Do you use Glass cleaner like Windex in your windshield washer tank?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Grumppy, Sep 9, 2016.
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Anyway, if orange is illegal, just pour it into another type bottle that is legal.
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Isn't Windex a lot more expensive than regular windshield washer fluid? Cutting a gallon of regular water with a quart of rubbing alcohol sounds like a good idea but that stuff is generally sold in small bottles.
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Decisions, decisions... Do I have enough fluid to clean the windows or just smear the bug juice all over them???
My windshield is probably dirtier than most but then I don't have an issue seeing through stuff on the window. Now my mirrors, those are a different story. I have to have the side windows and mirrors clean.flood Thanks this. -
Alcohol is a solvent. It will cut the finish of the paint and dull it
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Yes the rumor is true. When i worked at an oil change place I was told to fill the giant tank down below with the water hose and then the manager would go down and add the blue dye. That's why we always told the customer "Yes we would be happy to fill up your washer reservoir."
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Omg.
To the op, clean your window with soap and water every once in a while. Dry it well then with a good glass cleaner and replace the wiper blades more often and it will work.
Windex is not to be used as washer fluid, it isn't made for that.
Washer fluid (the good stuff) is made with methylated spirits but most are made with ethanol and ethylene glycol all of which has been a problem for those who don't wash and wax their cars.truckthatpassesyouby and flood Thank this. -
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Ridgeline, you are a well respected member here who has earned his place, but you're a little off base on this one.
If one hits & you attempt to wash & wipe one before he dries, you wont have washer fluid very long. So, you wait for them to build up over a few minutes (after which most are already dried on the windshield) & they don't come off. At this time of year, the conversations on the CB are about all these #### bugs. You get to the truck stop & trucks everywhere are rubbing & scrubbing these little #######'s off their windshield. You would need a tanker full of windshield washer to keep them washed & wiped before they hit & dry. Now, I am talking about several days, maybe a week of this ..... ummm.... rut.
Therefore.... I wonder.... does any one use Windex (a glass cleaner) in their windshield washer? If not specifically Windex what else have you tried.... cause..... regular windshield washer fluid.... isn't doing the trick. Even if you wash your windshield at every fuel stop (which isn't a factor in this specific scenario).
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Dawn dish soap. This thread is way over complicated!
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