baking soda

[drewpy]

Just found this tip;

"Repel rain from windshield. Put gobs of baking soda on a dampened cloth and wipe windows inside and out"

anyone tried it, and will it work on visors?

drewps

[The Beard]

Dont Know about the baking soda, but I swear by RAIN'X, you can get it in Halfords and it works a dream on visors and windshields. A tiny amout on your visor and it keeps it free of water, and also makes it easier to clean the bugs off at the end of a run. Try it on your cars windshield, you can drive in heavy rain behind a juggernaught with the wipers off. They also do an anti fog for the inside.

[Airhead]

+1....RainEx is terrific stuff, only works when you are going fast (above 55 ish) enough for the wind to blow the water droplets away, great on motorways.

[little dave]

i use car wax on mine. works really well, as long as you shine it up well.

[Ttaskmaster]

RainX supposedly makes your visor go brittle.

It's designed for use on glass, not plastic.

[drewpy]

rain x = money

baking soda = free

I think I will try it on the car first, then OG's visor second. I think that's the best way to find out

[little dave]

isnt baking soda just ever so slightly abrasive?

found on a home cleaning web page: Baking soda causes dirt and grease to dissolve in water, so it is very effective in cleaning kitchen counter tops, refrigerators, and stove tops. And sprinkled on a sponge or dishrag, baking soda forms a mildly abrasive scouring powder.

think of that before you rub "gobs of it" onto your plastic shield.

[yoda]

By the time rainex has made the visor hardened, it would be time to change it anyway!

[The Beard]

Have been using rainX on my current visor for past three years and it has been off and on the helmet for cleaning severa time and is still flexible. A while ago my other half used baking powder to clean our NEW stainless steel cooker and you can still see the scratch marks. !!!!!!

[nickm]

I use Mer Rain Away.....it can be used on plastics...

[wild foamy]

i use the back of my glove, its got a special "visor wipe" strip which is quite effective

[Yamigirl]

Please dont use baking soda on your visors this is an old cleaning solution from years ago before ajax or scrubbies were invented it is abrasive and will scratch your visor

[vic-fzr600]

did anyone else see the guy on Dragons Den last year who had 'invented' a windscreen wiper style system for helmets???

it was complete poo, he got laughed out of the den

[maltatrucker]

Used to use half a potato in the old days on my truck when the wiper used to pack up once drove all the way up from South of Italy pissing down with rain for 3 days and no wipers

[barkwindjammer]

Baking soda (sodium bi-carbonate) has an affinity (strong absorbtion) for water-hence the 'ill-advised' use to remove rain from visors, in theory "mmmmmm-- well" yep sooks like your new girlfriend,

get it in your eyes though an you wont know nothing about it-or anything else of a visual nature for that matter-ever again !,

car windscreens yes-in small amounts i.e. not 'Dollops', or whatever the term used was ?

Dont be a 'cabron' !

[bulldog25]

am gonna give (rain x) a go, worth a try

baking soda no way, looks bit gritty to me!!!

[gabby]

i dont use nothing, potatoes.. back in the day...... rainex mmm might try that, baking soda or any other type of abrasive scouring powder... er .. no