re: Its White, its Sports and its a Mitsubishi Cedia - 1.4L km up & new S-drives! Quote:
Originally Posted by S_U_N I find it a little hard to believe that oil would remain on the screen after the amount of rain water that has hit my windshield in the last two weeks.
Do you know a place where they do a proper cleaning of the windshield?
I would be more than happy to avoid a replacement - it save me time and close to 2000 rupees. |
As mandheers has posted, it is the same rain water being splashed on by passing vehicles that douses the glasses with max amount of oil+grime.
You will need to look for a professional car cleaner something like a 3M or a Car spa franchise or you could go to a shop that installs films on glass. They would do a nice job of cleaning your glass from the inside. Regardless of where you get it done do stand on their heads when the job is being carried out. Quote:
Originally Posted by mandheers Silly observation there, but I am finicky about cleaning and I can tell by the smell on my car if it was washed clean or just dusted. | Nothing finicky about that. Quote:
Originally Posted by mandheers Get Colin and clean the windshield inside and out with Colin + newspaper, regular news paper mind you, black & white print, avoid the glossy paper supplements. Comes out squeaky clean and gets rid of most lines and oil that create the blur.
You could put some Colin or a dishwasher fluid's drop (Pril) in your wiper fluid (some advise against soap solutions though, I use small shampoo sachets), clean wiper blades with a tissue paper/handkerchief dipped in vinegar, saw that on a TV program for cleaning refrigerator linings and car door linings as well as wiper blades.
The car spa guys near my place do both these jobs fabulously well. |
Sorry mandheers but I am going to have to 'ask' you to not use either Colin, Pril or any house hold glass cleaner and even shampoo for that matter. All of these have hard scrubbing materials which will create microscopic scratches on automotive glass. Do remember the laminated glass on vehicles is very different from Window/Table top glass and hence needs to be handled differently.
If at all you must you can use 'Hair Conditioner' again available in sachets. this is what the film installers also use in their sprays.
The best would be of course to use automotive glass cleaner bought from Maruti or other brands like 3M, Mcguires, Mothers, Eagle1 or plain tap water.
Also newspaper does not cut it anymore for a couple of reasons. The paper is no longer the high pulp content paper but now has fillers and the edges or creases along the fold (when you crumple it up) are capable of doing some nasty damage. Second the inks that are being used these days are water based unlike the solvent based earlier (good for environment? Maybe, but certainly no good for the car's glass) . At times you may see ink streaks being left on surfaces that are being wiped.
I find toilet paper to be the best bet here. Buy the cheapest one that you can find and wrap it over your hand. Excellent stuff this, being completely chemical and additive free for obvious reasons owing to the sensitive nature of the area of actual intended usage Quote:
Originally Posted by mandheers @khoj: how come I missed meeting you at the Sunny Da Dhaba meet? Looked around for the Blue Streak too but didn't see it. |
Hey, I saw the Red beast and was asking around as to who the owner was but no luck
You can catch me in a couple of snaps (not very flattering ones though), the first is just me looking dissheveled with a 'khoj' expression and the second has me handling my ice water, you can see 'Gostel' sitting next to me. Point out the snaps where one can see you and that would be our online meet. Not the same as meeting in person but would have to do for now. My Blue Streak is currently undergoing an ICE upgrade and is not in a condition to be driven over long distances, it should be back on the highways by this weekend. EDIT Snaps have been 'handled' http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/team-b...ml#post2393859
Last edited by khoj : 16th June 2011 at 21:26.
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