Rain-X
11-18-2003 | 12:47 PM
#134
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Re: Rain-X
Approximately 11/17/03 21:05, Jjsegr uttered for posterity:
> Just my $0.02, as I've had both bad & good experiences.
>
> Previously, I had the streaking problems. This past August, I was working with
> my daughter doing the Fall waxing and other maintenance. She found the Fog-X
> and Rain-X bottles in the pail and asked if she could apply it. We eventually
> put them on 3 cars, and I am amazed with how well it works.
>
> Previously, I had put it onto the cars in late (cool, wet) Autumn. This year,
> we did it in warmer weather (late August) - maybe that made the difference. At
> any rate, I drove the XJ North this weekend; I ran without wipers while others
> relied on thiers.
Yeah, thats the other thing wrong with Rain-X. Perhaps it works
well in the one or two remaing spots on the globe where the rain
still resembles rain rather than sulfuric acid or as is more common
on the left coast, a slurry of tire dust, diesel soot, industrial
soot, etc. And the water splashed up from the road isn't dark
brown or worse. For that wipers are pretty much mandatory and
the wipers do not like that crap. A good set of silicone blades
is cheaper, takes less rubbing, and cleans better with no streaking.
Plus they are available in that dinky 12 inch Jeep length.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
> Just my $0.02, as I've had both bad & good experiences.
>
> Previously, I had the streaking problems. This past August, I was working with
> my daughter doing the Fall waxing and other maintenance. She found the Fog-X
> and Rain-X bottles in the pail and asked if she could apply it. We eventually
> put them on 3 cars, and I am amazed with how well it works.
>
> Previously, I had put it onto the cars in late (cool, wet) Autumn. This year,
> we did it in warmer weather (late August) - maybe that made the difference. At
> any rate, I drove the XJ North this weekend; I ran without wipers while others
> relied on thiers.
Yeah, thats the other thing wrong with Rain-X. Perhaps it works
well in the one or two remaing spots on the globe where the rain
still resembles rain rather than sulfuric acid or as is more common
on the left coast, a slurry of tire dust, diesel soot, industrial
soot, etc. And the water splashed up from the road isn't dark
brown or worse. For that wipers are pretty much mandatory and
the wipers do not like that crap. A good set of silicone blades
is cheaper, takes less rubbing, and cleans better with no streaking.
Plus they are available in that dinky 12 inch Jeep length.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
11-18-2003 | 12:47 PM
#135
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Re: Rain-X
Approximately 11/17/03 21:05, Jjsegr uttered for posterity:
> Just my $0.02, as I've had both bad & good experiences.
>
> Previously, I had the streaking problems. This past August, I was working with
> my daughter doing the Fall waxing and other maintenance. She found the Fog-X
> and Rain-X bottles in the pail and asked if she could apply it. We eventually
> put them on 3 cars, and I am amazed with how well it works.
>
> Previously, I had put it onto the cars in late (cool, wet) Autumn. This year,
> we did it in warmer weather (late August) - maybe that made the difference. At
> any rate, I drove the XJ North this weekend; I ran without wipers while others
> relied on thiers.
Yeah, thats the other thing wrong with Rain-X. Perhaps it works
well in the one or two remaing spots on the globe where the rain
still resembles rain rather than sulfuric acid or as is more common
on the left coast, a slurry of tire dust, diesel soot, industrial
soot, etc. And the water splashed up from the road isn't dark
brown or worse. For that wipers are pretty much mandatory and
the wipers do not like that crap. A good set of silicone blades
is cheaper, takes less rubbing, and cleans better with no streaking.
Plus they are available in that dinky 12 inch Jeep length.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
> Just my $0.02, as I've had both bad & good experiences.
>
> Previously, I had the streaking problems. This past August, I was working with
> my daughter doing the Fall waxing and other maintenance. She found the Fog-X
> and Rain-X bottles in the pail and asked if she could apply it. We eventually
> put them on 3 cars, and I am amazed with how well it works.
>
> Previously, I had put it onto the cars in late (cool, wet) Autumn. This year,
> we did it in warmer weather (late August) - maybe that made the difference. At
> any rate, I drove the XJ North this weekend; I ran without wipers while others
> relied on thiers.
Yeah, thats the other thing wrong with Rain-X. Perhaps it works
well in the one or two remaing spots on the globe where the rain
still resembles rain rather than sulfuric acid or as is more common
on the left coast, a slurry of tire dust, diesel soot, industrial
soot, etc. And the water splashed up from the road isn't dark
brown or worse. For that wipers are pretty much mandatory and
the wipers do not like that crap. A good set of silicone blades
is cheaper, takes less rubbing, and cleans better with no streaking.
Plus they are available in that dinky 12 inch Jeep length.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
11-18-2003 | 12:47 PM
#136
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Re: Rain-X
Approximately 11/17/03 21:05, Jjsegr uttered for posterity:
> Just my $0.02, as I've had both bad & good experiences.
>
> Previously, I had the streaking problems. This past August, I was working with
> my daughter doing the Fall waxing and other maintenance. She found the Fog-X
> and Rain-X bottles in the pail and asked if she could apply it. We eventually
> put them on 3 cars, and I am amazed with how well it works.
>
> Previously, I had put it onto the cars in late (cool, wet) Autumn. This year,
> we did it in warmer weather (late August) - maybe that made the difference. At
> any rate, I drove the XJ North this weekend; I ran without wipers while others
> relied on thiers.
Yeah, thats the other thing wrong with Rain-X. Perhaps it works
well in the one or two remaing spots on the globe where the rain
still resembles rain rather than sulfuric acid or as is more common
on the left coast, a slurry of tire dust, diesel soot, industrial
soot, etc. And the water splashed up from the road isn't dark
brown or worse. For that wipers are pretty much mandatory and
the wipers do not like that crap. A good set of silicone blades
is cheaper, takes less rubbing, and cleans better with no streaking.
