Posted: 10/22/2005 9:44:17 PM EDT
| Anyone have any luck with this? I remember my dad using it on his car a few years ago and it made the windows look like shit. I have been hearing mixed results about it and am apprehensive about applying it to my windows. |
thats how it works. i love it, use it every 4-6 months and havent had a problem since i started using it. water beads off, dont even need wipers most of the time. |
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Rain X is awesome. For a new application you must clean the windshield very well... I use rubbing alcohol and a kitchen scrubber, dry with paper towels. Then apply the Rain X with a paper towel... you will need to put on several "coats". I like to let it sit for a while and then rinse off the glass with water... presto. It may look a little bit streaky for the first day or so, if it's too bad you can "polish" it with a dry paper towel. ETA: it also helps in the winter, put a good coating on all your windows as part of winterizing (for those who have winter) and ice removes much easier. |
+1 Cleaning is the most important step, followed closely by "buffing" the RainX with a clean paper towel. I swear by it when traveling. |
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I have not had any issues with it drying out my wiper blades and I have used it for 15 yrs. Do let it run onto your blades. I spray it on the glass and use a wax applicator pad a new one and like I am waxing the glass, let it sit for awhile as I wax the rest of the vehicle, buff it off with a towel. It stays hazy for few days but really soaks into the glass. As the other post states wash it off with water too but after I just waxed I dont want to wipe water off too. As for the winter that is a plus, the ice doesnt stick as easy and blows off. Driving down the highway or even local, the water blows off because it does not stick. This also helps with wear and tear on your wipers blades and drive motor because the drag is decreased at least by 50%..same goes for the electric windows and the drag on those motors too. Roll down windows too, you will have to work less at the cracking part. Just my 2 cents. I heard this came from many years back and its what is used on airplane glass. I forgot to add it also helps with bugs too, they wash off so easy with out any other chemicals. |
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Use and endorse use of the product. Just follow directions. Been using it on my '94 Ranger since I got it in '94, and still on the original set of wiper blades. Yes, they do work, but I use them so rarely they might as well be sitting in my shower or something. My windshield is fairly pitted from lots of desert windstorms and such over the years, so the RainX doesn't work quite as well as with a nice, smooth, new windshield, but it does still work pretty well. Also recommend it for use on motorcycle goggles and face shields for the same reason. 
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It's best to use silicone wiper blades with rain X... it seems to create a build up on the regular ones. For sure don't get the liquid rain X on a wiper blade during application. Here's another tip for rain X users. Often I forgot to reapply rain X until its - raining. Get a bottle of the rain X windshield washer fluid additive, a squirt of that on a scrubber sponge, lightly scrub the windshield and the rain X is refreshed. |
Tried it and it sucked. Smeared terribly on the winshield if you needed to hit the wipers esp in humid conditions. Had to use glass polishing compound to get that crap off. 
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| On our way to a fishing trip in SF Bay one morning my buddies wipers quit working. It was just a light rian, but enough that we needed the wipers. We stopped at WalMart and bought and applied some RainX. We were able to drive the rest of the way with just the beading the RainX does. |
