Steaming up windows and polish

Sep 19, 2011 5 Replies

Newly acquired motor has been tarted up with some nasty slippery 'silicone' polish inside the cabin.



The windows steam up on the inside incredibly quickly, which I put down to this awful polish.



Any suggestions on how best to treat the inside of these windows please?


I would look to whether it has a clogged pollen filter first.

Or even the passenger compartment Recirculating Air switch is 'off' when the A/C (if fitted) [1] is not running - that being 'on' without the A/c caused the windows in my last two cars to mist up rather quickly and took me ages to work out why.

[1] And it may be fitted even if air conditioning system is not - as per an old Rover 416Gsi that I once owned.

They may have steam cleaned the carpets and seats?

I'd clean the windscreen with Autoglym window cleaner

Is it steaming - or is it a film due to the solvents in the polish and plastics condensing on the glass?

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