Windshield "Rainex"

[ppcgm]

RainX just basically supercleans the glass so the water streams off it. We use it on all our cars and don't usually need the wipers unless there is a real downpour. It saved our bacon when the wipers quit on my '90 240DL in a cloudburst and we could still see well enough to drive. I'll spare you the unrelated rant on the IQ of the engineer who designed that little cable operated wiper mechanism inside the dash of the 240.

[waynej]

I wonder if markvt ever tried it, and if he likes it ? It's been a few months now.

[markvt]

No, I haven't tired it yet. I guess I'm still wondering how it will react with my old and original 240 windshield that has a million microscopic pits. I might try it on another car that I have that is much newer. Just forgot to pick some up.
Mark

[petershen1984]

I agree on the new windshield thing... if you're ever up in the sunroof while the car is moving (as a kid, of course), you know how sand gets in your eyes, and then you realize how the windscreen takes quite a beating from these rock particles. You can go through several sets of wipers prematurely (timely) before pinpointing the "clear" windscreen as the culprit..

[Volvo_240_Atari_2600]

markvt

You should try it... I see you probably bounce around from Vermont to Florida as I am originally from New York and now residing in the warmer subtropics of Florida, I have always used RAINEX on all my vehicles.

Old windshields or newer, the results are just about the same.

I use it on my wife's 99 GMC and my 89 240 and my windshield certainly is not a recent replacement.

I feel if you don't like the way it responds to the rain, the best you can do to remove it is wash it off once or twice till it comes off.

I manually apply it and sometimes I use it from the windshield washer fluid that is manufactured by them.

The worst thing I have ever experienced from using it is it seems to collect a little more moisture sometimes overnight where in the AM on the way to work in the first 5 minutes of driving I may have to run the wipers a little and it's dry. That early AM collection of dew to the windshield, which looks, a little hazy and more difficult to see is a little difficult to make go away 1, 2, 3 and that's why I use the wipers.

Like others said here... It makes the rain just bead away and many times you won't even need the wipers. Great stuff!

Eric

[Z Volvo]

I used rainx on my first Volvo years ago when it first came out, and it was great! The antifog stuff the jury is still out, as I experienced intermittent fogging, but that was 15 years ago!

Speaking of pits and such, is there a polishing method to remove or blend the scratches and pits to save the cost and headache of a new windshield? I see they have it now for all types of eyeglasses?

Most Glasses now are plastic lenses and the product is just that a type of plastic not meant for true glass especially one that has a wiper blade running across it periodically, I would not recommend it being used on a windshield. The only product for removing any pits or scratches from glass would be something like ABF or Ammonium Bi-fluoride and it is a long and hazardous process not meant for DIY or even professionally.

As for RAINX I have used it for years starting with my helmet visor and then on the cars and I think it works great. The most important thing is making sure your windshield is exceptionally clean, that is when it works best in my opinion, then once a month a re application and I rarely use the wipers at all when at speed.

Good Luck

[RichyRich514]

rainex is amazing there are no downsides! even if your wipers work with rainex on the windshield i found the wipers clean the windshield better then without the rainex. but lets say your wipers dont work and you only have rainex on if your going slow it will become hard to see because the beads of water stay on the windshield but when u pick up enough speed the water flys right off !