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inside windscreen grasy
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The inside of my windscreen has a waxy/greasy film on it . makes it hard to drive into a low sun . Cool   tried a glass polish made it worse I think ,  even resorted to cellulose thinners  it left a bloom nearly as bad as the greasy stuff.
 It may have been polished with a wax polish at one time or a silicon substance. tried other spray on stuff which was water based but not much good. That "fast Glass " by autoglyn I think,  didn't make much of an impression on it.  
 So can anyone recommend  a good cleaner that works ? Huh
2020 Rifter 1.5 allure
2010 B9 red XTR w a v. 
2001 1.9d DW8B white  Berlingo  
2005 2.l green Berlingo
2001 1.9d DW8B white  Berlingo 
berlingo 1.4 red multispace
1993 xud 1.9 red partner
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#2
Dont laugh but newspaper works very well or any kind of normal paper, you will be surprised how much sh1t it removes.
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Big Grin 
A lawn mower may help!   


Sorry couldn't resist it.  Big Grin


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My vehicle .... 2006 (m59) Berlingo Multispace Desire - 1.6 HDI 92 
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#4
Methylated spirits works well for me.
Strawberry flavoured windows  Dodgy
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#5
Yeah, meths is a good glass cleaner. Maybe ammonia also.
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#6
Thanks for the suggestions , heres my take on them

 "newspaper works very well "   
 Any particular one , a highbrow or a high st. rag ?, the sun might be viewed as dirty and I,m trying to clean. [Image: wink.png].  I thought of paper and vinegar so tried an empty chip poke , now smells like the chippy down the road.  

  7 /10  for performance


" A lawn mower may help!"    
afraid of the petrol running out over the dash ![Image: exclamation.png]

 6/10 for imagination  0/10 for performance


" Meths works for me "    
Neat or watered down ? I ran out of meths last week after trying it and split some in my mouth and before I knew it the bottle  was empty !  Dodgy 

1/10 for health reasons  6/10 for performance


" Ammonia "
Found a cleaner with ammonia in it and tried that , didn't  taste it  but it seems to shift the grease/wax. Big Grin

9/10 for performance


DONT TRY THIS AT HOME FOLKS UNLESS UNDER ADULT SUPERVISION
2020 Rifter 1.5 allure
2010 B9 red XTR w a v. 
2001 1.9d DW8B white  Berlingo  
2005 2.l green Berlingo
2001 1.9d DW8B white  Berlingo 
berlingo 1.4 red multispace
1993 xud 1.9 red partner
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(07-07-2018, 07:36 AM)brodfather11 Wrote:  Thanks for the suggestions , heres my take on them

 "newspaper works very well "   
 Any particular one , a highbrow or a high st. rag ?, the sun might be viewed as dirty and I,m trying to clean. [Image: wink.png].  I thought of paper and vinegar so tried an empty chip poke , now smells like the chippy down the road.  

  7 /10  for performance


" A lawn mower may help!"    
afraid of the petrol running out over the dash ![Image: exclamation.png]

 6/10 for imagination  0/10 for performance


" Meths works for me "    
Neat or watered down ? I ran out of meths last week after trying it and split some in my mouth and before I knew it the bottle  was empty !  Dodgy 

1/10 for health reasons  6/10 for performance


" Ammonia "
Found a cleaner with ammonia in it and tried that , didn't  taste it  but it seems to shift the grease/wax. Big Grin

9/10 for performance


DONT TRY THIS AT HOME FOLKS UNLESS UNDER ADULT SUPERVISION


I would say he independent or Guardian would work the best or any free one though the door 
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#8
Hi - try https://www.homecareessentials.co.uk/pro.../stx547830 

That worked for us in a similar situation.

Newspapers? Yup - used to polish the brasses on a boat with those, get the worst of the crud off with newspaper then buff off with the proverbial 'lint free cloth'
Our cars  2008 1.6  HDi 92 Berlingo (His) RIP 2019
              2008 1.6  HDi 110 Mini (Hers)
              2008 1.6  HDi 143 Mini (His)  

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#9
Didn't know they still made Windowlene, IRC they had a catchy tune on the ads for it didn't they ?
( Or is it the meths interfering with my memory ?)
2020 Rifter 1.5 allure
2010 B9 red XTR w a v. 
2001 1.9d DW8B white  Berlingo  
2005 2.l green Berlingo
2001 1.9d DW8B white  Berlingo 
berlingo 1.4 red multispace
1993 xud 1.9 red partner
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#10
I would like a recount !

The grass cutter has to score higher given the thread title...  Wink



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