Mineral deposits on glass

Wayne Reser wreser at siscom.net
Fri Jan 24 00:32:45 EST 2003


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Listers, here's a plea for some really simple  help.

I finally got a replacement back glass for my CGT!  Some might remember tha=
t the original caught a baseball last July and I have been on a scavenger h=
unt ever since.  Chris at Force 5 Auto helped me out by finding one without=
 a wiper mount and shipping from NH to OH.

Its getting a thorough cleaning now, but I'm wondering what would be the be=
st thing to use to clean off the mineral deposits left when rain water that=
 collected at the rubber seal, evaporated.  Some standard bathroom cleaners=
 like Lime-Away and X-14 come to mind, but this is glass and not a toilet b=
owl.  Anyone have any good glass cleaning advice?

Before the "unfortunate incident" as my kids now call it, I never imagined =
how rare the wiperless variety was.  I was 0 for 6 before I contacted Chris=
.  One yard was particularly memorable.  First of all, it was located next =
to Hitler Road.  For crying out loud, what kind of folks would name a stree=
t after...?  I decide that I didn't want to know.  Then the guy that ran th=
e place had a very different way of viewing things.  When I asked him on th=
e phone about the wiper, he said "No, there's no wiper."  So. I grab my dad=
's Suburban and drive two hours.  But when the glass was brought out, I imm=
ediately spotted the plastic mount and the tell-tale hole.  "Hey!" I said, =
"when I talked to you on the phone you said that it didn't have a wiper!"  =
He leaned over the counter and spoke like he was letting me in on a secret.=
  It doesn't have a wiper...but it did at one time."

TIA

Wayne Reser
87.5 CGT Tornado Red
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