Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 20:14:11 -0500
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: How wipers work / rain-X
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Have you ever heard of BUGS.?
In Texas bugs get very fat. Their entrails are yellow, green and brown
when I wash the windshield and this stuff is about the consistency of
Yogurt but greasy like Crisco.
Its a nice blend of muck.
I use the generic washer fluid that turns this muck into a greasy film
that turns headlights into spider webs at night.
I've tried stronger mixes of 409 and Fantastic and it doesn't help much.
Then there is this one varmint called a "Love Bug" and sometimes called a
"Telephone Bug", they breed in the spring months and are like a black
curtain when you hit a wall of them flying while mating. (called
telephone bugs because they just say hello and hang up.)
The goop from one of these encounters will cause you to wreck your car if
you don't stop and clean the multi colored Crisco/Yogurt and black wings
from your windshield.
In general window cleaning routines I use lots of detergent water and a
squeegee and the windows come sparkling clean just like you'd expect.
Back to the crux of this matter ......... wiper blades just haven't been
cutting the mustard for the last three sets I've bought.
Stan
On Sat, 25 May 2002 19:16:42 -0500 Marshall <mjruskin@SHAW.CA> writes:
> I think if you have a really clean window - the wipers work better.
>
> I clean my windows with 00000-grade steel wool and windex - then
> wipe dry
> with a towel.
>
> It works GREAT - it's much faster than paper and there's no mess -
> plus -
> it's sooo cheap.
>
> Just really wet the windows with whatever you like - even soapy
> water'd
> work. Then wipe around with the steel wool, then wipe dry with a
> towel.
>
> My wipers work better after doing that - I'm serious.
>
> It's especially handy if you pass through a bug-zone. Those things
> are
> really hard to remove after they've dried - and if they're wet -
> wipers
> just make a dirty mess on the window.
>
> Marshall Ruskin
> 84 Westy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@juno.com>
> To: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 11:35 AM
> Subject: Re: How wipers work / rain-X
>
>
> > I've been buying Bosch blades for a long time but they don't seem
> to last
> > very long.
> > They get laid flat and the squeegee won't roll back to center
> position to
> > wipe good.
> > I tried some of those super duper double ??? wiper blades that are
> twice
> > as much and they don't work at all in cold weather ........ just
> sort of
> > bounce as the swing past my view.
> > The Bosch mostly wipe in the middle and the two inches on either
> end just
> > streaks.
> > Do you suppose the bug juices grease up the rubber or something?
> >
> > Stan
> >
> > On Sat, 25 May 2002 09:20:23 -0700 pensioner
> <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
> > writes:
> > > The wipers glide on a molecular film of water. They skip when
> they
> > > encounter a surface that doesn't have this very thin film.
> Rain-X
> > > IIRC is
> > > an alcohol based material that prevents that film from occurring
> and
> > > doesn't
> > > allow water to adhere to the glass.
> > >
> > > Wipers skip on the dry areas that the Rain-x produces.
> > >
> > > Just for fun, surreptitiously treat a friends driver side only.
> > > His
> > > passengers will be terrified in the rain.
> > >
> >
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