What do you use for wiper? bad winter
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I've become a fan of the http://www.boschautoparts.com/Products/WiperBlades/Icon bosch Icon wipers. They're abit pricey, but so far, worth every penny.
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WD-40 if you want to blind yourself by smearing the glass..
Soak an area of a whiteclean ragwith Rubbing Alcohol and pinch the blade edge and wipe it up and down..rotate rag area until it stops getting black..It will not hurt the rubber at all and will clean off road grime and oils accumulating to it.. Soap and water just don't cut it.
Soak an area of a whiteclean ragwith Rubbing Alcohol and pinch the blade edge and wipe it up and down..rotate rag area until it stops getting black..It will not hurt the rubber at all and will clean off road grime and oils accumulating to it.. Soap and water just don't cut it.
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WD40 won't blind you at all, Dennis. As a matter of fact, it cleans things (including glass) quite nicely, thank you. It's also very, very good at keeping snow and ice from building-up.
I'm sure your alcohol trick works just fine. I just know that rubber (and even synthetic rubber) will dry-out and crack prematurely when exposed to rubbing alcohol. I've never used it on wiper blades, so maybe it does not shorten the life of the blade significantly enough that it is a problem? That's all I was asking. Not suggesting it wasn't a good idea... just asking the question that comes from having many, many seals / o-rings etc etc fail from being cleaned with alcohol, before I learned better. [:@]
I'm sure your alcohol trick works just fine. I just know that rubber (and even synthetic rubber) will dry-out and crack prematurely when exposed to rubbing alcohol. I've never used it on wiper blades, so maybe it does not shorten the life of the blade significantly enough that it is a problem? That's all I was asking. Not suggesting it wasn't a good idea... just asking the question that comes from having many, many seals / o-rings etc etc fail from being cleaned with alcohol, before I learned better. [:@]
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ORIGINAL: Dennis
WD-40 if you want to blind yourself by smearing the glass..
Soak an area of a whiteclean ragwith Rubbing Alcohol and pinch the blade edge and wipe it up and down..rotate rag area until it stops getting black..It will not hurt the rubber at all and will clean off road grime and oils accumulating to it.. Soap and water just don't cut it.
WD-40 if you want to blind yourself by smearing the glass..
Soak an area of a whiteclean ragwith Rubbing Alcohol and pinch the blade edge and wipe it up and down..rotate rag area until it stops getting black..It will not hurt the rubber at all and will clean off road grime and oils accumulating to it.. Soap and water just don't cut it.
Absolutely fantastic at removinggeneral road grime, oily deposits etc etc and helps the blade to perform at its best. As recommended to me by a very experienced auto mechanic some years ago.
Not too sure about WD40 on the windscreen........Its good at repelling moisture hence the reason why so many peeps used to use it on their distributor caps etc on older models when winter set in but I woulda thought it would have smeared the glass too. Maybe McJag could fill us in a little more?
Jim
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Yes..I will not atempt making a mess of my windshield with WD-40..But I will wait and see how your's McJagturns out after you've tried it and report back as to the results please..I remain open minded on this..
I believe the rubber of a wiper blade (or compound of synthetic)are made to withstand alcohol based solvents..i.e., the Washer solution used is 99% of the time made from Methanol (alcohol)
I believe the rubber of a wiper blade (or compound of synthetic)are made to withstand alcohol based solvents..i.e., the Washer solution used is 99% of the time made from Methanol (alcohol)
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WD 40 is Kerosene... a cheap fuel for camp stoves and heaters. well marketed as a life saver in a spray can, but for sure not for cleaning much properly.
What is on your wiper blades that soap and water can not clean? seems odd to me.
The best wiper blades out there are Bosche Micro-Edge.. as per the name they work well because they have a very crisp and sharpcorner at the two working edges of the blade.
Rubbing that edge with something "until it stops turning black" is kinda going against the concept of the crisp edge.... I suspect you are damaging this edge if black is coming off.
If you want to keep good working wipers, you must never run them dry, never on dirt or ice. they can only run along wet glass. If you are not a little **** about this then you will kill new blades very quickly.
What is on your wiper blades that soap and water can not clean? seems odd to me.
