need help with rain-x

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xnevergiveinx

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so, the other day i decided to treat all my exterior window surfaces with rainx. i started by cleaning the outside of the windows with invisible glass and paper towel. they were super clean. i didn't worry about the paper towel lint, it was kinda windy, it blew away. then i took my rainx, shook it up, and applied it on thick, with a paper towel. i did this outside in direct sunlight. i did all the windows and the mirrors even. now comes the bad part. i decided to let it haze for a little longer because i applied it so thick. i spent a good 10 mins inside my car dusting everything.



then i step outside and tried to remove the haze. well, it didn't want to come off. i tried taking it off with paper towel, wet paper towel, microfiber cloths, and wet microfiber cloths...dry microfiber seemed to work the best, but it would have taken like 5 hours to get every spot, it was alot of work! it looked so bad on the factory tinted glass. so then i tried something i probably shouldn't have, i sprayed invisible glass on a paper towel and tried that. it got it off with no problem. haze was gone. i thought, man, i spent all that time and i wasted it.

however, i drove today in some light rain, i've never seen the rain fly off my windshield like that before! it was almost putting me in a trance from it's wierd upward movement. then it snowed and iced up today, that came off, no problem!



i need tips on how to make this experience easier. i love rainx. i'm guessing i shouldn't have applied it in direct sunlight and i shouldn't have waited so long with the haze and i shouldn't use paper towels. whats the benefit of newspaper?

thanks guys, this board is awesome
 
I apply RainX right before I wash a car (to a clean windshield), that way you don't have to buff off the haze. What probably killed you was doing it in the sun and letting it sit.
 
throw that stuff in the garbage! it's the worst product i've ever used! streaks, hard to get off, and leaves a haze that stays forever. i hate the stuff!
 
"throw that stuff in the garbage! it's the worst product i've ever used! streaks, hard to get off, and leaves a haze that stays forever. i hate the stuff!"



nah, i'll put up with the effort to remove it because of it's results. water just beads off and flys away. on the back window, it's not even there.

you'd totally see the difference between a rainxed window and a non rainxed window when it gets ice on it and you have to chip away at it. the rainxed window, it just sheets off, no effort to remove. the other one, well, it sucks



i'll apply it before i wash, thanks guys
 
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