What's the best windscreen wash on the market

brian2me

Hello,

As we are coming into the winter,
1) what's the best windscreen wash for dirt,grim and bugs?
2) what ratio do you dilute it to?

Appreciate all feedback.

squod

Dunno about winter, but I use holts one shot.

TomMc

Sonax Clear View is probably the best. You might get it in a motor factors. They have summer, winter and various other versions. But even the standard one is very good all year round.

http://www.sonax.com/Car-Care/Products/Interior-and-Glass/Windscreen-Washer-System

dharn

probably important to use winter version from now on so that it wont freeze and destroy washer bottle pump etc

headmaster

water and vinegar, better than any wash. 50.50 mix.

Neilw

TomMc wrote: »

Sonax Clear View is probably the best. You might get it in a motor factors. They have summer, winter and various other versions. But even the standard one is very good all year round.

http://www.sonax.com/Car-Care/Products/Interior-and-Glass/Windscreen-Washer-System

Agree on this.

Another one which I thought was good is einszett.
http://www.micksgarage.ie/proddetails.aspx?pid=165713&pk=A2C6B

O.A.P

headmaster wrote: »

water and vinegar, better than any wash. 50.50 mix.

Wont the smell of that fill the car the first time you spray it?

brian2me

O.A.P wrote: »

Wont the smell of that fill the car the first time you spray it?

And would it not leave a smear on clear days

YouTookMyName

4euro for 5 litres in woodies or atalanic homecare. nice 25/75 mix. great stuff.

Hiace.

Believe it or not, an old British army driver told me urine is an excellent, natural, and free additive.
(I'm not taking the Piss)
He’s said it was part of their driver training, and compulsory on desert exercises.
Waste not, want not I suppose.
Not a full bottle, just a normal piss apparently.
The diluted uric acid breaks down and prevents the grease / oily build up you can get on the windscreen.
I've yet to try it, perhaps next time no one is about !

Hiace.

^^ Update, my mate tried this last week and now he swears by it. ^^
I lived in a shared house at the moment, so its going to be a bit harder for me to try it !

opinion guy

Isn't the car stinking of piss everytime you wash the windows a bit of a downside ?

coylemj

VW screenwash concentrate costs about €6 and makes up 25 litres. It's diluted 1:100 so I stick 50 ml concentrate in a 5 litre container, then top it up with water and I have 5 litres of top quality screenwash for about €1.

colm_mcm

Urine is likely to damage paintwork, also if you have a sunroof you're likely to get piss on your head.

coylemj

colm_mcm wrote: »

Urine is likely to damage paintwork, also if you have a sunroof you're likely to get piss on your head.

So when you call someone from the car and tell them it's pissing down you'll have to explain whether you mean that it's raining cats and dogs or you're washing the windscreen!

Hiace.

opinion guy wrote: »

Isn't the car stinking of piss everytime you wash the windows a bit of a downside ?

colm_mcm wrote: »

Urine is likely to damage paintwork, also if you have a sunroof you're likely to get piss on your head.

I asked the former soldier the similar questions, and he laughed and said it's diluted piss, not 100% piss.

He said everyone is a skeptic until they try it, including everyone in his training platoon 30 years ago, including him.
This guy seen a lot of service, he's not a bullsh1tter.
It was a battlefield living/training type thing.

Blazer

Hiace. wrote: »

I asked the former soldier the similar questions, and he laughed and said it's diluted piss, not 100% piss.

He said everyone is a skeptic until they try it, including everyone in his training platoon 30 years ago, including him.
This guy seen a lot of service, he's not a bullsh1tter.
It was a battlefield living/training type thing.

yes..but what soldier gives a fúck about paintwork on their APC? I imagine they're more worried about it's bullet deflecting ability

biko

Vinegar is cheap and good. Has a smell though although it's only noticeable when you spray it, it doesn't linger.

TomMc

Don't flush your toilet for a few days and then tell me there is no foul odour! It's diluted as well. Screenwash is so cheap, why would you use anything else. A scarcity of water in the desert maybe.

brian2me

Hiace. wrote: »

Believe it or not, an old British army driver told me urine is an excellent, natural, and free additive.
(I'm not taking the Piss)
He’s said it was part of their driver training, and compulsory on desert exercises.
Waste not, want not I suppose.
Not a full bottle, just a normal piss apparently.
The diluted uric acid breaks down and prevents the grease / oily build up you can get on the windscreen.
I've yet to try it, perhaps next time no one is about !

Next you'll tell me that a good Guinness ****e is great for waxing the car.lol

biko

This looks good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f12X7LyL1I

Hiace.

Sc@recrow wrote: »

yes..but what soldier gives a fúck about paintwork on their APC? I imagine they're more worried about it's bullet deflecting ability

Its diluted, unlike fido pissing on the side of your car.