Screenwash that actually works?

Kilty_2

Sick of having windscreens covered in bugs - what screenwash will actually shift them?

Currently got Halfords premix in one and Tesco premix in the other. Both crap.

Hammyman

None will. Using polish on the windscreen and having decent wipers will help more than screen wash.

gilbert_and_sullivan

Lidl's 1:100 screenwash, not their anti freeze wash stuff which is blue and also excellent, much stronger than the carp sold elsewhere.

Comes in small, possibly 500ml bottles, either yellow or green, lemon or apple flavour respectively...not as you'll be drinking it.

A capful in your washer bottle will make short work of the fly squash, only stuff i've found to be any good, though to be fair all household chemicals Lidl sell are good and fairly priced.

Incidentally, make a bucketful up for general house window cleaning, leaves the windows spotless.

hc25036

Not really Moneysaving - but dead convenient -is Halfords Mixra. It's an aerosol (I know....) and is like shaving foam. Very handy when you don't have access to water and a sponge, a quick squirt and use the washers before driving off and the bugs disappear. A can lasts me for a month or so.

neilmcl

I think Mixra is a Simoniz product, unless Halfords have now rebadged it.

Strider590

Clean the screen fully with a damp tea towel, then use a degreasing window cleaner and then apply Rain-X.... No more bug's for a good few months

Flying-High_2

gilbert_and_sullivan wrote: »

Lidl's 1:100 screenwash, not their anti freeze wash stuff which is blue and also excellent, much stronger than the carp sold elsewhere.

Comes in small, possibly 500ml bottles, either yellow or green, lemon or apple flavour respectively...not as you'll be drinking it.

A capful in your washer bottle will make short work of the fly squash, only stuff i've found to be any good, though to be fair all household chemicals Lidl sell are good and fairly priced.

Incidentally, make a bucketful up for general house window cleaning, leaves the windows spotless.

I've been on this all summer aswell... Works a treat and the bottle goes a fair way... The ones I picked up were less than 500ml but were 99pence.

Come Winter and it'll the Opticlean stuff from Vauxhalls.

gilbert_and_sullivan

neilmcl wrote: »

I think Mixra is a Simoniz product, unless Halfords have now rebadged it.

Was a Holts product about 30 years ago, and yes it does or did do a good job.

RichGold

I keep a squirty-bottle in my van with water and washing up liquid in it. Cant say I've tried any of the above methods, but water and fairy liquid are certainly up to the job.

moonrakerz

I use Halfords (non diluted) stuff in the washer bottle at about a 4:1 ratio with clean water. For a thorough clean I use a nice wet cloth and good dollop of cheap toothpaste (not the gel stuff) followed by a really good rinse/wash.

vikingaero

The blue screenwash is generally winter screenwash to prevent the fluid from freezing. The additional supposed benefits of cleaning seem incidental to the freezing element.

The only company that I know of that produces a summer screenwash is Holts/Prestone:

http://www.holtsauto.com/products/group/winter-products/screen-wash#prestone-bugwash