Window protectants

aidanki

Does anyone use Rain X or similar products on their sidewindows or back windows, saw someone saying its supposed to be great stuff somewhere

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rain-X-An....YAAOSwd4tT~eCf

this version is cheaper
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bluecol-R....UAAOSwKrxUY4q4

this american stuff is supposed to be better again
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AQUAPEL-A....IAAOSwo0JWGRF0

or this Carlack stuff even, it appears to be the best of the bunch, is it for sale in Ireland
http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/engine.../prod_348.html

Curran

RainX does a decent job but wont last overly long. And I could be wrong, but Carlack and RainX are much the same product.
The Aquapel is expensive, but says its good for 100 applications, but 6 times longer than other products....hmmm - well something like CarPro Flyby or GTechniq's G1 coating will be good for over a year....so if its 6 times better than that, thats 6 years - you'd have 600 years worth of applications! :P

There are some very good and durable products for reasonable money - CarPro Flyby or gtechniq G1 or other similar nano products!

aidanki

whats any good for <10mph ?

and keeping away dust from the windows

I don't want to use it on a car primarily but a telehandler on a building site

Curran

Well a lot has to do the angle of the window - so a telehandler would probably have a much steeper angle than a car, so it water will run off the window quicker than it would on a car.

CarPro FlyBy30 will make water run up the windscreen at 30mph - so thats the speed that the coat needs for the water to defeat gravity....which would be to your advantage on the telehandler.

vectra

The main issue I can see with a telehandler is no wind to move the water.
I have my side and rear windows done onmy car but all it does is beads while the car is sitting there. It takes a nice bit of speed ( more than 10 mph id say ) to start it shiftings.

MetzgerMeister

For the job you want, Gtechnic G5 is your best bet. Unlike G1 it doesn't need movement for the water to bead off but it needs reapplication every so often.