Cockpit shine on the glass - how the hell do I get it off?

Hi all

The car of SWMBO (not a LR so I guess I'm OT) was valeted before she got it by somebody who appears to have flung a bucket of cockpit shine or a similar silicon polish all over the interior - this includes the slippery steering wheel and the glass.

The windscreen has a nice, shiny film of this stuff all over it and it makes it very hard to see through on a damp day when it seems to hold excess condensation.

Anybody got a clue as to what sort of solvent may remove this stuff? I've tried most of what I have in the shed (apart from petrol) and nothing seems to work.

Graeme

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Graeme
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Have you tried the simple combination of windowlene and newspaper? Works well for me, but I've not tried it in the aftermath of a manic valeter.

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David French

Funny you should mention it but..... sort off

Success achieved using 'Easistart' as the initial solvent, then a liquid de-icer, then the newspaper and then windolene on a couple of old tea towels - took about thirty minutes but you can see out now and condensation is much less of a problem - means I may get to drive Range Ruster again now :-))

Graeme

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Graeme

I suppose you've tried the usual meths/ white spirit /vinegar type thingies........

If it's silicone based then nail varnish remover will desolve it.....(not sure what it will do to the glass if anything so test it first in the usual inconspicous area etc).

Infact there's a tip for any of you if you ever need to replace the sealant in your bathroom/shower.....cut the bulk of silicone out then dissolve the rest with nail varnish remover (can be bought in large non poncey bottles from Boots:-)).

If the nail varnish remover doesn't work visit a tile/bathroom supplier who supplies Hagesan Products (often referred to as HG)...there are a wealth of chemical cleaners produced by this company.

I'd try HG Blue - I use this to strip soap and limscale residue off marble, stone, ceramics shower screens etc.

Alan Mudd (who as you've gathered fits stone and bathrooms..:-))

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Alan Mudd

Hi Alan

Have filed your silicon killer tip away for future use. Vinegar (like wot my mum used to use) failed and swmbo did suggest the nail varnish remover but I thought I would go with the much - more - macho - highly - explosive - Easistart - in - a - confined - space method (it's not a Lode Lane product in any case so no loss if I blow it up)

Thanks

Graeme

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Graeme

Well that's a job (regrouting etc) I've been assigned before Christmas so thanks for the advice.

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Bob Hobden

Bruce is fitting new shower this week and then regrouting. He's already got his stock of HG.

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Nikki

as somebody who works in a ceramic tile shop the best HG product for removing silicone is actually 'silicone sealent remover' ;-) some of the other HG products we carry are a bit aggressive, to say the least. One of the best/interesting products we carry is a plasplugs one 'Marble Headstone cleaner' its fantastic on marble floors and fireplaces!

Regards,

Mark

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Mark

This is puzzling, just the other day someone suggested using this sort of stuff to prevent condensation/fogging on glass (unless my memory is totally shot)............

Sarah

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The Hills

No - they did. The suggestion was to use Mer or some other silicon polish to get a high shine on the interior glass which makes condensation run off.

That seems to work (read on)

My better half recently bought a car that was valeted severely inside with some sort of 'Cockpit Shine' stuff - all over everything including the glass. The car also has a leaking seal (no - it's not a Series One Disco) so is very damp inside - net result is lots of condensation. Whatever sort of polish was on the inside of the glass seemed to make the condensation harder to clear - you'd wipe it dry with a chamois or a towel and it would instantly cloud again.

I do not know if the original polish was a silicon one or not - I was just desperate to get the bl**dy stuff off the glass.

We eventually shifted the stuff and then polished the glass to a high shine using Windolene (the smelly pink stuff in a screw top bottle - not the spray sort). The glass now stays fairly condensation free at all times so the other post suggesting a high polish to dissuade condensation appears to be correct.

Graeme

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Graeme

Further to your comments, I spoke to the chap who valets our "other car". He reckons that the shiny spray stuff is used by cowboys, as it seals the dirt in and doesn't clean at all. He won't use it. It is silicon based, but not the same sort of polish as Mer and the like used on the outside.

I think some "bit" of the Defender will be tested to see what happens - got plenty of nail varnish remover just in case. (And if things get too bad the nail varnish remover smells nice)

Regards, Sarah

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The Hills

Yup I've tried that remover stuff, it's great if the original job was done with the corect sealant, but it won't strip many other types of sealant that people have found.

But it does kinda do what it says on the jar, I just found using that very messy.......

You're right about the HG stuff though, my local store stopped selling HG Extra because of the number "mistakes" customers were making with it, it's far more agressive stuff than you can buy in the supermarket.

Alan Mudd

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Alan Mudd

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