Screen Cleaner/treatment

roverbarmy · 9th January 2017, 14:23

Just got back from Asda and bought some of their screen cleaner/treatment. I gave the screen a quick spray and rub over with it and have been greatly impressed. The water just beads up and flows off the screen, so you hardly need to use the wipers. It was about £4 and money well spent IMHO. It has transformed my old, streaky screen in seconds!

Will report back after using it after dark.
Mike

7T5 · 9th January 2017, 14:31

Was it the yellow rainx cleaner and treatment bottle? Its great stuff, i use it all the time on the side and rear windows. This stuff is better for the screen, lasts longer and water sheets off at lower speeds.
http://angelwax.co.uk/product/h2go-t...ain-repellent/

roverbarmy · 9th January 2017, 17:27

Yes, it was the Rainex in a yellow bottle. I've put some on the mirrors too and that also seems to be working well.

Mike

keithst24 · 9th January 2017, 17:52

I use Rainex, superb stuff

bl52krz · 9th January 2017, 22:43

I have been using Rainex for years, since it came out. I believe it was developed during the NASA Space programmes. I clean the screen with a good screen cleaner, Autoglym. I have come back from Flint in Wales 100 miles from where I live, and it was hammering down with rain. I came nearly all the way home without using the wipers . It just runs down the window at slow speeds, and just runs up the windscreen and off at speeds above around 40 mph. Great stuff.

ChestersDad · 10th January 2017, 08:28

You can use it on the windscreen as well?

I use rainX too perhaps not often enough it seems. Especially on a 75 saloon rear window (works brill) where Rover should have added a rear wiper!!

Obviously wrongly I always thought one could use it anywhere except the windscreen?

Given a further endorsement and a further reading of the bottle I'll might give it a go. No matter how well I clean my screen it's not long before the noise is back. Best cure of course is new rubbers but even then.....

Does it collect on the wiper rubbers, damage rubber? or anything like marking the coating layer where the wipers change direction and so creating those exasperating noises?

jonathan63 · 10th January 2017, 09:19

Rainex is great stuff. But the best add to front visibility in the rain, I have found, are the new Bosch wipers I bought from Halfords for about £30. My screen is terribly scratched and I've always suffered with a streaky screen. Not any more: the new wipers are silent in operation and wipe like a new screen. Highly recommend the Bosch wipers.

9th January 2017, 14:23	#1
roverbarmy This is my second home Roverless + 1.7D Sportage Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: East Norfolk Posts: 7,050 Thanks: 729 Thanked 2,021 Times in 1,449 Posts	Screen Cleaner/treatment Just got back from Asda and bought some of their screen cleaner/treatment. I gave the screen a quick spray and rub over with it and have been greatly impressed. The water just beads up and flows off the screen, so you hardly need to use the wipers. It was about £4 and money well spent IMHO. It has transformed my old, streaky screen in seconds! Will report back after using it after dark. Mike __________________ Oil in my veins!

9th January 2017, 17:27	#3
roverbarmy This is my second home Roverless + 1.7D Sportage Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: East Norfolk Posts: 7,050 Thanks: 729 Thanked 2,021 Times in 1,449 Posts	Yes, it was the Rainex in a yellow bottle. I've put some on the mirrors too and that also seems to be working well. Mike __________________ Oil in my veins!

9th January 2017, 17:52	#4
keithst24 This is my second home X Power Grey MGZT 180+ Auto... Bumble & 1.8T Odessey Rover 75 Contemporary SE manual Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Reigate Posts: 5,375 Thanks: 2,254 Thanked 1,801 Times in 1,403 Posts	I use Rainex, superb stuff __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Bumble Membership Number 35478 Born Monday, 16th June 2003 @ 14:30:35 This vehicle was the 9,196th ZT to run off the production line, out of 18,894 This vehicle was the 576th ZT 180 + to be made out of 828 This vehicle was the 871st ZT in XPower Grey (code: LEF) to be made out of 3,143 XPower Grey ZTs

9th January 2017, 22:43	#5
bl52krz This is my second home Rover 75 cdt club + Rover 2.5 KV6 Conni SE Join Date: May 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 11,396 Thanks: 6,587 Thanked 2,262 Times in 1,729 Posts	I have been using Rainex for years, since it came out. I believe it was developed during the NASA Space programmes. I clean the screen with a good screen cleaner, Autoglym. I have come back from Flint in Wales 100 miles from where I live, and it was hammering down with rain. I came nearly all the way home without using the wipers . It just runs down the window at slow speeds, and just runs up the windscreen and off at speeds above around 40 mph. Great stuff. __________________ Great Barr, Birmingham.

10th January 2017, 08:28	#6
ChestersDad Still 75less :-( 1988 Defender 90 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Carmarthenshire Posts: 531 Thanks: 15 Thanked 93 Times in 37 Posts	On the windscreen too? You can use it on the windscreen as well? I use rainX too perhaps not often enough it seems. Especially on a 75 saloon rear window (works brill) where Rover should have added a rear wiper!! Obviously wrongly I always thought one could use it anywhere except the windscreen? Given a further endorsement and a further reading of the bottle I'll might give it a go. No matter how well I clean my screen it's not long before the noise is back. Best cure of course is new rubbers but even then..... Does it collect on the wiper rubbers, damage rubber? or anything like marking the coating layer where the wipers change direction and so creating those exasperating noises? __________________ Don't save for the future as someone else will lose it for you!

9th January 2017, 14:31	#2
7T5 Gets stuck in Rover 75 saloon Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: East Lothian Posts: 838 Thanks: 930 Thanked 246 Times in 185 Posts	Was it the yellow rainx cleaner and treatment bottle? Its great stuff, i use it all the time on the side and rear windows. This stuff is better for the screen, lasts longer and water sheets off at lower speeds. http://angelwax.co.uk/product/h2go-t...ain-repellent/

10th January 2017, 09:19	#7
jonathan63 This is my second home CDTi Conniosseur SE HLNav Tourer and a Personal Line CDT Conniosseur SE Tourer..for the time being. Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cumbria Posts: 3,639 Thanks: 340 Thanked 423 Times in 294 Posts	Rainex is great stuff. But the best add to front visibility in the rain, I have found, are the new Bosch wipers I bought from Halfords for about £30. My screen is terribly scratched and I've always suffered with a streaky screen. Not any more: the new wipers are silent in operation and wipe like a new screen. Highly recommend the Bosch wipers.