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I have a very good hand car wash near me, but they do use wax on my
windscreen.
It's not the first time this has happened, but I have never found a
reliable way to remove it.
Any tried and tested methods?
--
Jim the Geordie

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On 09/04/2025 00:39, Jim the Geordie wrote:

I have a very good hand car wash near me, but they do use wax on my windscreen.
It's not the first time this has happened, but I have never found a
reliable way to remove it.
Any tried and tested methods?

I'd start with an alcohol based solvent, isopropyl alcohol or meths. If
that doesn't work, the next stage is acetone, but that needs a lorra
lorra caution as it's a very enthusiastic solvent.

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I'd start with an alcohol based solvent, isopropyl alcohol or meths. If
that doesn't work, the next stage is acetone, but that needs a lorra
lorra caution as it's a very enthusiastic solvent.

Acetone might also dissolve, or at least seriously soften any old
cellulose paint, but if the car is less than 30 years old its probably
covered in "2 pack"

Nascar and Le Mans endurance racers allegedly clear their screens with
Coca Cola, but that might just be an urban myth

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Jim the Geordie <[email protected]> wrote:

I have a very good hand car wash near me, but they do use wax on my windscreen.
It's not the first time this has happened, but I have never found a
reliable way to remove it.
Any tried and tested methods?

Before I gave up going to car washes I used to ask them not to apply wax
which is usually in the final rinse. Some did others not in the end I gave
up and bought myself a pressure washer and did it myself. Since then I have never had a juddering windscreen wiper. As for removers of wax I found Auto Glym fast glass cleaner effective and not harmful to paintwork.

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Jim the Geordie <[email protected]> wrote:

I have a very good hand car wash near me, but they do use wax on my windscreen.
It's not the first time this has happened, but I have never found a
reliable way to remove it.
Any tried and tested methods?

I use this stuff and a microfibre cloth, not cheap but it’s magic:

<https://amzn.eu/d/ea0xJKZ>

--
Spike

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Spike wrote:

I use this stuff and a microfibre cloth, not cheap but it’s magic: <https://amzn.eu/d/ea0xJKZ>

Only thing listed in the MSDS is 1-10% ethanol ...

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On 09/04/2025 01:53, Mike Fleming wrote:

On 09/04/2025 00:39, Jim the Geordie wrote:

I have a very good hand car wash near me, but they do use wax on my
windscreen.
It's not the first time this has happened, but I have never found a
reliable way to remove it.
Any tried and tested methods?

I'd start with an alcohol based solvent, isopropyl alcohol or meths. If
that doesn't work, the next stage is acetone, but that needs a lorra
lorra caution as it's a very enthusiastic solvent.

washing up liquid and hard work
--
If I had all the money I've spent on drink...
..I'd spend it on drink.

Sir Henry (at Rawlinson's End)

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Andy Burns <[email protected]> wrote:

Spike wrote:

I use this stuff and a microfibre cloth, not cheap but it’s magic:
<https://amzn.eu/d/ea0xJKZ>

Only thing listed in the MSDS is 1-10% ethanol ...

Well, it works a treat. The question is, what else does it contain that
isn’t on the safety sheet, if anything?

--
Spike

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On 09/04/2025 at 10:48, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 09/04/2025 01:53, Mike Fleming wrote:

On 09/04/2025 00:39, Jim the Geordie wrote:

I have a very good hand car wash near me, but they do use wax on my
windscreen.
It's not the first time this has happened, but I have never found a
reliable way to remove it.
Any tried and tested methods?

I'd start with an alcohol based solvent, isopropyl alcohol or meths.
If that doesn't work, the next stage is acetone, but that needs a
lorra lorra caution as it's a very enthusiastic solvent.

washing up liquid and hard work

I'd add a modicum of bleach to the washing up liquid.
I use bleach + washing up liquid in my screen-wash bottle (just a squirt
of each).


--
Chris Elvidge, England
FRIDAYS ARE NOT "PANTS OPTIONAL"

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Spike wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

Only thing listed in the MSDS is 1-10% ethanol ...

Well, it works a treat. The question is, what else does it contain that isn’t on the safety sheet, if anything?

Given that it says it's colourless, practically odourless, relative
density 0.99 and pH of 7, my guess would be water :-)

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On 09/04/2025 11:22, Chris Elvidge wrote:

On 09/04/2025 at 10:48, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 09/04/2025 01:53, Mike Fleming wrote:

On 09/04/2025 00:39, Jim the Geordie wrote:

I have a very good hand car wash near me, but they do use wax on my
windscreen.
It's not the first time this has happened, but I have never found a
reliable way to remove it.
Any tried and tested methods?

I'd start with an alcohol based solvent, isopropyl alcohol or meths.
If that doesn't work, the next stage is acetone, but that needs a
lorra lorra caution as it's a very enthusiastic solvent.

washing up liquid and hard work

I'd add a modicum of bleach to the washing up liquid.
I use bleach + washing up liquid in my screen-wash bottle (just a squirt
of each).

Bleach just turns grease into washing up liquid anyway.
Unless you have serious grease issues its a tad overkill


--
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diverted our attention away from what really matters to our existential survival, to indulging in navel gazing and faux moral investigations
into what the world ought to be, whilst we fail utterly to deal with
what it actually is.

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On 9 Apr 2025 08:31:34 GMT, Spike <[email protected]> wrote:

Jim the Geordie <[email protected]> wrote:

I have a very good hand car wash near me, but they do use wax on my
windscreen.
It's not the first time this has happened, but I have never found a
reliable way to remove it.
Any tried and tested methods?

I use this stuff and a microfibre cloth, not cheap but it’s magic:

Microfibre? ITYM polyester.

<https://amzn.eu/d/ea0xJKZ>

--
Remember when multi-billion dollar corporations actually employed
tech support? Yeah, those were the days. - Jamie Zawinski <[email protected]>

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Julian Macassey <[email protected]> wrote:

On 9 Apr 2025 08:31:34 GMT, Spike <[email protected]> wrote:

Jim the Geordie <[email protected]> wrote:

I have a very good hand car wash near me, but they do use wax on my
windscreen.
It's not the first time this has happened, but I have never found a
reliable way to remove it.

Any tried and tested methods?

I use this stuff and a microfibre cloth, not cheap but it’s magic:

Microfibre? ITYM polyester.

<https://amzn.eu/d/ea0xJKZ>

Well, it appears that we have the complete answer to Jim the Geordie’s problem:

A cheap mixture of methylated spirits and water, max ratio 10:90, and a
cheap polyester cleaning cloth.

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Spike

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