The best wiper blades out there are Bosche Micro-Edge.. as per the name they work well because they have a very crisp and sharpcorner at the two working edges of the blade.
Rubbing that edge with something "until it stops turning black" is kinda going against the concept of the crisp edge.... I suspect you are damaging this edge if black is coming off.
If you want to keep good working wipers, you must never run them dry, never on dirt or ice. they can only run along wet glass. If you are not a little **** about this then you will kill new blades very quickly.
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Okay, somehow this got off track.
I was asking a question about using alcohol on rubber.... something that in my own experience is rarely a good idea. (I'm open to being wrong about this application though)
One of the urban legends (or maybe it's true?) about WD40 though, is that it was developed originally as a way to renew rubber seals on NASA's test engines. ??? I don't know... but I DO know that WD40 is GREAT on most things rubber.... (I said 'Most' things... this is not the "Men-are-you-gay" thread ), which is why I suggested that.
And yes, a trick we learned at the racetrack many, many years ago was to clean the windscreen with WD. Clean, not Treat! WD will remove 'pert near ANYTHING, and then wipe it off with a clean rag. Just like soap, you leave it on there and you're looking for more trouble than you started with! Not surprisingly, the subsequent cleanings at that race weekend will go much easier... thigs just don't stick as well!
I was asking a question about using alcohol on rubber.... something that in my own experience is rarely a good idea. (I'm open to being wrong about this application though)
One of the urban legends (or maybe it's true?) about WD40 though, is that it was developed originally as a way to renew rubber seals on NASA's test engines. ??? I don't know... but I DO know that WD40 is GREAT on most things rubber.... (I said 'Most' things... this is not the "Men-are-you-gay" thread ), which is why I suggested that.
And yes, a trick we learned at the racetrack many, many years ago was to clean the windscreen with WD. Clean, not Treat! WD will remove 'pert near ANYTHING, and then wipe it off with a clean rag. Just like soap, you leave it on there and you're looking for more trouble than you started with! Not surprisingly, the subsequent cleanings at that race weekend will go much easier... thigs just don't stick as well!
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WD 40 is Kerosene... a cheap fuel for camp stoves and heaters. well marketed as a life saver in a spray can, but for sure not for cleaning much properly.
WD 40 is Kerosene... a cheap fuel for camp stoves and heaters. well marketed as a life saver in a spray can, but for sure not for cleaning much properly.
If WD is Kerosene, and Kerosene has been the number one cleaning-agent found in parts-cleaners in shops all over the world... then How can the second part of your statement be true?
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I mean clean like to eat off... not a degreaser... I dont think something covered in kerosene can be called clean. Probably give you a tummy ache to eat of of something "cleaned in Kerosene"
Instead of always looking for some hole in what I am saying.. why not try to look for the logic?.. you cause us a lot of grief unnecessarily.
Instead of always looking for some hole in what I am saying.. why not try to look for the logic?.. you cause us a lot of grief unnecessarily.
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Instead of always looking for some hole in what I am saying.. why not try to look for the logic?.. you cause us a lot of grief unnecessarily.
Instead of always looking for some hole in what I am saying.. why not try to look for the logic?.. you cause us a lot of grief unnecessarily.
and the guy who has made entire threads about being very "specific and complete" in what we say..... and calling those who are not, such names as "buffoons", as I recall.
It's okay Bo, I know you don't like me much. Feeling's mutual.
But you said, and I quote:"but for sure not for cleaning much properly" in an effort to contradict what I was saying.
But NOBODY in this thread asked about being able to eat off of something. That is simply your way of changing the context so as to appear 'right'. I doubt many are fooled.
My response is at LEAST as valid as yours, and probably more so, since it was actually factual.
And to your final point about causing "us" alot of grief..... I hope it's just YOU I cause grief to.... But I wonder why you feel you should speak for others like that?
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What is on your wiper blades that soap and water can not clean? seems odd to me.
What is on your wiper blades that soap and water can not clean? seems odd to me.
If your wipers have that crap all over them, new or not, it very quickly becomes like driving through a fog.
This is the reason I use the process I mentioned.
Jim