Product to help with foggy windows

sean1141

Guys is there any products that will help with foggy/misty windows? I have tried rainx but it didn't work although it has been lying around for a while:D
I usually clean the windows inside with either autoglym glass cleaner or chemical guys window cleaner.
I have heard vinegar mixed with water will help??

BobLeeSwagger

Car-Pro Fog Fight is what I've used in both our cars and its doing its job even after a month. Its not dear either which is a plus.

Big Nasty

Leave the fan on about 25% ALWAYS and you should never fog up unless you have damp carpets or four people with wet coats.

debabyjesus

If you can get silica gel anywhere put it behind the dash somewhere. I get bags of it about the size of tayto bags in work. Never have condensation.

sean1141

BobLeeSwagger wrote: »

Car-Pro Fog Fight is what I've used in both our cars and its doing its job even after a month. Its not dear either which is a plus.

Where do you buy that?

Big Nasty wrote: »

Leave the fan on about 25% ALWAYS and you should never fog up unless you have damp carpets or four people with wet coats.

Fan is always on but we do always be in and out with wet clothes and boots

BobLeeSwagger

You can get it from cleancar.ie

Thats were I bought mine from.

imurdaddy

Check the pollen filter could need to be changed!

imurdaddy

Check the pollen filter could need to be changed!

JAMES VTI S

This reminds me I have this in my watch list, must get one for the van.

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=380629021844&cartError=true&mid=NO_SHIP_OPTION

stoneill

debabyjesus wrote: »

If you can get silica gel anywhere put it behind the dash somewhere. I get bags of it about the size of tayto bags in work. Never have condensation.

This works a treat!

Bandito909

Make sure your fan/blower/air con isn't on air re-circulation mode.

sean1141

imurdaddy wrote: »

Check the pollen filter could need to be changed!

It was only recently replaced

Bandito909 wrote: »

Make sure your fan/blower/air con isn't on air re-circulation mode.

Its not.

the_syco

Get a passive unpowered dehumidifier box, and put it behind the passenger seat, in the pouch. I find it usually clears up the fog caused by dampness in the car. I bought one in Woodies, along with the refills. It has gotten rid of most of the fog, and esp good at preventing the fog/condensation freezing on the inside of my windscreen!

MetzgerMeister

As a start, cleaning the windows with a window cleaner like Windowlene followed by AutoGlym glass polish is the best way to make sure the surface is 100% clean. When it's dirty, the moisture has something to cling to but when it's clean, it doesn't.

After that I would stick a dehumidifier in the car for a while and then use those pouches that James has posted. I've been looking for those in Woodies etc. and never found them. Thanks Jim!!

vectra

You drive a skoda
Learn to live with it

sean1141

vectra wrote: »

You drive a skoda
Learn to live with it

Worse its a Peugeot

clintondaly

There is a Holts anti fog spray that you can buy.

vectra

sean1141 wrote: »

Worse its a Peugeot

Only solution to that so is to sell it LOL

Ded_Zebra

vectra wrote: »

Only solution to that so is to sell it LOL

5l of petrol and a box of matches works better :pac:


My dad has an unusual cure for fogging windows. What he does is coat them with a thin layer of neat washing up liquid. Leaves it on until it is completely dry (takes hours unfortunately) and then buff it off. The washing up liquid has stuff in it to stop water beading on glasses etc so they dry without water marks, this also apparently stops condensation. Not sure how well it works and I haven't seen him do it in a long time as there is no need in a car with air con but he was telling my sister to do it to her car recently. Might be worth trying

Noccy_Mondy

Anyone know where you can get Silica beads? Wanna give them a try.

MetzgerMeister

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Anyone know where you can get Silica beads? Wanna give them a try.

That little grey bag that James posted earlier in the thread is full of silica beads and it has velcro to stop it moving on your dash or parcel shelf

Noccy_Mondy

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

That little grey bag that James posted earlier in the thread is full of silica beads and it has velcro to stop it moving on your dash or parcel shelf

I'm a retard, how did i not check that, please forgive me :P

I've tried silica gel before and had no luck with it. I placed a rake of the small bags across the rear parcel shelf and dashboard.

I didn't really see any difference and eventually got fed up of them being in the car so got rid of them.

listermint

Deleted User wrote: »

I've tried silica gel before and had no luck with it. I placed a rake of the small bags across the rear parcel shelf and dashboard.

I didn't really see any difference and eventually got fed up of them being in the car so got rid of them.

You must have had excessive damp so. That would require a dehumidifier to be put in the vehicle for a few days to dry it out.


Clean the windows throughly with a window cleaner. and all will be good.

listermint

listermint wrote: »

You must have had excessive damp so. That would require a dehumidifier to be put in the vehicle for a few days to dry it out.


Clean the windows throughly with a window cleaner. and all will be good.

Ah, it's grand nowadays. It was just during the pre-christmas weather it wold be fairly bad a couple of mornings in a row. Started to become a little annoying.

I read about the silica gel idea but I didn't find it did me much good.