Got in a Fight with my Windshield

ClaytonBigsby

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #1

Well, actually it's still going on. It started about 40 minutes ago. I sprayed the outside with windex and wiped all of the windows clean, but when I started on the windshield I noticed the outside still had alot of oil/streaks. I finished inside and went to finish the outside, but....it told me the streaks were on the inside, so I went back in, THEN the inside was telling me it was really the outside!! One of those motherfuckers is lying! I have about emptied a bottle of windex and used a roll of paper towels. I even got some cotton wash rags involved. Shit is STILL streaking, you know, with that oil glaze?!?!

Any pro tips?

 

UNICRONLIVES

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #2

NEWSPAPER!!!...itll change the way you wash windows for life.

 

Saerimmner

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #3

Wash it with soap to break down the oil, then rinse and dry and THEN try the window cleaner again

 

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stealth206

Active Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #4

newspaper scrunched up (dry)

 

B166ER420

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #5

Hire a maid......

 

ClaytonBigsby

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #6

Dry? Just rub some newspaper on it?


safe for tint?

 

ClaytonBigsby

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #7

B166ER420 said:

Hire a maid......

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I AM the maid!

 

UNICRONLIVES

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #8

hose that bitch down w/ windex or w/e you got and use the newspaper just like a paper towel dryin it. my grandmother was a house maid and ever since she showed me that..ive never used anything else. youll be done in 5 minutes tops!!

 

racerboy71

bud bootlegger

Mar 9, 2014

• #9

clayton, pro tip, wipe the inside vertically, and the outside horizontal, or vice versa, w/e floats your boat.. this way when your done, you can tell which side the smears are on by the direction they're running..

you're welcome..

 

B166ER420

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #10

ClaytonBigsby said:

I AM the maid!

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Then your...... FIRED!........GTFO!

 

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SSHZ

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #11

Replace the windshield......

 

neosapien

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #12

I second the newspaper. The pulp soaks up the oil.

Good tip by racerboy too.

 

ClaytonBigsby

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #13

Awesome, guys, thanks! I replaced the windshield. THEN, right after I get done and am all happy to have finally won the hour plus fight, I walk into the garage and see my wife spraying

DIrectly onto the dash (and windshield), instead of onto a cloth to wipe it on.

 

UNICRONLIVES

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #14

DAMN...she is sadistic...

 

Sunbiz1

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Mar 9, 2014

• #15

LOL Clayton...

I have a good tip from back in my auto detailing days...apply rain x on a sunny day. Allow to bake in for a few hours, then remove.

 

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puffdatchronic

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #16

I heard that vinegar was good at getting rid of grease.. but maybe you don't want your car to smell like food.

 

ClaytonBigsby

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #17

Wouldn't vinegar strip your paint/clearcoat?

 

Sunbiz1

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Mar 9, 2014

• #18

ClaytonBigsby said:

Awesome, guys, thanks! I replaced the windshield. THEN, right after I get done and am all happy to have finally won the hour plus fight, I walk into the garage and see my wife spraying

DIrectly onto the dash (and windshield), instead of onto a cloth to wipe it on.

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Dish soap water to remove, then Rain X.

And lock the garage from now on.

 

srh88

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #19

 

ClaytonBigsby

Well-Known Member

Mar 9, 2014

• #20

LOL, 88, good to see you around. I hope work is going well. Still working like a Jamaican?