409 Glass and Surface is the whip!
Eric
Tibor Kun wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was cleaning the inside of my windsheild this afternoon, and came across
> something that about had me sputtering in fury - my windsheild is "stained"!
> I look around at all the rest of the glass in the cab, and cleaned each one
> before inspecting; all the others are fine. But the windshield has vertical
> streaks that simply refuse to even consider coming out near the base and
> leading about halfway up the windsheild. When I cleaned the windows this
> spring, I checked it out the evening after and thought "man, what a crappy
> job I did last night," but never got around to cleaning it again. Now the
> windsheild appears to be ruined, because my Windex sat there on the stain,
> and I scrubbed like a mad man, and they're all still there!
>
> Here's my theory: The silver, reflective heat sheild that I put in the
> window when I leave the truck in the sun (every day, at work and at home).
> The heat sheild gets VERY hot, sometimes to the point that I end up playing
> hot potato with it. And it appears it's getting hot enough to bond to the
> glass, too.
>
> So my warning is: be careful with your heat sheilds!! This one doesn't
> have a tag stating it's manufacturer, and I've used it for years, so I don't
> recall. All it has is a tag saying "Made in Taiwan." Go figure!
>
> Second, what are ya'll's favorite window cleaners? Windex is seriously
> letting me down on this little project, and I'm hoping that there's
> something out there that will fix the marks. Please advise, guys!
>
> TIA
>
> --
> Tibor Kun
> Email: tkun@compuserve.com
> '98 Dakota Sport RC V6 5-speed red
>
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