The eternal battle....

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The eternal battle....

Postby Stereo » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:24 am

So your visor is dirty after riding through the rain... You are not anywhere near your trusted visor cleaner.... Which product do you go for?

1. Mr Muscle Glass cleaner
2. Pine-o-clean general purpose cleaner
3. Amway everclear - Glass Cleaner.
4. Water

The obvious answer would be either option number 1 or option number 3... Read on to be amazed.

Water could be discounted almost straight away, even warm water would not remove the bug butts from the visor.

The correct answer is Pine-o-clean.... The MrMuscle and the Amway product both left a very mild greasy residue on the visor, meaning that in the dark a lot of "starring" happened when there was a car oncoming...

All things considered the pine-o-clean did a fantastic job and was not far off the result I am geting from my $6 visor cleaner...

Even though Pine-o-clean is considered a general purpose cleaner rather than a glass cleaner it seems to do a better job of cleaning glass too...

A few months ago I tested both products by setting them head to head on cleaning a rim... the pine-o-clean won that challenge to.... So... Dont buy MrMuscle... it has no muscle.... take the pine-o-way....

(no, I do not work for pine-o-clean).
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Postby aardvark » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:43 am

I wet some tissue paper and plaster all over the visor. Leave it for 5 or so minutes, remove, then wipe with dry cloth.
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Postby mfzx6r » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:34 am

I use safety glasses cleaner. I keep a can under the rear seat
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Postby FrogZ » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:35 am

I use the squigee at the servo
Doesnt work, scratches the visor and the water normally has oil in it.
It ALWAYS gets a laugh off other motorists but.... :lol: :lol:

IF you have a quick release visor you can "soak" them for a while (like Aardies tissues I guess) in the windscreen wash bucket and it doesnt seem to be a problem (unless the bucket HAS got oil in it).
I tend to use my t-shirt to clean it (NOT the paper towels)
Used to always carry around those lens cleaners that come in boxes of a thousand of so, but my boss stopped getting them :cry:
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Postby Neka79 » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:25 pm

frogzx12r wrote:I use the squigee at the servo
Doesnt work, scratches the visor and the water normally has oil in it.
It ALWAYS gets a laugh off other motorists but.... :lol: :lol:

IF you have a quick release visor you can "soak" them for a while (like Aardies tissues I guess) in the windscreen wash bucket and it doesnt seem to be a problem (unless the bucket HAS got oil in it).
I tend to use my t-shirt to clean it (NOT the paper towels)
Used to always carry around those lens cleaners that come in boxes of a thousand of so, but my boss stopped getting them :cry:

dude..i tend to do the same..squeegee...and for an added laugh ill leave the helmet on when i do it..tho the water dribbles down ya neck...
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Postby mick_dundee » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:33 pm

Dunno about you guys but my visor is plastic, clean it, wtf for? It'l only get dirty again and not like I wanna see where I am going anyways :D
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Re: The eternal battle....

Postby Smitty » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:53 pm

Stereo wrote:So your visor is dirty after riding through the rain... You are not anywhere near your trusted visor cleaner.... Which product do you go for?

1. Mr Muscle Glass cleaner
2. Pine-o-clean general purpose cleaner
3. Amway everclear - Glass Cleaner.
4. Water


Pine-o-clean and Spray and Wipe type general cleaners
are not recommended for any plastics...coz they
contain mild solvents
I read the label

the best is Windex or Screen Wipes...
you can get screen wipes in a lil' bag of 10 or so
that goes under ya seat. I have some in my Ventura bag

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Postby Smitty » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:55 pm

mick_dundee wrote:Dunno about you guys but my visor is plastic, clean it, wtf for? It'l only get dirty again and not like I wanna see where I am going anyways :D


and this from a man who not that long ago ...fell orf his bike
busted it and him up




now we know why......... :lol: :lol:
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Postby SenNey » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:34 pm

Mr Sheen!
Works a treat, great for chrome aswell.
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Re: The eternal battle....

Postby Stereo » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:40 pm

Smitty wrote:
Stereo wrote:So your visor is dirty after riding through the rain... You are not anywhere near your trusted visor cleaner.... Which product do you go for?

1. Mr Muscle Glass cleaner
2. Pine-o-clean general purpose cleaner
3. Amway everclear - Glass Cleaner.
4. Water


Pine-o-clean and Spray and Wipe type general cleaners
are not recommended for any plastics...coz they
contain mild solvents
I read the label

the best is Windex or Screen Wipes...
you can get screen wipes in a lil' bag of 10 or so
that goes under ya seat. I have some in my Ventura bag

cheers


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Postby javaman » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:43 pm

Mr. Sheen for Visor, helmet, the bike itself, and furniture/car :D
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Postby photomike666 » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:39 pm

I've got this buffer pad that attaches to my cordless drill - man it gets stuff shiney :lol:
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Postby Neka79 » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:00 pm

photomike666 wrote:I've got this buffer pad that attaches to my cordless drill - man it gets stuff shiney :lol:

especially mr penii too i bet!!
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Postby photomike666 » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:19 pm

Neka79 wrote:
photomike666 wrote:I've got this buffer pad that attaches to my cordless drill - man it gets stuff shiney :lol:

especially mr penii too i bet!!


Nah, that has it's own pack of tear offs :lol:
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Postby Kishy » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:06 pm

Spitting works as well.
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