water repellent for visors

[Ian-man]

Does anyone have recommendations or suggestions for products to use on the outside of your visor to help make the water run off, without having to keep wiping.


Thanks in advance. 

[mickvp]

see here:

http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,10608.msg111957.html#msg111957

Either Carpro Hydro2 or Gtechniq G5. both work great:)

[chaz]

70 mph does the trick, turn your head to the left and right at slower speeds helps, used to have gloves with a squeegee on, lol. not tried anything else.

[Chris]

Gtechniq G5 all the way for me 
 
Plus turn your head to the side a bit and it all just shoots off 
 
Chris

[rustyrider]

Rain-X.  Treated my visor years ago and the rain just ran off it.  Recently bought a new visor, didn't treat it and couldn't understand why I had to keep wiping it so I could see where I was going.  Right pain at night (not that I ever go out much in the rain at night, not on a box-eye anyway.....).

[Frosties]

I'm on the Nikwax as per linky - great stuff.


http://www.nikwax.com/en-gb/products/productdetail.php?productid=248


If i'm at work having cleaned the visor before setting off home then i just use some of the cleaners Barry!

[Ebme Geek]

Mr Sheen works for me, cheap and simple

[Grahamm]

I use Nikwax too.

About the only thing it doesn't handle well is that very fine road spray flicked up by cars' wheels after it's stopped raining.

Question for those who use other products, are any of them good for dealing with this sort of spray?

[JZS 600]

I got a vee wipe, it's very good,, well recommended

[bigralphie]

Horse semen

[Kosmic Kartman]

Horse semen

 

I use sainsburys basic furniture polish.

[paulkemp]

Only ever used Mr Sheen .

[mickvp]

Question for those who use other products, are any of them good for dealing with this sort of spray?

yes. any products i have ever tried (about 10-15 different ones now - I used to review products on detailing world) have all suffered at the hands of this type of spray/mist.

I dont think thats a downfall of any of the products though, but more a failing in the physics behind how they work (by increasing the contact angle between the visor and the beads of water).

with very fine particles/beads these get trapped in the structure of the nanostructure and dont bead correctly.

If the coatings advance enough to achieve superhydrophobicity states (>150º) this should solve the problem, but coatings are generally not that advanced just yet (coatings that do this ARE available, but they dont retain enough optical clarity to be of any use for visors/paint coatings).

[bri h]

check out visorvisions web site

[ChristoT]

Horse semen

 

I use sainsburys basic furniture polish.

Isn't that the same thing? I mean, they use horse in the meat, why not anywhere else? 

[Ian-man]

Thanks peeps for the suggestions, I decided to skip the horse semen and have ordered some g5.

I forgot that I had tried polish and nickwax years ago, I must be going senile. Anyway thought I'd try the hi tech route this time.

[Punkstig]

Rainex is a big nono for visors, it's made for glass not plastic and will destroy the visor with prolonged use!


I used a product bought from infinity (product name forgotten which doesn't help) which over several uses melted the scratch resistant coating from the visor rendering it useless, didn't realise it was the product that caused this until it happened a 2nd time on a different helmet and visor, visor got sent back and replaced foc!


Up until I'd realised what it had done the effect it created beading the rain off the visor was actually fantastic, but it only lasts an hour or so in constant rain!


After that I've been hesitant about using another product for fear of it destroying yet another £40 visor!

[elbrownos]

Anybody know how to stop rain coming inside your visor?
My helmet's 2 years old and used to be fine but now in the rain I get drips coming down from the top.
There is a seal there and it seems ok but isn't doing its job.

[stevierst]

Some helmets can adjust the visor so it fits and seals properly, you'll have to take a look at the side pods and see if there's adjusting screws or something like that.

[nakedadder]

Tried many different products over the years (not including horse semen though  ), and this is by far the best, not cheap but it does what it says on the tin