Rainex Best Used Outdoors Only

[RoninLB]

I lay it on heavy then either hose mist or a wet paper towel to leave a thick and clear layer on. It makes salt air and bug crap.. less work etc. On my old front shield it would clear up the beat glass.


btw.. i love the smell of 90w in the morning.

[Zeke]

Originally posted by RoninLB



btw.. i love the smell of 90w in the morning.

Yeah, I don't get the gear oil thing. It hangs in the air, permeates your clothes and hair, stinks up the garage, even the outdoors, but it's a machinery smell. That's a good smell.

If you don't like it, add some of your wife's vanilla extract. I used to do this with the old fashioned oil based paints. Doesn't make the paint any safer; all the benzene, etc.

Hey, where's Randy Webb? This is his kind of thread!

Originally posted by randywebb
what the msds sheet say?

It's not like him to leave it at that.

[WPOZZZ]

Gear oil reminds me of Malathion and both give me headaches.

[K.B.]

There are those who have actually thrown their windshield away after they used rainex once. Some wipers chatter after application of this product. Rainex doesn't seem to come off with application of polishing compounds. Not for everybody. Buyer beware as usual.

[rusnak]

In 7th grade I had a P.E. coach (Physical Education), named "Coach Toby". I remember one morning we were going on a jog around the playground, and Coach Toby goes "don't you love the smell of WD-40? I just love the smell of WD-40". Makes me chuckle a little even today.

[Formerly Steve Wilkinson]

I'm 70 years old and I've been rinsing my hands in acetone, breathing paint fumes, sniffing nitrous, inhaling dragster exhaust and for years doing all that stuff that in the 1950s and '60s we didn't know was "bad." I'm still going to the gym every day and doing my cardio stuff and lifting weights.

Even in my winter hobby--building finescale model aircraft--I'm constantly told that I should only use my Paasche airbrush while wearing a Parker Pumper helmet or whatever.

Life's too short, and I definitely don't want to live forever, or anything near it, anyway.

[DarrylD]

Heck, I find the vapors out in the garage relaxing. Now if I could just remember where I put that wrench...

[RarlyL8]

Rain-X is nothing more than wax disolved in isopropyl alcohol. The same stuff you smell in a doctor's office. Breathing too much oxygen will kill you, pick your poison.

[randywebb]

"where's Randy Webb? This is his kind of thread!"

Yo up, Dawg! I already posted (near the top) -- as usual it was a request for actual data (MSDS).

Yeh too much O2 - I learned about that in SCUBA class - used to be a problem with the old USN rebreathers in certain shallow water conditions. Of course, shallow water is also where people can shoot at you while you're trying to map out their beach...

[mschuep]

Originally posted by Oh Haha
I'll disagree with you on the Rainex. I use it on all of my cars and swear by it. I can run at 70MPH in heavy rain without my wipers or just on intermittent settings.

+1
Rain-x is awesome. IMO, you cannot get the same effect with wipers alone. Even at a standstill, you will see much much better than those around you because the water beads up, instead of forming in sheets and blurring the entire windshield. It will make some wipers chirp across the glass, but the benefits outweigh the drawbacks considerably. To each their own, but I won't drive in rain without it.

[Formerly Steve Wilkinson]

Anybody used Rain-X on Lexan? Any reason not to?

[Zeke]

Originally posted by Formerly Steve Wilkinson
I'm 70 years old and I've been rinsing my hands in acetone, breathing paint fumes, sniffing nitrous, inhaling dragster exhaust and for years doing all that stuff that in the 1950s and '60s we didn't know was "bad." I'm still going to the gym every day and doing my cardio stuff and lifting weights.

Even in my winter hobby--building finescale model aircraft--I'm constantly told that I should only use my Paasche airbrush while wearing a Parker Pumper helmet or whatever.

Life's too short, and I definitely don't want to live forever, or anything near it, anyway.

Right behind you at 61 and done all of that. There was no OSHA at one time, believe it or not.

[}{arlequin]

swepco is quite unpleasant as well... new or used.

whatever is in a parts washer is also 'heady' stuff. after an hour or so, it's good to open up the garage

[RoninLB]

Originally posted by Formerly Steve Wilkinson


Anybody used Rain-X on Lexan? Any reason not to?

