[V6-12v] How to get rid of that annoying sheen on the inside ofwindows

[Tom Christiansen]

Cool. I think I'll give it another whirl with the newspaper and
vinegar/lemon. Then do the anti-fog treatment.

Tom

On 12/3/06, The CyberPoet <thecyberpoet at cyberpoet.net> wrote:
> The anti-fog stuff works, but you need to make sure the window is
> 110% clean when you apply it, or you are simply layering and that'll
> cause even worse problems with glare/sheen
>
> In the end, there is no substitute for raw manpower (the newpapers do
> most of the work).
>
> Cheers,
> =-= Marc
>
> On Dec 4, 2006, at 12:47 AM, Tom Christiansen wrote:
>
> > Folks,
> >
> > I figured I'd give you a heads up on the situation... I tried
> > half/half white vinegar, water mix. That did a little bit. Undiluted
> > vinegar with the juice of a lemon squeezed into it did even more, but
> > I still have a bit of a sheen left. It seems to be working it just
> > takes multiple treatments to get it all off. It's mostly a problem on
> > the rear window and rear door windows, so my driving is not too
> > impaired by it. But it's still damn annoying...
> >
> > Have any of you have any luck with the Anti-fog stuff made by the same
> > people who makes RainX (great stuff by the way!)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > On 11/24/06, Clive Young <cyoung1661 at rogers.com> wrote:
> >> The film you see is actualy out-gassing of the vinyl dash and
> >> other vinyl
> >> components inside the car. Use Vinegar and water solution ( about
> >> 10%) and
> >> use crumpled newspaper ( yes newspaper) to get it off.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Tom Christiansen" <tomchr at gmail.com>
> >> To: "Audi list" <v6-12v at audifans.com>
> >> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 2:36 AM
> >> Subject: [V6-12v] How to get rid of that annoying sheen on the inside
> >> ofwindows
> >>
> >>
> >>> Folks,
> >>>
> >>> It's rainy season in the Seattle area these days. This causes the
> >>> windows in my 1994 90S to fog up. The reason is that there's some
> >>> sort
> >>> of sheen/film/grime on the inside of the windows. I've tried amonia
> >>> free automotive glass cleaner, Windex (or its Safeway equivalent),
> >>> Formula 409 to no avail. I can only distribute this road grime (or
> >>> whatever it is) to a nice even smear that causes the windows to
> >>> steam
> >>> up when driving in the wet. Do you have any suggestions for how
> >>> to get
> >>> that stuff off? What do you use to clean the windows?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Tom
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