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While performing my annual car washing the other day, I was dismayed to notice that the repetitive motion of the windshield wipers has actually carved permanent semi-circular streaks into the windshield.
If debris on the rubber wiper blades could do such a thing over time, I figure some micro-fiber
wiper blades would smooth things out a bit if you used them when it's not raining. (This would exclude use in England, from what I hear).
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[MikeD] If I understand correctly, the dismay didn't happen
until you washed the car, which you do
annually. So the solution, unlike the windshield, is clear:
don't wash the car so often. |
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If you do go the fine-abrasive route, though, I suggest you
take it further: with appropriate modifications* this could
be used to grind replacement lens elements for the Keck,
or Hubble telescope or similar astronomical optics. |
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*Who, after all, hasn't dreamed of owning windshield
wipers calibrated to sub-angstrom accuracy? |
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//Just wash your car more, buddy.// |
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//don't wash the car so often// |
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I'm leaning towards [mousey's] suggestion. |
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So, you don't live where bugs come out on summer evenings, eh? What, like Antarctica maybe? Where I live, fully half of the local bug population has seen my car traveling down the road as an opportunity to end it all and commit suicide on my windshield. For me, at least, duct-taping a spatula to my wipers might be a more practical solution. |
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Perhaps add a second screen wash system filled with T-cut or similar fine polishing abrasive. |
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Don't use it while driving. |
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no! You need random orbit wiper blades! |
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