Removing Rain-X from car windshield

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just do not get it on your paint.......

Fogging or freezing on the inside of the car is most easily solved by the following

it says on the label.

Thanks for everyone's tips to remove it.

I understand what you're saying about the water beading up..... outside....

But that leaves a question. What does the Rain-X do, *which is made for the inside of the windshield*?

My reason for trying it was to make it easier to remove frost in cold weather. Aside for that, there is no real reason for it.

Best thing to do is not to use the s*it in the first place on a windshield.

Fine for all the other glass, but not on a WS.

Did you not read my post?

Rain-X Anti-Fog......it keeps the windshield from fogging up. Does it work...I dunno. I used it years ago and it didn't. I have a bottle sitting in my garage that someone gave me a few months ago, but haven't used it yet.

Yep. It's made for "high speed driving". If you have good/new wiper blades they will wipe the windshield completely dry on the first swipe leaving no lubrication (a wet windshield) on the return swipe which will cause the wiper blades to bounce/chatter. And once the Rain-X starts wearing off, it gets even worse. It works great if you never change your wiper blades.

I've used it many times on the outside of the WS and it works fine. I've never had any problems with wipers or anything else. I just never tried it inside, and now I know not to do that again.

That may be true if you reapply it often but years ago I read up on it and most didn't like it on the outside. I also tried it years ago and when new, it was fine but found that when it begins to wear off, it makes a mess. I don't remember what I used to get it off but I did get it off.

Spray paint the inside window yellow, then use a razor blade.

Dunno what you had, but it wasn't rain-x. As it wears off all that happens is the water droplets start forming again on the glass just as before you put it on and views became obstructed again. Eventually it does no good and you're right back to before you used it. READ the container and use according to directions.

No it was Rain-X. I definitely remember putting it on. I recall seeing smears after some weeks and decided to remove it.

People have been arguing about Rain-X working or not working for years. I never used it. Windshield wipers were always good enough for me. Kind of related to that is waxing appliances. Years ago, I got caught up in that Amway stuff for a couple months. They had a liquid silicone wax, and the guy who got me into Amway recommended using it on appliances and bath tubs. It's all common sense that wax is slick, and dirt won't stick well to it. But you have the labor of applying it, and "dressing" or removing it. So whatever works best for you. Me, I don't like the labor part, so I don't use any of it.

--Vic

I paid a bunch for crystal fusion application, but I guess it wears,and they give you a reapplication. I know it works well new. What made me buy it, I got doused with a passer by going down a road at 40 mph, and I was so startled it took time to register, turn on the dam wipers. I was totally blinded by brown water.

I applied regular rainx to my truck. Ok works well, except on a trip with heavy rain, the wipers had to use a lot more mechanical effort, and my wipers always growled after that experience. Never again. But, rainx windshield washer fluid works very well. Well, not good enough for that dousing of brown water I got!! You can get by diluting rainx washer fluid.

Greg

The "universal solvent" to eliminate windshield smearing used to be Coca Cola. It contains a weak acid.

Just sayin.

Tomsic

Bull.

I (and my entire family of 5 drivers) have been using the orange windshield washer fluid that is mixed with Rain-X in all of our cars for years.

Above 40 MPH I never even use my wipers unless there's traffic with lots of road spray. In that case, I use the slowest intermittent wiper speed since the dirty road spray doesn't tend to bead up like the nice clean rain water.

Perhaps it's the frequent re-application since we'll typically spritz the windshield quickly when it starts to rain, but we've never had any chattering of wipers or any other wiper related problems associated with the product.

The one issue we've found is the brief period of fogging if the windsheild is cleaned with the sun shining directly at the windshield, such as when sunrise and sunset causes sun glare. It takes a few swipes of the wipers to clear the fog but that disadvantage is far outweighed by the advantage of not having to use wipers the vast majority of time.

Please see my other post where I dispute the claims you've made, at least as far as the washer fluid/Rain-X mix is concerned.

Just make sure it's the *morning* paper. The evening edition won't work. ;-)