Plus they are available in that dinky 12 inch Jeep length.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
> Just my $0.02, as I've had both bad & good experiences.
>
> Previously, I had the streaking problems. This past August, I was working with
> my daughter doing the Fall waxing and other maintenance. She found the Fog-X
> and Rain-X bottles in the pail and asked if she could apply it. We eventually
> put them on 3 cars, and I am amazed with how well it works.
>
> Previously, I had put it onto the cars in late (cool, wet) Autumn. This year,
> we did it in warmer weather (late August) - maybe that made the difference. At
> any rate, I drove the XJ North this weekend; I ran without wipers while others
> relied on thiers.
Yeah, thats the other thing wrong with Rain-X. Perhaps it works
well in the one or two remaing spots on the globe where the rain
still resembles rain rather than sulfuric acid or as is more common
on the left coast, a slurry of tire dust, diesel soot, industrial
soot, etc. And the water splashed up from the road isn't dark
brown or worse. For that wipers are pretty much mandatory and
the wipers do not like that crap. A good set of silicone blades
is cheaper, takes less rubbing, and cleans better with no streaking.
Plus they are available in that dinky 12 inch Jeep length.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
11-18-2003 | 12:50 PM
#137
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Re: Rain-X
Approximately 11/18/03 06:50, Nick N uttered for posterity:
> Ok, ya'll wanna know the one good thing about rainx? It has cured a few
> scratches in some of my favorite cd's! :)
Yup, sometimes it can change the amount of scatter from the
scratch just enough that the pickup can punch photons off
the dips and bumps properly. The other redeeming grace
is that you are far less likely to do further damage to
the CD than 99.999% of those CD polishing kits will do
in the hands of a non-lapidarist expert.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
> Ok, ya'll wanna know the one good thing about rainx? It has cured a few
> scratches in some of my favorite cd's! :)
Yup, sometimes it can change the amount of scatter from the
scratch just enough that the pickup can punch photons off
the dips and bumps properly. The other redeeming grace
is that you are far less likely to do further damage to
the CD than 99.999% of those CD polishing kits will do
in the hands of a non-lapidarist expert.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
11-18-2003 | 12:50 PM
#138
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Re: Rain-X
Approximately 11/18/03 06:50, Nick N uttered for posterity:
> Ok, ya'll wanna know the one good thing about rainx? It has cured a few
> scratches in some of my favorite cd's! :)
Yup, sometimes it can change the amount of scatter from the
scratch just enough that the pickup can punch photons off
the dips and bumps properly. The other redeeming grace
is that you are far less likely to do further damage to
the CD than 99.999% of those CD polishing kits will do
in the hands of a non-lapidarist expert.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
> Ok, ya'll wanna know the one good thing about rainx? It has cured a few
> scratches in some of my favorite cd's! :)
Yup, sometimes it can change the amount of scatter from the
scratch just enough that the pickup can punch photons off
the dips and bumps properly. The other redeeming grace
is that you are far less likely to do further damage to
the CD than 99.999% of those CD polishing kits will do
in the hands of a non-lapidarist expert.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
11-18-2003 | 12:50 PM
#139
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Posts: n/a
Re: Rain-X
Approximately 11/18/03 06:50, Nick N uttered for posterity:
> Ok, ya'll wanna know the one good thing about rainx? It has cured a few
> scratches in some of my favorite cd's! :)
Yup, sometimes it can change the amount of scatter from the
scratch just enough that the pickup can punch photons off
the dips and bumps properly. The other redeeming grace
is that you are far less likely to do further damage to
the CD than 99.999% of those CD polishing kits will do
in the hands of a non-lapidarist expert.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
> Ok, ya'll wanna know the one good thing about rainx? It has cured a few
> scratches in some of my favorite cd's! :)
Yup, sometimes it can change the amount of scatter from the
scratch just enough that the pickup can punch photons off
the dips and bumps properly. The other redeeming grace
is that you are far less likely to do further damage to
the CD than 99.999% of those CD polishing kits will do
in the hands of a non-lapidarist expert.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
11-18-2003 | 01:17 PM
#140
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Re: Rain-X
Tim Hayes wrote:
> Greg Bam wrote:
>
>> If you have trouble seeing through the windshield you didn't
>> follow the directions when applying the product. Or maybe just too old
>> to be
>> driving at night...; ) Greg
>
>
> Exactly. If you have a film, streaking, haze, or anything except a
> perfectly clear window then you didn't spend a long enough time and
> enough paper towels (or whatever) pollishing it off.
>
Just for my 2 cents worth, I have been using the stuff since if first
came out, and it works great. But if you try and apply it when the
temperature/window is real hot or real cold, then it does haze easily.
No real trouble, just means that much more time buffing it.
Also, when buffing make sure to change cloths occasionally, just like
when polishing your paint.
Scott
--
It isn't the gold that I am wanting so much as just finding the gold.
Robert W. Service
> Greg Bam wrote:
>
>> If you have trouble seeing through the windshield you didn't
>> follow the directions when applying the product. Or maybe just too old
>> to be
>> driving at night...; ) Greg
>
>
> Exactly. If you have a film, streaking, haze, or anything except a
> perfectly clear window then you didn't spend a long enough time and
> enough paper towels (or whatever) pollishing it off.
>
Just for my 2 cents worth, I have been using the stuff since if first
came out, and it works great. But if you try and apply it when the
temperature/window is real hot or real cold, then it does haze easily.
No real trouble, just means that much more time buffing it.
Also, when buffing make sure to change cloths occasionally, just like
when polishing your paint.
Scott
--
It isn't the gold that I am wanting so much as just finding the gold.
Robert W. Service