Windshield rain repellent
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vettefan67
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If PPG is willing to sell you some of this stuff at either the dealer or wholesale price, it would be much cheaper than if CMA purchased it and marked it up. PPG does indeed sell it in boxes of 24 applications, I'll email them when I get home later on to get pricing. I have my hands full with this group buy though so High Noon can take it as well as the next MF group buy 
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I'm in for one 24-application unit (perhaps a second depending upon pricing). Thanks!
Ron Ketcham
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Need someone with a business license, a business address, you know the normal things to sell to you at wholesale.
Email me at the office and we will see what we can do.
But, no guareentees that it will happen.
We have a contract with PPG and will need to read the fine print.
Ketch
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Email me at the office and we will see what we can do.
But, no guareentees that it will happen.
We have a contract with PPG and will need to read the fine print.
Ketch
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Ron Ketcham
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Clean the glass with a pure alcohol based glass cleaner, have the windshield at a temperature of at least 50 degrees F.
Squeeze the wings on the applicator, allow the resin to soak the felt pad, wipe on the glass, starting in the middle then to the outer edges, do windshield first, then sides and rear if you wish.
Let dry for a couple of minutes and wipe the areas with a clean paper towel. Takes the "haze" of quickly. You are done.
Lasts 3 to 4 months per application unless you start using a polish on it, then you remove it from the glass.
I hardly ever use my wiper when running over 30 mph and am quite happy.
No fogging, no smearing, can't do it. It is cured resin, not a dimethal oil.
Ketch
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Squeeze the wings on the applicator, allow the resin to soak the felt pad, wipe on the glass, starting in the middle then to the outer edges, do windshield first, then sides and rear if you wish.
Let dry for a couple of minutes and wipe the areas with a clean paper towel. Takes the "haze" of quickly. You are done.
Lasts 3 to 4 months per application unless you start using a polish on it, then you remove it from the glass.
I hardly ever use my wiper when running over 30 mph and am quite happy.
No fogging, no smearing, can't do it. It is cured resin, not a dimethal oil.
Ketch
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I just don't get it... With a product like this, that promises to be such a great enhancement to a car, it is not readily available to the public. I can understand marketing it to wholesalers, but where and how does the end user get it?? This stuff sounds like Flouride for teeth... It should be in the water that we use to wash the car! 
If there is a dealership available....and this stuff is as good as you say...I'm in!!!
H :bounce
If there is a dealership available....and this stuff is as good as you say...I'm in!!!
H :bounce
Ron mentioned PPG's marketing department dropped the ball - and I've seen it 1000 times in the computer industry. A company develops a product that's superior to everything on the market, then lets a bunch of morons mispromote it, until it's absolutely worthless (which leads to the typical engineer feelings towards marketing people - GRRRRRR).
Not saying that PPG's guys are that bad, but I could see it..
Not saying that PPG's guys are that bad, but I could see it..
Ron Ketcham
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It is an actual coating of a flurotelmar resin, not a dimethal silicone fluid.
The only thing I have noticed over the last year is my wiper blades seem to collect more of the airborne garbage that lands on the windshield and I have to wipe the blades every couple of months with glass cleaner to clean them.
Figured out why, the stuff always gets on the windshield anyway, and since I use the wipers much less often, it builds up on the top side of the blade as it drips down and collects there.
This is an entirely different product than Rain-X.
Home with a flu bug today, feel like dog doo-doo.
Ketch
The only thing I have noticed over the last year is my wiper blades seem to collect more of the airborne garbage that lands on the windshield and I have to wipe the blades every couple of months with glass cleaner to clean them.
Figured out why, the stuff always gets on the windshield anyway, and since I use the wipers much less often, it builds up on the top side of the blade as it drips down and collects there.
This is an entirely different product than Rain-X.
Home with a flu bug today, feel like dog doo-doo.
Ketch
imported_Dan O
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I wonder how this behaves with ice/snow?
I would really be interested in this product, though, 'cause I've always liked Rain-X in theory but application was difficult and we all know about the smearing.
I would really be interested in this product, though, 'cause I've always liked Rain-X in theory but application was difficult and we all know about the smearing.
Ron Ketcham
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The snow and ice literally fall off the glass.
Once a small amount of heat from the defrosters hit the windshield, they release and blow off.
Driving in the rain, the only thing on the glass are very small "balls" of rain that blow off as well.
This is due to the surface tension being such that the water can't form into large areas.
No smearing, just clean, apply, let dry, wipe with a clean paper towel, being sure to remove all the haze, which come off easily, since it is a coating and not an oil.
Ketch
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Once a small amount of heat from the defrosters hit the windshield, they release and blow off.
Driving in the rain, the only thing on the glass are very small "balls" of rain that blow off as well.
This is due to the surface tension being such that the water can't form into large areas.
No smearing, just clean, apply, let dry, wipe with a clean paper towel, being sure to remove all the haze, which come off easily, since it is a coating and not an oil.
Ketch
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Can you still use your windshield wipers with Aquapel without the annoying chatter or smearing that other products cause?? The reason I ask is that even though the rain slides off, there is often bugs or other residue that I like to wash off with the wipers.
When I used the wipers with Z2 or Liquid glass, there was some smearing of the rain drops instead of a clean, clear wipe. The polymer coating also wore down rather quickly (about 2 weeks). Am I to assume that Aquapel lasts much longer and does not suffer from the smearing effect if the wipers are used??
H
When I used the wipers with Z2 or Liquid glass, there was some smearing of the rain drops instead of a clean, clear wipe. The polymer coating also wore down rather quickly (about 2 weeks). Am I to assume that Aquapel lasts much longer and does not suffer from the smearing effect if the wipers are used??
H
Ron Ketcham
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Any residue, whether from desiel fuel or bug guts is going to smear, whether you have something on the glass or not, so yes, there will be that reaction.
Will the wipers and washer fluid attack the AquaPel and cause it to smear?
No, as it is a hard coating, not a dressing like what you have used. Most washer fluids contain some percentage of butyl cellosolve and that will attack most any thing. Ever see some cars where the paint has bubbled around the fluid nozzle?
That is caused by the butyl content of the fluid.
It will last 3 to 4 months before reapplication is recommended.
In areas that do not receive a lot of rain, etc, since with any of these products, they still require the wipers at speeds below 10 or 15 miles an hour, the wipers are not used as often as say in Seattle. It may last up to 6 month or longer, but PPG likes to stay on the safe side and state to reapply every 3 to 4 months.
Back to the windshield wipers, and if they are not used as often, the coating is not removed, IE, the coating is not abraded away by the wipers wearing it off.
Ketch
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Will the wipers and washer fluid attack the AquaPel and cause it to smear?
No, as it is a hard coating, not a dressing like what you have used. Most washer fluids contain some percentage of butyl cellosolve and that will attack most any thing. Ever see some cars where the paint has bubbled around the fluid nozzle?
That is caused by the butyl content of the fluid.
It will last 3 to 4 months before reapplication is recommended.
In areas that do not receive a lot of rain, etc, since with any of these products, they still require the wipers at speeds below 10 or 15 miles an hour, the wipers are not used as often as say in Seattle. It may last up to 6 month or longer, but PPG likes to stay on the safe side and state to reapply every 3 to 4 months.
Back to the windshield wipers, and if they are not used as often, the coating is not removed, IE, the coating is not abraded away by the wipers wearing it off.
Ketch
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