neverclean
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- Aug 1, 2016
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Firstly, I have read and learned very much from this site. Thank you to all of the contributors over the years. I have searched everywhere for help and have tried everything I have found. Now I am posting to see if there is anything else I can do.
I have a non-oem windshield that was replaced a few months ago. Within the past month, I did a full detail on my car (nanoskin,polish,wax) and cleaned the interior. I now seem to have a very faint smudge smack dab in front of me on my windshield. I *believe* it is on the inside of the windshield but cannot be 100% certain. There appears to be no other marks like this anywhere else on the car or on the windows. I am not certain when exactly the smudge arrived or how it got there or what it is. I am convinced it happened in the past month, and is not a windshield defect that went unnoticed for 3+ months.
Some back story, I was struggling to clean my windows effectively. I was using meguiar's perfect clarity glass cleaner. I stopped using it and went back to windex because it was too difficult to buff off the oily/greasy residue and always left tremendous streaking on my windows.
Now I am back to using windex and am satisfied with my progress. However, now that my window is truly clean I can see this smudge.
Things I've tried; I have tried a razor blade, goo gone, rubbing alcohol, and windex, all separately, and did not combine any 2 of these things. It appears that I cannot even get the smudge to change shape, I seem to have zero effect on it whatsoever. I am reluctant to use steel wool on my interior windshield. I am not sure where the manufacturer's film is on the windshield; inside or embedded.
I have been unable to get a camera to focus on the smudge. It is very light and faint, and if it were anywhere else on my car I would ignore it, but it is directly in front of my line of site. I am stumped. Please provide any thoughts, ideas, or things to try, thank you so much.
I have a non-oem windshield that was replaced a few months ago. Within the past month, I did a full detail on my car (nanoskin,polish,wax) and cleaned the interior. I now seem to have a very faint smudge smack dab in front of me on my windshield. I *believe* it is on the inside of the windshield but cannot be 100% certain. There appears to be no other marks like this anywhere else on the car or on the windows. I am not certain when exactly the smudge arrived or how it got there or what it is. I am convinced it happened in the past month, and is not a windshield defect that went unnoticed for 3+ months.
Some back story, I was struggling to clean my windows effectively. I was using meguiar's perfect clarity glass cleaner. I stopped using it and went back to windex because it was too difficult to buff off the oily/greasy residue and always left tremendous streaking on my windows.
Now I am back to using windex and am satisfied with my progress. However, now that my window is truly clean I can see this smudge.
Things I've tried; I have tried a razor blade, goo gone, rubbing alcohol, and windex, all separately, and did not combine any 2 of these things. It appears that I cannot even get the smudge to change shape, I seem to have zero effect on it whatsoever. I am reluctant to use steel wool on my interior windshield. I am not sure where the manufacturer's film is on the windshield; inside or embedded.
I have been unable to get a camera to focus on the smudge. It is very light and faint, and if it were anywhere else on my car I would ignore it, but it is directly in front of my line of site. I am stumped. Please provide any thoughts, ideas, or things to try, thank you so much.