Treating a windshield??

[saboteur]

Speaking of windscreens, I have a friend who's landlord somehow hooked her Dyna with a bumper and pulled it over, ruined the rotor and fender, and scratched the windshield somewhat. What works best to get out those scratches? Will anything work?

 

[HellFire]

Landlord + Vehicle Damage = New Parts !!!

Light scratches can be polished out with the drill mounted polishing ball and polish made and sold for headlight refinishing, but deep gouges should be sent out to a company like CeeBailey for professional refinishing.

 

[Gkiller]

pro honda spray cleaner & polish.
"cleans and polishes all plastic, chrome, aluminum and painted surfaces"
i've used it all over my bike from day 1, and she's as lovely as ever.
Oh, and bugs wash off easily.

ditto......

 

[kmrmike]

If you saw a recent post with the Lovebugs all over the windscreen...it was cleaned fairly easy with Dawn dishwashing soap and water...sometimes simple is best!

 

[CanberraR3]

I recall that my dad used to clean a perspex windscreen protector (remember those? pre laminated glass) with Brasso. He got the tip from an ex RAAF pilot who said they used to use it during WW11 - I guess partly because of availability - no matter how tight the rationing was, the military would always need to polish something - but also because it really worked.

 

[sonnie]

All Rocket Captains...

I don't ride with a windshield on my Rocket III Classic but my wife has one on her Honda Shadow Aero.

She asked if I knew if there was a product that could be applied to the windshield to make bug removal easier?

I know Rain-X is not the way to go as it is a petroleum based product used on hard glass not the plastic of a windshield.

I read somewhere that Pledge can be useful but I am skeptical.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Rain-x now makes a product specific for plastic windshields. Use it on my Slingshot shield and bugs wipe right off, and repels water even better than original Rain-x.

 

[Tripps]

Rain X makes a product specifically for plastic windshields. The only drawback is that it doesn't work very well, nothing like regular Rain X. I've heard both that you can and can't use Rain X on plastic, so I dunno
It may just be a cover your ass policy because they don't know either.
Edit: hadn't seen previous post, I guess your results may vary, lol,but I wasn't impressed.

 

[sonnie]

Rain X makes a product specifically for plastic windshields. The only drawback is that it doesn't work very well, nothing like regular Rain X. I've heard both that you can and can't use Rain X on plastic, so I dunno
It may just be a cover your ass policy because they don't know either.
Edit: hadn't seen previous post, I guess your results may vary, lol,but I wasn't impressed.

Regular Rain-X for glass will craze most plastic windshield material.. I used it once on my Yamaha Royale Touring windshield, and it looked like i took fine sandpaper to it.

 

[Mighty Mouse]

I wax the crap out of my sports screen and/or windscreen depending the time of year. I always wax before I ride and wax after the ride is completed. Bugs and crap come off very easy. I have noticed I get about a quarter of the bugs sticking to my windshield when waxed compared to no wax. I'm not obsessive but just lazy in that I want to make cleanup as easy as I can. One more thing. About once every few months or so I take the old wax off and reapply new wax. It works for me.

 

[Mickie]

All Rocket Captains...

I don't ride with a windshield on my Rocket III Classic but my wife has one on her Honda Shadow Aero.

She asked if I knew if there was a product that could be applied to the windshield to make bug removal easier?

I know Rain-X is not the way to go as it is a petroleum based product used on hard glass not the plastic of a windshield.

I read somewhere that Pledge can be useful but I am skeptical.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Lay a piece of wet cloth, or an old wet sheet on the screen, & 10 minutes later the bugs will just wipe off.