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How To Clean Your Windshield and Save Your Wipers - Clay Bar Method

Mark gives us a quick tech tip on how to completely clean your windshield using glass cleaner and a clay bar.
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  • @j.w.7688
    @j.w.7688 Жыл бұрын

    Nice vid. Well done.. Gonna give it a try. Thanks man👍.

  • @longlivechina7538
    @longlivechina75383 ай бұрын

    Love your products

  • @michaelanderson3771
    @michaelanderson3771 Жыл бұрын

    Great tip. going to give that a try A tip back is once clean use Rain-Ex on the screen. It reduces the effort of the wipers even if mud gets on the screen and in many instances you can drive in rain with out wipers at all.

  • @eastwoodco

    @eastwoodco

    Жыл бұрын

    Love us some rain-x!

  • @nicoj3660
    @nicoj36605 ай бұрын

    The passion of windshield

  • @ethanwasme4307

    @ethanwasme4307

    Ай бұрын

    i feel called out

  • @georgemyers6518
    @georgemyers6518 Жыл бұрын

    That method does work well. I’ve done that several times also. Another method that works well is scrubbing the windows with a bar of Lava soap and using 99% isopropyl on the wiper blades. The lava soap scrub will also remove hard water spots. Clay bar does work well on everything though including glass and paint.

  • @karamjitsingh9584

    @karamjitsingh9584

    9 ай бұрын

    Hello buddy my car windshield has a big rainbow spot my ac is over the top of the car the water drip from ac fall on windshield what can i do for the spot to clear clean help

  • @craiggerlach5548
    @craiggerlach5548 Жыл бұрын

    I used to do similar with fine steel wool, razor blade bird bug crap off first, but always wiped down blades when at gas station doing the quick clean on trips and nearly every time had passenger, was first time they seen that done.. I said tired of buying wiper blades??? Just picked up some clay bars this year, never used before, if that bar collected the crud do you toss it after, is it junk now?

  • @Brandon-id1td
    @Brandon-id1td Жыл бұрын

    Will that easily take Off the water spots too?

  • @wanabyastick
    @wanabyastick Жыл бұрын

    Never saw the bag trick, I've used 4 ought steel wool to do the same for years, clay bar sounds great also.

  • @eastwoodco

    @eastwoodco

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes! that will work too!

  • @maximocastillo3637
    @maximocastillo3637 Жыл бұрын

    Have you ever claybar the window that has the radio antenna built in it

  • @projektxent
    @projektxent8 ай бұрын

    I tried this works great. I used a ceramic window coating after

  • @eastwoodco

    @eastwoodco

    8 ай бұрын

    Excellent!

  • @kevinhorner6902
    @kevinhorner6902 Жыл бұрын

    When I used to smoke I would check the fallout contamination on paint by putting 2 fingers in the cellophane wrapping a glide it over the paint. I think it worked better than a plastic bag.

  • @eastwoodco

    @eastwoodco

    Жыл бұрын

    oh nice!

  • @Mike.Jones2

    @Mike.Jones2

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah we use to do the same thing after sanding particle board

  • @arkyump
    @arkyump Жыл бұрын

    I use a glass polish with a buffer and it works good for

  • @eastwoodco

    @eastwoodco

    Жыл бұрын

    nice!

  • @gerardomenesesjr3418
    @gerardomenesesjr34185 ай бұрын

    Also you can rub some transmission fluid on old wiper blades to rejuvenate the rubber and make them good for a little longer 💪🏼

  • @eastwoodco

    @eastwoodco

    5 ай бұрын

    We've heard that too but would recommend just getting new blades, you don't want to have transmission fluid smearing up your windshield.

  • @PepperstreetDev
    @PepperstreetDev Жыл бұрын

    Took my wiper blades off and clayed them gently too. Took a lot of bebri off

  • @tiggersmith7393
    @tiggersmith7393 Жыл бұрын

    Will this help stop my wipers juddering in the wet?

  • @eastwoodco

    @eastwoodco

    Жыл бұрын

    Couldn't hurt!

  • @renealexander1776
    @renealexander1776 Жыл бұрын

    I don't think I know what a clay bar is. Where do you buy one and are there different types? Can you ise it on the inside windshield? Thats the one I have a terrible time getting streak free. Anxious to try it.

  • @eastwoodco

    @eastwoodco

    Жыл бұрын

    www.eastwood.com/griot-s-garage-paint-cleaning-clay-8-oz-11153.html?+&+&+clay+bar+windshield+cleaning

  • @SuperBiotope

    @SuperBiotope

    Жыл бұрын

    Had the same problem with streaks. Until I watched a KZread video with someone using only hot water and a little washing up liquid. Worked amazingly well and never had streaks since. Worth a shot if you still have these issues.

