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Short Summary
Main recommendation: To "Super Clean" a windshield, wash it with a non-streaking glass cleaner and a microfiber towel, decontaminate the glass with a clay bar, then apply regular car wax as a protective layer. The video says this leaves the glass clear and makes water bead off, keeps ice and bug splatter from sticking, and lasts about 4 to 6 months.
Key Points
- The video's reasons for doing this: it improves visibility and comfort, helps water bead and ice not stick in cold or rain, and reduces nighttime glare.
- Clay bar decontamination removes contaminants that glass cleaner misses; the speaker says it is safe on glass and prefers it to steel wool or a razor, which can scratch.
- Wax is presented as the step that gives the lasting shine and protection, and the speaker says it lasts longer than Rain-X.
- The windshield wiper blades should be cleaned at the end, because dirty blades will smear grime back across the glass.
Details Worth Noting
- Concrete instructions:
- Clean the windshield in the shade with a glass cleaner that avoids ammonia and leaves no streaks, working one half of the glass at a time so the cleaner doesn't evaporate.
- Wipe in random circular motions, changing the towel's direction, and get into the corners and edges. Use a microfiber towel, which the speaker says won't scratch and leaves no residue or lint.
- Break off a piece of clay bar, dampen the glass with warm water (warmer dissolves dirt better), and glide the clay up-and-down then in circles. If it sticks, focus on that spot. Then clean the glass with glass cleaner again.
- Dry with a clean absorbent microfiber cloth that leaves no lint.
- Apply a thin coat of carnauba or synthetic paste car wax in circular motions with about 5 pounds of pressure, covering the whole windshield with no bare spots. You don't need thick layers.
- Wait about 5 minutes, then test by running a finger across the wax: it's ready when there is no smudge and the glass underneath is clear, with wax building up at one end when pushed.
- Buff off the wax with a clean microfiber in circular motions, watching the black trim (wax residue there turns white), then finish with a fresh towel using circular motions and a final up-and-down pass. Avoid touching the glass, since hand oils show.
- Clean the wiper blades by spraying glass cleaner on a towel and wiping along the full blade, and do both blades. The speaker avoids alcohol because it can dry out and crack the rubber.
- The speaker notes this process is used on both a show car (a 1996 Corvette) and a daily-driver truck.
- Wax is said to last about 4 to 6 months, after which water beading and bug removal decline.
Bottom Line
A clean, clay-barred and waxed windshield with clean wiper blades gives the clearest view and the most lasting protection from water, ice, and bugs, and the wax step is the one that makes the difference.
