What protectant do I use on new Clearview Windshield
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From: Indian Trail, NC
What protectant do I use on new Clearview Windshield
Can I use Meguiar's Carnauba Plus liquid wax? Will this create fine scratchs? I'm hoping to apply a product that will enable easy bug removal. Any suggestions? By the way, while your purchasing a windshield from Clearview, if you mention HDForums, you get a 10% discount. The new 10" with recurve is a great improvement over my stock 12" windshield on the Electra Glide.
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From: Phoenix '53, '88, '09 Big Twins
novus is a great cleaner polish for acrylic windscreens.
most polishes made for paint etc have abrasives- you don't want that
bugs? when touring at end of day I wet a rag and hang it on the windscreen for 20 minutes or so, they wipe right off.
the H-D spray is ok, I used a cleaner that Honda used to sell ( can't remember the name, black can, white and magenta label) and that fogged a windscreen on me once.
If you feel like fun, you can cut the bottom edge of your old windscreen with a rotozip, and have a shorty...I match the height of the windscreen to my seat height I use a 10" with the ultra seat for touring, 8" with streetglide seat in town, and a 7" with the Brawler solo once in a while
Mike
most polishes made for paint etc have abrasives- you don't want that
bugs? when touring at end of day I wet a rag and hang it on the windscreen for 20 minutes or so, they wipe right off.
the H-D spray is ok, I used a cleaner that Honda used to sell ( can't remember the name, black can, white and magenta label) and that fogged a windscreen on me once.
If you feel like fun, you can cut the bottom edge of your old windscreen with a rotozip, and have a shorty...I match the height of the windscreen to my seat height I use a 10" with the ultra seat for touring, 8" with streetglide seat in town, and a 7" with the Brawler solo once in a while
Mike
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Many say it's the coating, not just the 'shield to be concerned with. I polish mine with Plexus and a microfiber towel. As for bugs, I wipe gently over it with a wet microfiber, in a minute or two wipe again, then they wipe right off. I have several microfiber towels in different colors, darker ones to wash the bike, mid-tones to polish, and only the whites touch the glass, my .02 Waxes may lead to hazing after dark...
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Keep it simple. A microfiber cloth and Lemon Pledge. I've use this on my Clearview shield for 3 yrs and the shield looks great. I used pledge on a clear shield I had on a metric for 10 years with the same results.
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From: Highlands, NJ
Plexus or Lemon Pledge. Lemon Pledge is basically Plexus with a nice lemony smell and a cheaper price.
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From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Any "polish" you use on the shield is made for removing scratches, etc,., by smoothing them out. So it is abrasive. If you like wax, use a non-cleaning, non-polishing, wax like pure carnauba (sp?) wax. Or like someone else said, Lemon Pledge.
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Good enough for the windshield in my airplane as well as for the bike.
It eats bugs and protects against the next batch.
It sheds water better as well.
