Testing is in the final fazes and it should be launching very soon... some impromptu video work: Coming soon, very soon! Part1 YouTube - Glass Clean & Sealant - 1.AVI Part 2 YouTube - Glass Clean & Sealant - 2.AVI This is a very impromptu video, no cuts, one take, and zero edits. Trust me, it shows, and I apologize for the roughness of the video. Reminds me of our first and second volume productions. (Barely a production at all!) Still, this gets the point across, and hopefully explains thoroughly how to use the Glass Sealant. We describe our new Glass Sealant as Rain-X on steroids. This is a video we shot in one take, and literally, setup the tripod, shot the video, and we were done in 10 minutes.
Nice vidoes, thanks for posting. What is the difference between using this product vs. applying a regular sealant that one would put on their paint?
This product is specifically formulated to bond with glass, also I'd say (from my seat of the pants testing) the optical clarity is much higher than using something like a paint sealant or glaze (as I have done for years) or at the very least its far more forgiving if the application isn't perfect. I've done some sloppy applications in testing and it doesn't seem to impact the visibility even in direct sun if its not removed entirely. Additionally theres the concentration... this stuff is POTENT. I'm half tempted to play with it on other materials to see how it behaves on wheels or paint. Very soon. Just wanted to give our friends over here at DB a little sneak peek.
sweet. you should sell a kit with all the stuff your man used in the video. i actually think the impromptu video is kewl.
Funny you should mention it... we're talking about a kit with the sealant, glass cleaner, applicator and glass towel. Stay tuned.
ok watched first video. you said not to use windows or ipa, how is windshield washing fluid will effect it? i dont know but i thought it was alcolol based?
Standard windshield washing fluid only has light cleaners and is not capable of stripping waxes and sealants.
Most have IPA, of ethylene glycol which can compromise the LSP film. Nice little kit would be a great idea as your new glass cleaner is killer! Love the skittles smell! :applause2:
Good input, thru my testing I haven't actually thought to test the windsheild wiper fluid as I simply never use mine. Perhaps this weekend I'll do a fresh application and run it thru its paces. Thanks for the great feedback and input.
Played with the sealant a little more today. Let it get hit with wiper fluid then did the same spray bottle water test, no noticeable difference. Thats not to say that repeated or prolonged exposure wouldn't have an impact. As to the questions of what impact washer fluid might have I found some info that might make my testing irrelevant until I can pin down exact answers. As far as I have been aware GM has used Optikleen washer fluid for a while now, but according to a friend who is a GM tech all of the cars at his dealer are filled with BioKleen (same manufacture) which is a non-amonia/non-solvent washer fluid. Due to increasing pressure for GM to 'be green' I guess. I haven't been able to independently verify this, but taking a sniff of the cleaner in my avalanche I'm thinking it might be true as the fluid has very little smell and no detectable odor of amonia. Its almost perfectly clear as well, different from other new GM vehicles I have owned which usually have a bluish wiper fluid.
Are you guys doing testing with detergents(like car wash soaps as well as Automatic Tunnel wash detergents) and that in combination with actually windshield wiper usage? I know we all look for a great glass repellant, but usually once you introduce mechanical disruption, performance drops like crazy with RainX for example.
I should have clarified my post. In my testing today I used the wiper fluid with my wipers on. It was only for about a dozen passes, but in that amount of time it didn't have any discernible impact on the beading/repelling action on the glass. No noticeable wiper streaks or lasting effects of the wiper blades... but again... this was short term... if driving around in the rain for an hour with the wipers on were feasible I'd test it, but the weather was nice today. We have tested it with our car wash soap and seen no real impact, but keep in mind our soap is perfectly pH balanced and extremely mild... I can make no promises as to how it will react to non-ph-neutral soaps or harsher detergents, but I'd venture to guess like any protective product they would degrade the protection.
