Re: Silblades link, deal?

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Fri Sep 19 2003 - 21:11:45 EDT


DAKSY wrote:

> Hey, DML!
>
> <snip> I'm using the same ones for 3years.<snip>
>
> 3 years! Wow...My first pair of Silblades were streaking after 18 months -
> plus the arms were badly rusted...
> I E-mailed the company & told them - they told me to try cleaning them with
> soap & water...
> No good...I replied thet their idea didn't work & they sent me
> replacements...
> I thought "great!' What a deal...Well after 6 months, the second pair
> started streaking...
>
> <snip> That's because Silblades have no natural rubber in them. They're
> pure
> silicone.<snip>
>
> There must be something in them that disagrees with whatever waxing compound
> my local drive-thru carwash applies...That's the only thing I can think of
> that I do differently from all the other DMLers...
> I use Bosch now...10 months (so far) & no streaks yet (fingers crossed...)

I found that cleaning the Silblades every few months with an alcohol
swab helped out a lot.

-- 
-andy

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