I remember watching an episode of "My Classic Car" that had a segment on detailing your car. One portion of that segment dealt with cleaning the outside of your windshield. The presenter said to get some steel wool and use plenty of water while going gently over the entire windshield. As far as the kind of steel wool, all he said was find one with as many zeros in the description as you can. My memory is not good, but I think he said he was using one with 4 zeros. All this is based on a failing memory, but I thought I would throw it out and it might trigger a recollection in some other list members. Good luck!
Tony On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:54 AM, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> From: Feroze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2008/11/10 Mon AM 11:39:06 GMT >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: OT: cleaning the windshield so I can see the Blue Ridge Parkway >> >> Clay is mostly used on paintwork, but you can try Poorboys, Meguires or >> Sonnax. Poorboy's also makes something called "Bug Squash", made to >> remove bugs, but it will also remove tar, sand and road salt > > Thanks for that. I did manage to find the Maguires stuff on a UK website > yesterday. There seems to be the opinion here that it will (with some > effort) remove the fine scratches one (specifically, a _previous_ owner) can > generate by using the wipers dry. Any idea if this is true, or does anyone > know of any other treatment? > >> >> mike wilson wrote: >> >> From: John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Date: 2008/11/10 Mon AM 04:06:41 GMT >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Subject: OT: cleaning the windshield so I can see the Blue Ridge Parkway >> >> >> >> This actually comes from my getting out with my camera, and that's a >> >> Pentax, so it's not completely out of line I hope. >> >> >> > >> > For the inside, a crumpled sheet of newspaper slightly dampened with >> > vinegar. Plus some elbow grease.... >> > >> > Clean, dry newspaper to finish. >> > >> > For the outside, there is a process called "claying". I have seen this >> > mentioned on various (UK) car forums but have been unable to unearth any >> > information other than the name. >> > >> > >> > ----------------------------------------- >> > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email >> > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam >> > >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> > follow the directions. >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > >> > No virus found in this incoming message. >> > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.0/1778 - Release Date: 2008/11/09 >> > 02:14 PM >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- -I'm apathetic, but I don't care- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