  • @SecretMan299
    @SecretMan299 Жыл бұрын

    can I reused the clay bar? TY

  • @jennydiez8020

    @jennydiez8020

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes, many times. Plain plumbers putty works too and is a lot less expensive.

  • @GNX-wg9if
    @GNX-wg9if2 ай бұрын

    The ink from the newspaper is the best to clean any type of glass...

  • @longlivechina7538
    @longlivechina75383 ай бұрын

    Your my hero

  • @IbrahimKhan-tp7dn
    @IbrahimKhan-tp7dn29 күн бұрын

    Hey i need help man, my windscreen is leaving streaks when i switch on the wipers....though the Windscreen is getting clean from water, but some kind of FOG is staying on the windscreen, from which its very difficult to see out of...when it rains, and you use ur wipers

  • @eastwoodco

    @eastwoodco

    28 күн бұрын

    Does this continue when you turn on the defroster?

  • @IbrahimKhan-tp7dn

    @IbrahimKhan-tp7dn

    28 күн бұрын

    @@eastwoodco Yes, it's only happening when i turn the wipers on, I've bought a clay bar set just to try to get it off, but a car mechanic said, my glass is damaged and needs Buffing/Machine Polishing .

  • @paulmanini9614
    @paulmanini96144 ай бұрын

    nice video thanks

  • @eastwoodco

    @eastwoodco

    4 ай бұрын

    Glad you liked it!

  • @thomastoadally
    @thomastoadally Жыл бұрын

    You should mention not in the hot sun doing this.

  • @eastwoodco

    @eastwoodco

    Жыл бұрын

    ohh good call!

  • @chrisginoc
    @chrisginoc Жыл бұрын

    What grit is this claybar? Can I use a 300 clay bar for my front windshield? 2013 Honda Accord with 114k miles original owner and never ceramic coated. It's been my daily driver beater car.

  • @eastwoodco

    @eastwoodco

    Жыл бұрын

    We have a "Fine" Clay bar that should do just the trick www.eastwood.com/eastwood-concours-premium-clay-bars-fine.html

  • @robert-wr9xt
    @robert-wr9xt Жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Next time I go over to mom and dad’s house I will clean her windshield and not say a thing.

  • @lemmykilmister873
    @lemmykilmister873 Жыл бұрын

    🤔

  • @VoodooDewey69
    @VoodooDewey694 ай бұрын

    I have also used razor blades and 4xxxx steel wool ,old school.

  • @flesz_
    @flesz_2 ай бұрын

    I just use waterhose

  • @Cell1000bc
    @Cell1000bc Жыл бұрын

    Or just use 0000 steel wool.

  • @eastwoodco

    @eastwoodco

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup, there's a couple ways to get this done

  • @lofihifi792
    @lofihifi79211 ай бұрын

    Didn’t work for me

  • @mikewillett5076
    @mikewillett50762 ай бұрын

    There is wax (or SOMETHING) on mt windshield. You can see it in all lighting but it's really bad in certain light/angles. I've tried...... intense rubbing wirh alcohol, acetone, gasoline, clay bar and 9% hydrochloric acid toilet cleaner. NONE of that has removed it! I'm just gonna wond up getting a new windshield because this is permanent! 😡

  • @eastwoodco

    @eastwoodco

    2 ай бұрын

    You can use #0000 steel wool and a window cleaner, that is very good at getting that kind of stuff off glass.

  • @derekhobbs1102
    @derekhobbs11028 ай бұрын

    Fresh wiper blades straight out of packet will have that black junk on them.

  • @NoNameNoFace-rr7li
    @NoNameNoFace-rr7li Жыл бұрын

    use news paper instead of paper towels.

  • @sunoclockoneday2576

    @sunoclockoneday2576

    Жыл бұрын

    A buddy taught me that trick 25 years ago . It takes a little while to get the paper saturated to work correctly but it is a streak free finish

  • @frankh.3849

    @frankh.3849

    9 ай бұрын

    Wait what's a newspaper?

  • @NoNameNoFace-rr7li

    @NoNameNoFace-rr7li

    9 ай бұрын

    its those things you put in the bottom of birdcages @@frankh.3849

  • @RoughRaiders13

    @RoughRaiders13

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@frankh.3849😂

  • @user-ne4fd1cx5p

    @user-ne4fd1cx5p

    3 ай бұрын

    @@frankh.3849 he was born 15 years ago it’s paper with news on it it’s like a tv with a paper towel on it it’s more of paper then news but a newspaper

  • @TheJfburn
    @TheJfburn3 ай бұрын

    Use nitrile gloves