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Author Topic: Rain-X Anygood? Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 10-11-2005 03:21 PM                     Have you tried the stuff? I've ridden briefly in a car with it on the windshield and the rain drops do bead and blow off at speed, other than that 5 minute ride I have no other experience with it. Any opinions on Rain X?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 10-11-2005 03:41 PM                     GREAT STUFF ! Use it all the time all year round. Recoat your windshields about once a month with this stuff during the wet seasons-even during winter months. Just have to do a lot of buffing on the windshield to get the silcone evenly spreaded across the glass surface(s). If you have a (gasp) SUV, or vehicle with a rear wiper assembly, do the rear window as well with Rain-X. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-11-2005 04:05 PM                        It's also great for coating the field lens on IMAX projectors to keep the dirt off  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 10-11-2005 04:38 PM                        Definitely. We used it every shift at the Caesars Palace Omnimax and I used it on my car and airplane windows when I lived in areas where glass or plexi could fog up. Works well on aircraft anti-ice boots too. Great stuff.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-11-2005 06:37 PM                        I use it. Works great. Like Monte said, getting the stuff evenly distributed and without streaks is some work, but the results are worth it. Make sure your glass is super-clean before you apply it.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-11-2005 09:56 PM                     The stuff works as advertised. The first time you use it, put on two coats and buff it like hell. Once your windsheild is coated you'll hardly ever need to use your wipers unless it rains hard. Once you get up to about 30 MPH the slip stream over the car will cause the windshield to be blown clear. The protection wears off after a while. You'll have to recoat the windshield every so often. The stuff's a bargain at twice the price!  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 10-12-2005 12:00 AM                     ...when you do the windshields, also wipe your wiper blades with this stuff so the rubber can stay supple with the silicone. Yes, I've seen IMAX operators do the RAIN-X thingey on the field lenses. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Brian Michael Weidemann Expert cat molester Posts: 944 From: Costa Mesa, CA United States Registered: Feb 2004 posted 10-12-2005 12:41 AM                        For our field lenses, we've always used a mixture of about half Rain-X and half 90%-alcohol. It really has to be buffed clear, but it works well. Not sure why we never used straight Rain-X ... I just wasn't taught that way, I guess. I've yet to try it on my vehicle windshield, though. I'm sure it works great. Too bad our Southern California "rainy season" consists of three or four days, spread randomly throughout the calendar year. I'd never get to see actually how effective it would be. I miss the rain.  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-12-2005 01:15 AM                        quote: Brian Michael Weidemann I miss the rain. Well I will be passing through LA on my way to Tucson this weekend so I'll be sure to bring some vintage UK precipitation with me just for you  |  IP: Logged Paul Konen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 981 From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-12-2005 09:14 AM                     Dick, stop by in the Dallas area with that rain for a couple of days! Please !!!  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-12-2005 11:46 AM                        Aside from making the rain blow off your windsheild, Rain-X also makes bugs, sap, and such stuff much easier to clean off. So even in areas where it doesn't rain much, if you do any highway driving it's a good thing to have.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-12-2005 01:18 PM                     Ice and snow doesn't stick as much, either. It's a lot easier scraping the ice from your windshield in the winter.  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-12-2005 03:25 PM                        Paul Sorry not his time but I have to get out to Dallas and Austin sometime. Hope you can hold on until then  |  IP: Logged

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