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Old 10-13-2008, 03:23 PM
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what is on the factory glass
that makes the water bead off? I have had my car since feb of 07 and water still beads off of every glass?
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Old 10-13-2008, 04:08 PM
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I was gonna make a post about this too!

Someone answer please!
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Old 10-13-2008, 09:21 PM
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Well if you think about it...you probably clean it every time you wash the car so your cleaning product probably does...or possibly the washer fluid
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Old 10-13-2008, 11:29 PM
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well, its definately not something im washing it with. I have a honda fit, f-150, and the stang and wash all of them the same. the stang is the only car that water beads off of all the glass. the stang is kept out of the sun except when i drive on weekends, so im thinking its something from ford when it was new.
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Old 10-13-2008, 11:32 PM
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Maybe the stang is the only vehicle that you drool all over while you're washing it...
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Old 10-13-2008, 11:35 PM
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I think it is a sort of "film" on the inside/outside...but I have no clue! (My GF wrote on the inside of my window when it fogged up... I'm too scared to wash it off now because it looks so clear).
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Old 10-13-2008, 11:36 PM
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are you saying that yours doesnt bead water off of the glass like its been coated in rain ex? ive never even windexed my glass, and my car has never been waxed or washed with any type of soap. only water...
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I wish the bug guts would bead off like the water...
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Old 10-13-2008, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by themac5150
Maybe the stang is the only vehicle that you drool all over while you're washing it...
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OP: Dunno, honestly I would guess it's whatever you're cleaning it with. My Pony beads water as well (not just the glass but everywhere) and I've never waxed it, but I think my soap (some aggressive, expensive commercial-grade crap) has wax or something in it because it always beads and no other soap ever has. So that seems like the obvious answer. But who knows. The same soap you use doesn't bead on any other vehicle, and you've never used rain-x or anything?
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