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Hi guys. I have a newbie question, but you don't know till you ask

My previous gloves had a blade to clean the visor but my new ones don't. How do you clean the visor in drizzle and spray from trucks conditions? I thought about taking a cloth with me but there isn't really anywhere to keep it close to hand

Thanks

Matt

mr lead to pcx wrote:Hi guys. I have a newbie question, but you don't know till you ask

My previous gloves had a blade to clean the visor but my new ones don't. How do you clean the visor in drizzle and spray from trucks conditions? I thought about taking a cloth with me but there isn't really anywhere to keep it close to hand

Thanks

Matt

There's a good place to keep a cloth between the screen and the clocks. I don't do that tbh. Just turn your head and the droplets disappear

Sometimes though you can be just to distracted by what is in front of your eyes. If your in a car most of the time you don't need windscreen wipers. Just look through what is in front of you

Hi Matt,
I found a piece of old car wiper blade, cut off a short length and with rubber cement, glued it to the glove. Works for me.
Cheers.

Gossamer wrote:Hi Matt,
I found a piece of old car wiper blade, cut off a short length and with rubber cement, glued it to the glove. Works for me.
Cheers.

Doesn't tot fall off?

Just wipe across with your leather glove that you should be wearing. Leather is like a shammy. One wipe of all four fingers right across and your face shield is dry. Another trick on longer rides at speeds above 45 mph is to briefly turn your head to the side. First one way then the other. The wind instantly beads the water and strips it right off. Make sure your awareness is focused before you make this move. The same as when you want to take a good look in your mirror or at the gauges. Make sure that you SEE that the road is clear in front of you and then quickly make the move. And then focus right back on the road ahead.

Against popular opinion I also wax and polish my helmet/visor. I find this not only protects the visor but also makes it "bead" much more easily even with light drizzly spray that has a tendency to just stick and obscure your vision. A slight tilt of the head and all the water beads run off. Try it, I recommend it.

It's SOOOOOPERRR important that you keep the visor clean and scratch-free otherwise it'll be hard to see in the day, will gather dirt more easily and also become downright dangerous at night looking through a star-field of light refraction from all the scrapes and scratches.

Ride safe

check online, you can get little velcro wipers you attatch to your fingers. i got one off webike

Honda4me wrote:keep the visor clean and scratch-free )

Scratches make glare so there is only one cloth that touches my visor. Photex scanner wipes do not scratch.
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I tried cleaning with furniture polish but there was too much waxy build up so now I only use Plexus.
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Try some RainX or something like that.

I have a pair of winter gloves that comes with that blade on my finger and my summer gloves doesn't come with it.

I find in both instances where its raining, the visor needs to be fairly clean in the first place to see out clearly, without the wiper blade, I wipe with my gloves. Not really an issue for me.

kramnala58 wrote:Try some RainX or something like that.

RainX states that it is not for use on plastic. I have always found it to leave a foggy film on glass anyway.

sendler2112 wrote:

kramnala58 wrote:Try some RainX or something like that.

RainX states that it is not for use on plastic. I have always found it to leave a foggy film on glass anyway.

Thanks for the info. I did not know that. Maybe I should read the label. You protected me from my own stupidity

Thanks for all the info guys. I thought about gluing a blade to my new gloves as well but they are heated ones and I wanted to make sure they worked properly in case they needed to go back.

I am going to have to go through all of your suggestions and see which works best for me

Thanks

Matt

I guess I am just old school. I still use Toilet paper.

~Cheap_Ride~ wrote:I guess I am just old school. I still use Toilet paper.

Damp kitchen roll for me. Put it on and peel it of after 10 mins

what we need are visors coated with this stuff

here's a good product have been using it for the past year and as long as you are driving over 20 mph it works well Nikwax Visor Proof
have only used half the bottle so far as a little goes along way

andy wrote:here's a good product have been using it for the past year and as long as you are driving over 20 mph it works well Nikwax Visor Proof
have only used half the bottle so far as a little goes along way

Is it Smeary to look through?
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i've not had any prop's with it i just use a tea towel to rub it in and a way i go

I haven't tried this on a visor, so I can't vouch for the effectiveness, but Rain-X makes a formula for exterior use, and another for inside windows. We use both of these on our boat (enclosed helm) and it is effective (glass windows). I try to avoid riding in the rain. Did it for 4+ decades, decided I didn't much care for it (slow learner or getting wise with age?).

I was also a pilot for a lot of years. Here is a product that gets used on aircraft windshields. Not cheap (I think I paid about $30 for the last bottle I bought), but a little goes a long ways. It is safe for use on plastic and plexiglass. I still have some around; I may try that on a faceshield.

http://www.corrosionx.com/rejexFAQ.html

Captain Jim