the side (at reasonable speed) didn't really help much, hence looking for some repellent to aid the process....

[Hooli]

Sossige said:

surfsofa said:

When the heavens opened on me yesterday I tried the technique someone mentioned on here of turning your head to the side. Worked a treat.

Hi guys -

I found that even turning my head to the side (at reasonable speed) didn't really help much, hence looking for some repellent to aid the process....

sunlight keeps the rain away
seriously furniture polish helps, the water beads up like on wax & just wipes off with a finger. its something you have to get used to though, one of the joys of biking.

[Carl-H]

Does anyone know what it is that's on new visors? When I wash my clear visor it doesn't bead off but with my dark one it runs off straight away. Just a shame I never use my dark visor if its raining.

[A1ec]

Sossige said:

Hi Carl -

I've used RainX before on glass and it's fantastic stuff. Unfortunately the manufacturers say that it's not suitable for plastic or coated surfaces, so it isn't suitable for visors.

I know a lot of people use it on visors, but whether it would make a visor brittle over time (or some other damage that isn't readily apparent) I don't know.

S

It used to be OK but the new manufacturers have changed the formula as mentioned on another thread when this was brought up.

A1ec said:

Silent1 said:

Fair enough, it probably doesn't help that i wear glasses.

If you read my first post again you will see that I wear glasses as well and the 'Bob Heath Visors, Antifog' keeps them completely clear. Try it, you'll be amazed how well it works.

A1ec said:

I use 'Rain-X' on the outside of my visors as well.

For the inside of the visor, and on my glasses, I use 'Bob Heath Visors, Antifog'.

The combination of both means that I don't have any problems in any type of weather conditions.

With regard to the 'Rain-X' I'm afraid that I'll have to change my recommendation as I've just read the label on a new bottle that was given to me and was still in my garage.

I've been using a bottle that I've had for a very long time (it has ©1988 on it) and it actually shows a picture of a motorbike and says "Rain-X seals ~ polishes ~ protects glass & plastic windshields, side & rear windows, mirrors & lights with an invisible super-slick, non-stick coating".

The new bottle says "Improved Formula!" and goes on to say "Do not use on plastics" so they have improved it so that it is less useful.

Unfortunately my bottle of original formula 'Rain-X' is going to run out after about 20 years of keeping my visor clean, and the new version is useless for what I want it for, so I'll soon need to try some of the other suggestions given above.