Hard to keep clean?

[Bigbikes]

Does anyone know if you can clean the HUD screen. I was looking at mine today and thought it was quite dusty and unclean.

Yes it just plastic..just wipe with damp cloth, have you never cleaned a car before

 

[Nasscar]

Yes it just plastic..just wipe with damp cloth, have you never cleaned a car before

Cleaned plenty of cars before but none with a HUD.

 

[Bigbikes]

My Sunday mornings are started with washing either my partners car along with my daughters, l leave mine to middle of the week if needed as it takes me longer...wish l had a dollar for every time l've washed a car

 

[Nasscar]

My Sunday mornings are started with washing either my partners car along with my daughters, l leave mine to middle of the week if needed as it takes me longer...wish l had a dollar for every time l've washed a car

Know how you feel. I have 3 cars and a bike and only one car cleaner....me.

 

[Gargamel]

Any tips how to get a 100% clean inside front window?
When the sun lays on, i can definately see like "greasy" stains.
I wear glasses and when i clean my glasses vs when the optricial cleans them is miles apart is how clean they get.
But these wipes wont last many cm before i need to open a new one.

 

[Ozstung]

The greasy marks on the windows are fat deposits from your breath. When you lose weight it's expelled via your breath. I always have my drivers side window open to vent stale air and those deposits out.

 

[robz32]

Any tips how to get a 100% clean inside front window?
When the sun lays on, i can definately see like "greasy" stains.
I wear glasses and when i clean my glasses vs when the optricial cleans them is miles apart is how clean they get.
But these wipes wont last many cm before i need to open a new one.

Best way to clean the front windshield is using a squeegee and some glass cleaner. No rag, towel or MF.
1. Spray glass cleaner directly on the windshield and let it sit for a few seconds.
2. Use squeegee to wipe and remove cleaner from the glass.
3. Use a MF towel to clean the squeegee from the excess glass cleaner.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all glass cleaner has been wiped off.
5. Using a clean MF towel clean all excess glass cleaner that may have fallen on the dash and other parts of the interior.
6. Enjoy a clean, streak free glass.

 

[westcoastGT]

Does anyone know if you can clean the HUD screen. I was looking at mine today and thought it was quite dusty and unclean.

yes , reg glass cleaner is what I use

 

[patrick49]

Any tips for the dark plastic trim along the top the windows and follows back to the hatch glass? The spotting on there looks really bad, even after drying with a microfiber towel.

 

[BlaydeX15]

Any tips for the dark plastic trim along the top the windows and follows back to the hatch glass? The spotting on there looks really bad, even after drying with a microfiber towel.

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Cry, give up, and wrap them. Lol.

You can get them out with a shit ton of elbow grease and a clay bar, but they'll come back. We think it's water oxidation on real aluminium trim, but really hard to tell what that trim is actually made of to determine the proper cleaning routine.

 

[Stump]

I’ve noticed that a good ceramic coat on it helps a lot.

 

[robz32]

Any tips for the dark plastic trim along the top the windows and follows back to the hatch glass? The spotting on there looks really bad, even after drying with a microfiber towel.

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Short of applying ceramic coating on the trim, you will need to religiously apply a coat of wax on the trim every other wash.

A light compound polish should remove the water spotting already on the trim. Polish by hand, using a machine will remove the smoke/dark tint on the trim.

 

[Stump]

Short of applying ceramic coating on the trim, you will need to religiously apply a coat of wax on the trim every other wash.

A light compound polish should remove the water spotting already on the trim. Polish by hand, using a machine will remove the smoke/dark tint on the trim.

robz32 I apply ceramic coating to the whole car including the windows along with a refresher and I have no problem with spotting. Must be good luck for me

 

[robz32]

That is actually the best solution @Stump

I was suggesting the wax route in case @patrick49 did not want to go the ceramic route.

 

[Sime]

Stinger clean quite a hard task?

Not even remotely hard.

 

[Ozstung]

Any tips for the dark plastic trim along the top the windows and follows back to the hatch glass? The spotting on there looks really bad, even after drying with a microfiber towel.

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It's calcium deposits from dried water droplets . Unfortunately you have to dry your car quicker.

 

[patrick49]

Thanks for all the replies. Getting paint correction is on my list (bought used, and the original owner was...unkind...to the paint to put it nicely). Once that's done, I'll look at ceramic.

It's calcium deposits from dried water droplets . Unfortunately you have to dry your car quicker.

I was in a fully shaded stall and had the towel on that particular piece of trim within a minute of rinsing it, there's really no way I could have gotten to it any faster.

 

[patrick49]

In other news, anyone ever see any deposits like this build up inside the top of the hatch glass? I haven't gotten around to trying to clean it up yet, but it seems kind of crystalline, and stuck on there pretty good.

 

[ShannonC]

That's a first...back to Dealer.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Thanks for all the replies. Getting paint correction is on my list (bought used, and the original owner was...unkind...to the paint to put it nicely). Once that's done, I'll look at ceramic.



I was in a fully shaded stall and had the towel on that particular piece of trim within a minute of rinsing it, there's really no way I could have gotten to it any faster.

Hard water will leave the deposits on the surface. Microfiber helps but won't eliminate all residue left behind. That's because the minerals (mainly calcium) in hard water are "magnetically" attracted to the surface, i.e. are pulled to the bottom of each water droplet. Even before you dry with a towel, the minerals are stuck to the paint (clearcoat) or trim (or rims; same problem on wheels) or glass. The FIRST priority when cleaning is to get rid of hard water. Some (a lot?) of car washes do not have soft water. It's a losing battle.

Soft water neutralizes that adhesion of particles, allowing them to float in the water droplets rather than stick to the bottom. So a microfiber will wick up the minerals with the water.

In other news, anyone ever see any deposits like this build up inside the top of the hatch glass? I haven't gotten around to trying to clean it up yet, but it seems kind of crystalline, and stuck on there pretty good.
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That is one of the weirdest things I have seen on this forum. Trying to imagine: "Crystalline", if that doesn't beggar all. Why only there? If it were caused by condensation inside the cabin, there would me more of this gunk on the inside of the other glass. Wondering if it isn't tint that is starting to fail, or in this particular spot it got damaged by heat, or glass cleaner that settled to the top of the window when the hatch was opened for a while, and wasn't properly wiped/cleaned off.