Shuddering wiper blades

[Stickyfinger]

Steel Wool (0000) grade.


CAUTION MAY BE A WIND UP

I will test this I think, donor car screen is de-laminating anyway.

[Stickyfinger]

Not all steel wool is the same. I Have used 0000 grade wool on a hardwood table to clean the hard lacquer to a high polish.

Test yes, but I do think it would work fine.

....we shall see, a quick "group" test guys. Any bit of glass would do.

[RichardW]

More twist required - wiper arms are surprisingly resistant to modification in this direction! For some reason Xantias seem to suffer badly with the arm twisting - had to give mine a good talking to. Give the wiper arm a little push at rest and watch the blade - it should flip over right away. If it doesn't then twist it - a lot! You need to twist it a lot more than the final position to get it to take the twist - and you likely need some tooling - I've used 2 pairs of water pump pliers in the past.

Reminds me, must get some new blades for the Picasso as they have taken a permanent set and judder nicely....

[Gibbo2286]

I watched a similar video the other day that was advocating the use of a clay bar instead of the steel wool, also putting two or three coats of wax on the screen to finish it.

[white exec]

The wool not for me either. Hmm.

Interesting comment about vodka and other rough spirit in the screenwash . . . Carrefour here sell some own-brand Screenwash (5L, ready-to-use), which is really effective in cutting through bugs and other nasties. It's got a really high IPA (alcohol) content, and gives driver and passengers a real waft of Gin when used. Wonderful stuff.

[myglaren]

I've had a 5L bottle of Isopropanol in my eBay basket for over a year - too stingy to buy it

I did get two bottles of meths from Home Bargains last week for only 99p each - IIRC they are £3.35 in B&Q

[white exec]

Any printer using offset litho will have 20L drums of IPA on hand. Chat up a friendly one, if available. It always was very cheap stuff. All printers' suppliers stock it.

[myglaren]

Hah - used to work for an advertising agency/printers/publishers.
Never saw any but then never looked.

[MikeT]

A Scotchbright pad may be a safer bet - try it on your neighbour's Vauxhall first though

I can personally testify this is a bad idea, unless you want to ruin your 'screen. It will scratch the glass with ease. http://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/v ... en#p237100

[GiveMeABreak]

If it's badly oiled, smeared AND pitted, might be easier to get a new windscreen and pay the £70 excess and be done with it.

[CitroJim]

If it's badly oiled, smeared AND pitted, might be easier to get a new windscreen and pay the £70 excess and be done with it.

Absolutely agreed

[Jan-hendrik]

I must have spent a fortune on regular replacements of wiper blades on my Citroens over the years. Replacing them, mostly Bosch, sometimes Valeo, at least once a year. A few months ago my grandchildren riding in the back on a rainy day got scared and next started laughing hearing the thudder, nearly thunder, of the rubbers trying to clear the screen of rain. I then decided to finally do something as a long term solution. I got myself a pair of these silicone aeroblade wipers. They did the job quite well, but they were damn noisy. I now have found the perfect blades: PIAA Super Silicone. I recommend them highly.　They are very effective and very quiet. I bought them on Amazon from the Japanese supplier. Googling you will find suppliers in the UK and many other countries.
The pdf in the link http://www.piaa.co.jp/wp/wp-content/the ... f/18-7.pdf shows which sizes are available (in Japan). I got IWS50. IWS50FB has large spoilers. In Japanese these are called silicote or silicoat wipers. In 5 minutes they coat the glass when dry. Rubber refills are available.

[CitroJim]

Jan, thanks for that I've been on the hunt for decent wiper blades for ever.... I shall go and look at those...

[Jan-hendrik]

OK, Jim. Please let us know what you find and I hope it's what you wanted

[GiveMeABreak]

Jan, thanks for that I've been on the hunt for decent wiper blades for ever.... I shall go and look at those...

Actually, there's a UK site for these:
http://www.piaa.co.uk/wipers/wipers.asp