Film forming on Windshield

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Andy:

Be careful how you cover the dash. The passenger airbag deploys from the upper portion of the dash, just above the upper glovebox.

In a crash if the passenger airbag should deploy it could force the cover into the driver and passenger.

Jay

 

Try Stoner Invisible Glass - it's truly an amazing cleaner.

Nothing stops outgassing but a liberal application of tincture of time will slow it down.

 

There goes your new car smell.

 

A couple of thoughts: first, you shouldn't need to do anything to protect the dash - there are no soft plastics and hence nothing that will crack due to sun damage.

The best way I've found of dealing with the film buildup on the windshield is to use Xylol (Xylene) and a cheesecloth. This gets the grime/film off the first time, no elbow grease required.

Care must be taken when using this solvent, as it will readily dissolve plastics, including your dash.

 

:idea: After many posts recommending Stoner "Invisible Glass Window, Windshield & Mirror Cleaner" , I found it at Sam's (4-pack of 19 oz. spray cans for $9.88 ). It lives up to all the claims I've read, so I add my recommendation. Look for a tall (9½"), substantial spray can with a bright yellow cap.

 

Charles:

I also have excellent results with the Invisible Glass cleaner.

Hint: don't use paper towels, they usually leave streaks. Use clean white terry towel or bath towel instead, they wipe much better and don't leave any film or streaks behind.

When you finally do toss them in the washer, don't use fabric softener or dryer sheets.

Jay

 

I'm another agreerer on theuse of Stoner's. I did notice that it occasionally required more than one cleaning to get the windshield truly clean. Going back to styoner's website, I found that it said that up to three applications/wipings could benecessary as the product dissolves so much stuff. Works for me.

 

film forming

xevious, Hope you are right about dash crackiing - my Prius now approaching 4 yrs and the dash looks new. But, I only recently started parking it outdoors, so now the test really begins.

Please use lots of ventilation with xylene, especially as you are using it a way that rather maximizes your exposure. It is not good to get a snootful of this stuff.

PS: no window film problems here either.

 

Followup... I, too, found that a 2nd cleaning with Stoner's was required to get the "Invisible Glass" result. This time, I used newspaper (black & white) and the results were great. First cleaning, I had used Microfiber cloth (Also found at Sam's) and believe it would produce good results... just took the 2nd cleaning.