I think if you have a really clean window - the wipers work better.

I clean my windows with 00000-grade steel wool and windex - then wipe dry
with a towel.

It  works GREAT - it's much faster than paper and there's no mess - plus -
it's sooo cheap.

Just really wet the windows with whatever you like - even soapy water'd
work. Then wipe around with the steel wool, then wipe dry with a towel.

My wipers work better after doing that - I'm serious.

It's especially handy if you pass through a bug-zone. Those things are
really hard to remove after they've dried  - and if they're wet - wipers
just make a dirty mess on the window.

Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@juno.com>
To: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: How wipers work / rain-X

> I've been buying Bosch blades for a long time but they don't seem to last
> very long.
> They get laid flat and the squeegee won't roll back to center position to
> wipe good.
> I tried some of those super duper double ??? wiper blades that are twice
> as much and they don't work at all in cold weather ........ just sort of
> bounce as the swing past my view.
> The Bosch mostly wipe in the middle and the two inches on either end just
> streaks.
> Do you suppose the bug juices grease up the rubber or something?
>
> Stan
>
> On Sat, 25 May 2002 09:20:23 -0700 pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
> writes:
> > The wipers glide on a molecular film of water.  They skip when they
> > encounter a surface that doesn't have this very thin film.  Rain-X
> > IIRC is
> > an alcohol based material that prevents that film from occurring and
> > doesn't
> > allow water to adhere to the glass.
> >
> > Wipers skip on the dry areas that the Rain-x produces.
> >
> > Just for fun, surreptitiously treat a friends driver side only.
> > His
> > passengers will be terrified in the rain.
> >
>
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