Windscreen treatment

flyingscot68 · Post by **flyingscot68** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:43 am

Can anyone recommend a good treatment for the screen on my Evora?

The dirt seems to stick to the screen in the swept area a lot more than it does in the unswept area. I'm guessing it's had some sort of treatment on it that has worn off?
I've tried Rain-x and the Mer screen treatment but they only lasted a day or so then it seemed to get worse.

I've had great results with these products on other cars so I'm at a loss as to what the problem is with the Evora.

Cheers

Kenny

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 11:42 am

Possibly time for a new wiper?

One of my pals (a very good mechanic) had always strongly advised against putting rainx on the windscreen for road use. He says it's fine for a week or two, but then just gets very smeary as the wipers wear it off. I use rainx on my side windows to great effect, but never used it on the windscreen.

Autoglym glass polish has worked well for me.

BigD · Post by **BigD** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:12 pm

I used PIAA silicon wipers on the Evo and they were excellent. Gives a rainx type effect all the time, every time you use the wipers it gets refreshed and they lasted years. In heavy rain at about 80 you didn't need them on at all.

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:36 pm

lol i'm a cheap barsteward and just use mr sheen furniture polish - smells all nice too.

ninja

bertieduff · Post by **bertieduff** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:04 am

Although it sounds outlandish, sperm is actually the best by far.

flyingscot68 · Post by **flyingscot68** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 6:03 am

bertieduff wrote:Although it sounds outlandish, sperm is actually the best by far.

Any particular kind? Bull maybe?

flyingscot68 · Post by **flyingscot68** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:06 am

I've ordered the PIAA silicon one to try.
Hope it's good, over £32 for one wiper blade is pretty steep.
Bull sperm was even more expensive.

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:34 am

flyingscot68 wrote:I've ordered the PIAA silicon one to try.
Hope it's good, over £32 for one wiper blade is pretty steep.
Bull sperm was even more expensive.

Just put an advert on craigslist with the title Bukkake (If you've not already been ruined by the internet and don't know the meaning don't put it into google)

Bovine stuff is really expensive.

flyingscot68 · Post by **flyingscot68** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:36 am

Lol.
I once made the mistake of googling bukkake.
Ruined for life.....

Post by **Shug** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:52 am

flyingscot68 wrote:Lol.
I once made the mistake of googling bukkake.
Ruined for life.....

"mistake"

flyingscot68 · Post by **flyingscot68** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:55 am

Deffo a mistake when you're on google images, in the office.....

Gimp mask doesn't cover it

bertieduff · Post by **bertieduff** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 5:43 pm

flyingscot68 wrote:
bertieduff wrote:Although it sounds outlandish, sperm is actually the best by far.
Any particular kind? Bull maybe?

Your own? That's what I'd use if I had an Evora sitting in the drive.

Post by **campbell** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 12:20 am

RainX has worked well on our screens for years. And the less you use the wipers, the longer if lasts.

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:15 am

Used it on the headlights in 2010 when commuting to Dundee as the salt used to build up on them and needed chipped off before the return journey. Of course that was when I had a lot of time on my hands

BigD · Post by **BigD** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:56 am

flyingscot68 wrote:I've ordered the PIAA silicon one to try.
Hope it's good, over £32 for one wiper blade is pretty steep.

Did you only order one? What happens when the passenger blade goes over the area cleaned by the silicon one, assuming it does? Two is definitely your best bet otherwise you'll have three different areas on your screen, a nice bit where the silicon one is on it's own, the middle ground where the silicon one wipes and the non silicon one overlaps (not sure how that'll turn out), and the third area with just the non silicon which will probably be dragging some of the coating from the silicon one and smearing it across the passenger side or alternatively wiping off the coating in the overlap area.

I had two on the Evo from when I bought it in 2006 and they were still on it (and still effective) when I sold it this year so in my book they were a bargain....

Scottish Elises