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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 03:05 PM
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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?
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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 04:08 PM
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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.
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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 04:20 PM
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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)
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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 04:31 PM
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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?
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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 04:32 PM
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not that i know of. that would make a difference?
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Old May 18, 2010 | 08:11 PM
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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?
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Old May 18, 2010 | 08:35 PM
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you'd smell the leaky heater core as a sweet scent.
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Old May 18, 2010 | 08:47 PM
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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...
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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.
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Old May 18, 2010 | 09:19 PM
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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
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Old May 18, 2010 | 09:20 PM
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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.
i thought there all the same lol. do you have a brand name or something
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Old May 21, 2010 | 10:14 AM
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i thought there all the same lol. do you have a brand name or something
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.
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Old May 21, 2010 | 03:25 PM
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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
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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
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Old May 21, 2010 | 04:30 PM
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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
ill try that out.
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