nick122590

well i dont know if any of you have any idea what im talking about but here i go. i have a 93 camry. ever since the 1st day owning it i have not been able to keep the windshield clean. iv use real glass cleaner and iv even had it detailed. after 2-4 days you can see smear marks from cleaning it (up & down, side to side type deal). anyone know why this is and how i can keep it clean?

Trans Am Jam

iTrader: (7)

back when I was a detailing scrub. i would use armorall to clean the upper instrument panel/ upper dash and after cleaning my windshield an hour later there would be a haze there. It's from the chemicals that evaporate from the suns heat. Start using petroleum-free products or using less of products to clean your dash. that's my 2 cents.

nick122590

thanks, most of the time i dont clean the dash, (**** box 93 camry) i use invisible glass made by i think stoner. its lasted the longest (4 days)

Trans Am Jam

iTrader: (7)

yeah i use stoner's glass cleaners on my car too, because it's tint friendly, but I haven't had any problems w/ it, besides all this pollen dirtying it up the next day. it's bullshit.. even when I'm driving w/ the windows down... pollen gets into my car and coats my interior w/ a fine level of dust. .. are you sure you're interior isn't experiencing any water intrusion?

nick122590

not that i know of. that would make a difference?

nick122590

i cant tell you how many things iv tried. one person told me it could be the heater core messing up my window, is this possible?

Nova5

you'd smell the leaky heater core as a sweet scent.

BLUES MAN

have you ever put rain-x, or something similar on the glass? if so that is your problem, it will leave a film behind, that cannot be removed. even with gasoline! i had this problem on my truck about a 2 years ago, ended up just replacing it.

you can try "bar keepers friend" it works miracles on glass, but as i said dont get your hopes up...

dubga

iTrader: (8)

What type of rag are you cleaning with. If you are using the soft paper towels, they are treated with something that will never let you get your glass streak-free. Use the cheap thin kind, or coffee filters, or newspaper.

nick122590

iv used just about everything. and no never used rainx on it. since he said it could be the heater i started using the vents that come straight out at ur head/chest and the side windows are getting nasty now to so i think thats it

nick122590

i thought there all the same lol. do you have a brand name or something

dubga

iTrader: (8)

A brand name of paper towels? Not really. Usually just whatever generic cheap off-brand that your local store carries. Stay away from the thick ones that advertise to be super-absorbent, like Bounty.

nick122590

gotcha. yesterday when i went to leave it was raining and i couldnt see out it at all. i turn the heat on and it helped at the very bottom of the window but not much. i had to pull over and scrub the window to see. i feel like buyin a damn windshield now

spikester7878

iTrader: (1)

im not sure how much it would help in this case but i know if you use glass cook top cleaner on the windows and hand buff it with 0000 steel wool you can get water marks off and i know when i did it my glass was super clean includeing some minor hazeing i had. worth a shot i guess

nick122590

ill try that out.