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Now I'm confident enough to apply Rain-X on all my dishes, my wine glasses, my kitchen sink, my light bulbs, my pillow cases, my bald spot (on my head) and my buck teeth!
No more need for tooth paste.
I've also tossed out my facial cream in favor of Rain-X. No more need for soap, either. Forget about towels. In fact, I haven't showered for several days now having applied Rain-X all over my skinny body...
And my dog loves his new slick furr...
Then it's right back into the cupboard.
How do you get the tartar off your teeth to make a cream ? Rain X.
Save the trees -- bathe in Rain-X!
I just had my first rain driving with Rain-X already on all windows (for about two weeks before it rained). Windshield wiper worked super smoothly the first few minutes, then the rubber blades became "grabby" even while fully soaked with heavy rainwater. I simply kept the wipers turned off the entire time driving. Rain-X indeed does its job as advertised -- it's an invisible wiper. In fact, when I notice other people driving WITHOUT their wipers flipping I know they have Rain-X on their windshields.
Now it's sunny again and I'm about to wash my vehicle. My question for you long-time users is: how often do you apply Rain-X? In general, how long does it last?
Firstname, I hope this answers your post
Try a second coat in a month.
I have also had to keep the wipers in good shape.
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Any suggestions?
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I think you simply have not tested its all possible uses. Just don't take it internally, otherwise you can apply it to anything. And there is always the choice of keeping it inside of its bottle. Because once it gets out getting it back is no fun.
since i tried rain-x on it
The problem was when it drizzled, or rained only a little. I'd get grime and mud and road spray on my windshield, and the glass was too slick for the wipers to work. They'd slide back and forth, but without a load of water to float off the grime, the wipers couldn't CLEAN the windshield. Just a huge smear, no matter how much cleaning fluid I used.
I put it on once, and it lasted for months before wearing off naturally. It does work, but not always the way you want it to.
One. When applying the RainX, I stop about 2 inches above where the wipers sit in their off position. I do this to keep RainX off of the blades. Long ago I made the mistake of actually wiping the blades with the RainX solution as part of my application and then went on a trip. I had terrible chatty wiper blades. I later found that I had chatty wiper blades if I applied the Rain-X on the window in that area. (Maybe I wasn't able to buff the Rain-X off well enough). At any rate I changed the way I applied it. Never any chatty wiper blades since.
Two. After applying RainX and then wiping haze with a wet papertowel, I buff with a dry paper towel. I then buff with a page of newspaper wadded up. (I use a newspaper to buff car windows or house windows for the final step of cleaning after windex or whatever. It really takes the streaks and hazes off of glass) I learned the newspaper trick from my mom and it really does a great job of getting rid of the haze on inside of windshield or whatever. At any rate, since doing the final buff with newspaper I am always confident that the RainX is going to perform well.
Lessons I've learned to ELIMINATE haze altogether:
Apply at least two coats! Try three coats. Apply it until the liquid chemical itself starts to bead! Yes, this will happen. Then, after wiping off excess with a wet lint-free towel, the results will be magic. No buffing needed!
The best thing:
Every time the applied windows get dirty, just wipe and buff it with a very DAMP cloth or paper towel. Spotless cleaning. No drying necessary!
I get that film of dust on my rear window with or without Rain X. It's actually worse without it.
-juice
Wipe normally, and the haze is gone.
-juice
Recently my car was in the shop and we were having HUGE storms here. I actually ran my loaner home and put Rain-X on the windows because without it, I couldn't see out any of the windows! I hadn't taken the additional insurance coverage out on the rental and was scared I was going to have an accident in the car due to lack of visibility. This stuff will spoil you once you get used to it.
At slow speeds, and with light mist, or fog, or spray from other cars, the airflow cannot move the water droplets, so I can see why some people complain, but for the most part I think that it's great stuff. I just wish I could find out what it is and how it works. Smells like rubbing alcohol to me, but that certainly doesn't do what Rain-X does.
A cautionary note though. Don't combine RainX with another similar product. I once made that mistake (RainX + NoTouch windshield treatment) and the rain ended up beading on the windshield and accumlating more so than if there was no RainX on the windshield at all! I had to use a chemical glass stripper to get rid of the entire solution on the windshield.
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-juice
Back to Rain-X, I used to put it on my headlamp lenses, and up north it helped to keep them clear in the winter, but they were glass. I made the mistake of putting it on lexan lenses and YIKES, it almost seemed to melt the lexan. BEWARE.
I will say I'm not a fan of Rain-X Anti Fog. Used it on one of my cars when the A/C was down, and it just smeared around and everything still fogged up (yes, I used it on the inside of the glass).
Though I've had luck with Rain-X on even plastic headlights. In fact, when I wash my cars, I can see the water beading up and rolling off.
-juice
-juice
I was able to shut down my wipers in the rain today for about a hour total, driving at 77 mph on I-5. Too much traffic at other times to shut them down. It really does best on the open road. This time of year I go through about 4 gallons a month.