Nope...


I had a 'Nam helo pilot bud that said household Pledge worked great on his bird's lexan type shield. He's not around anymore to get any more specifics.

Marine stores are loaded with lexan cleaners++. Maybe you could eyeball thru the West Marine site.

[masraum]

Originally posted by rdane
Rains here a bit...like 6 inches the last day or so.

Rainex will allow you to run with no wipers in hard rain if you'd care to. Done it a bunch in the 911s parked here. But I prefer not to drive in the rain. Sure it smells bad but then what doesn't with our cars?

But wife who actually has to drive in this muck everyday for an hr each way thinks Rainex is the "hot spit" for driver visability and she doesn't give a whit about 911s. I really like Rainex because I become the car god every time I reapply it to the windscreen of her BWM. Apply it correctly and I've found it works as advertised.

I've used rainx off and on for years. I've never had a problem.

I don't apply it anymore the old way. THese days you just add it to your washer fluid and every time you use the washer it reapplies itself. I may go through more, but I never end up thinking "I should have put some new rainx on a couple of weeks ago."

[masraum]

Originally posted by K.B.
There are those who have actually thrown their windshield away after they used rainex once. Some wipers chatter after application of this product. Rainex doesn't seem to come off with application of polishing compounds. Not for everybody. Buyer beware as usual.

I hope you're exaggerating. That's crazy. I suspect that any problems were due to needing to clean the windshield or replace the wipers, but whatever. Works great for me and has on every car I've ever used it on.

[Superman]

I do not find Rain-X fragrance offensive. Nitromethane is pretty nasty. MEK is icky. Even gear oil is fairly nasty. Gasoline. Brake cleaner. Lots of nasty stuff. Rain-X is tame.

I will also vigorously disagree with the assertion that Rain-X is gimmicky. It was developed for the aviation industry. Lots of commercial airliners don't have wipers. Don't need 'em. Rain-X makes wipers virtually useless. In a hard rain and fast, heavy traffic.....the Rain-X users will be the only folks who can see where they are going.

And finally, Dane mentioned the key. READ the directions and follow them. The last step is to essentially polish the glass. A very soft cotton cloth works best, but a slightly damp paper towel can work also. Applied properly, this stuff is pretty amazing. And yeah, it rains here occasionally.

[Formerly Steve Wilkinson]

Just because turbine aircraft don't have wipers doesn't mean they don't have a way to clear the windshield. They have hot bleed air that blasts the Perspex clean.

I don't know how many commercial aircraft actually use Rain-X or how long it would stay on the windscreen at 600 knots, how often they'd have to reapply it if they did use it. though I agree it works well at 80 mph, I do find that it doesn't last all that long...

[randywebb]

re chemicals in general -- Remember they don't just make you die sooner; they affect how you die and how sick you get for how long. If you goal is to die in a burst of glory while snow boarding across a major couloir* (or ever was) a death from cancer -- or even "successful" treatment and "recovery" from cancer are a ong way from your dream.

There is a great film of a guy doing this - forget the name.

[Duckworth]

Rain-X is nothing more than wax disolved in isopropyl alcohol. The same stuff you smell in a doctor's office. ...RarlyL8

Don't believe it - even if you read it.... It's true that Rain X is apparently 'alcohol based' - but if that's all it was - don't you think there would be 1/2 dozen products that work just as well ?
'Aquapel' or some such thing is the only one they compare it to on the net. Patents aren't just handed out for nothing.

I've been in doctor's offices.....nothing similar. But if I did find doctors offices doing this I would convert to Christian science instantly - as regards seeing doctors. ...Also, WD 40 *IS* a very pleasant product that is terrific. Except for a real 'fluke' occurence - you do NOT need anything else to help with bolts. CRAFTSMAN Sockets are your lifeblood along with WD 40.

Some of you guys seem to say you can't drive your porsche in rain(happily) without this product - and I'm trying to refute that. Remember that saying by (guess) Emerson - "Our lives are frittered away by complication...simplify, simplify !"

Very true statement.

ps. I just dissolved some carnuba wax into rubbing alcohol and the garage air is not foul at all. For the moment, hesitate to apply it to the glass.....more to come.

Phil
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