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What do you use to clean your full face window?

30 posts Started 15 May 2006 Last recovered post 16 May 2006 Wayback Machine snapshot 19 Oct 2006

#1
What do you use to clean your full face window, so that there is no reflect when facing the sun?

Thanks.
#2
Plexus
#3
Invisible Glass and microfiber towel. Or sometimes Honda polish....and microfiber towel.

The key to not hazing your visor is that microfiber towel, or at least something you're SURE is 100% cotton...not something laying around the garage. Paper towels? Never!
#4
I hit mine with Honda Cleaner and a t-shirt, and I also carry a small microfiber towel in my tank bag for on-the-road cleaning.
#5
Windex and paper towel after each ride.
#6
Plexsus +1.gif
#7
+1 on the Honda polish.
#8
I just use the windshield washer and squeegee at gas stations when I fill up. tongue.gif

#9
I take mine off and use dish soap. It is supposed to reduce fogging. I do it more as a habit than really believing it. But I don't see any glare.
#10
Very Fast Ride, May 15 2006, 09:57 AMI take mine off and use dish soap. It is supposed to reduce fogging. I do it more as a habit than really believing it. But I don't see any glare.




Before each ride I use 3M Brand 10,000 Grit Fine Cut Clear-coat Safe Polish then followed up with Mothers California Gold Clay Bar.

For the final finish I apply a light coating of Rain-X & Rain-X Anti-Fog.

After spending about 1 hour detailing my shield I'm now ready to ride off into the sunset... biggrin.gif
#11
Honda cleaner/polish and a microfiber towel.
#12
Hydrogen peroxide on a cloth (great for removing bug guts without scraching) then honda polish.
#13
Also Plexus, I carry a can with me when touring to clean bike with as well!
#14
Water and a washcloth.
#15
Honda Cleaner + Micro Fiber
#16
Yesterday, I dipped paper towels from aside the gas pump at the gas station into the bin of washer fluid hanging near the same pump... Wiped & dried with more paper towels.

I have also applied Rain-X from time to time... Although, no real problems riding in the rain... My Arai does not ever fog it seems like...

I need a helmet AC unit or something now though... It is getting hot inside there!

Later
#17
Plexus.
#18
WD40 and newspaper.
#19
At home, a mixture of dish soap & water in a spray bottle. Wipe/polish with an old t-shirt.
On the road, old t-shirt & spit.
#20
Minus 1 on the paper towels.
Scratchy scratchy. warranty.gif
#21
Honda polish
#22
Snafu, May 15 2006, 10:15 PMHonda polish



Usually just lukewarm water, occasionally I waste some Honda polish on it, and only use a clean t-shirt rag or m-fiber cloth.
#23
enzed_viffer, May 16 2006, 03:09 PMWD40 and newspaper.


Really?

- Sometimes.
But when I don't have WD40 and newspaper handy, I use Plexus and a soft cloth.
Out on the road, I use windowcleaner in a small "Simple Green" (useless stuff) pump bottle, and a microfibre cloth.
At work I use Vu-Tek� Lemon Scented Anti-Glare Filter Cleaner: "Specially formulated for anti-glare filters, it's equally efffective on monitors, eyeglasses, or any glass or acrylic surface." Or AGV visors. goofy.gif
Plus it's free! I just take it out of my desk drawer, and voila! A misspelled musical implement.

#24
gilligan, May 15 2006, 04:44 AMWhat do you use to clean your full face window, so that there is no reflect when facing the sun?

Thanks.




Nothing but water, liquid soap of any kind, and my meticulously clean fingers.

In my experience, if you use any kind of fabric or paper you will soon be seeing halos at night.

#25
Another vote for Plexus and a soft towel, works a treat.
#26
Danno2, May 15 2006, 01:08 PMWindex and paper towel after each ride.



I've read something about Windex can cause some milky fogging of clear shields. I think it did do this to my old BMW System 2 face shield. It's doesn't seem too bad, but there is a definite milkyness to it's shield when I compare it to my non Windexed helmet face shields.
Not sure if it still can be a problem with newer helmets.
I switched wholly to Pledge Lemon to clean and polish my helmets and shields fing02.gif . I also use Plexus once in a while.

Beck
95 VFR
#27
Trace, May 15 2006, 08:46 AMInvisible Glass and microfiber towel. 



best stuff on the market! fing02.gif
#28
Lee 2002, May 16 2006, 04:45 AMNothing but water, liquid soap of any kind, and my meticulously clean fingers. 

In my experience, if you use any kind of fabric or paper you will soon be seeing halos at night.




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#29
Yep, dishsoap and fingers. Rinse with super-hot water and shake off. Wipe the last drops off with a fresh paper towel.

A little Pledge can help bugs come off easier next time.

Been cleaning shields and sunglasses this way for years and years. My present shield is 5 or 6 years old, and just now needing replacement. Dropping it in the gravel didn't help.

Keith
#30
Brillianize

It works on the visor, windscreen, and paint.
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