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Not that I'm wanting to ride in the rain, but sometimes it just cannot be helped. That said, does anyone treat their face shield with Rain-X or similar product? Any pros & cons to this?

Just make sure you buy the plastic specific rain-x. It works very well indeed.
a little on the inside keeps the fog away too
G

Rain-ex is a nix on helmet screens as it removes the hardening layer of the optical plastics and causes them to be prone to scratches an swirls. This information from the plastics folks. I used the Plastic RainX on a few screens and found the problem to be true. Ran into a product they use on teh helicopter screens at work and fell in love with it 5 years ago, started carrying it on my site for that reason, great stuff 210 Polish, designed specifically for Lexan, and Polycarbonate plastics.

I was also told by a couple of people to not use RainX on my helmets because it screws up the antifog film.

Not to mention that darn rainbow affect you get when seeing oncoming headlights (I dont even use it on my car because of that).

Soren

The rainbow effect comes from the UV blocking on your screen and the use of UV glasses combined. If you ever notice the windshields of cars strobe too with this combination!

I have noticed it with polarized glasses. Put on a cheap pair under my helmet one day - things got really funky and had to ride with the shield up. Tried it again with my good ones - same effect. So now I only ride with cheap non-polarized sunglasses.

I use a product called "Plexis", that I got from my tr. dealer. It works very well for sheding the rain. I use it on the whole bike as a cleaner with no ill effects after a year of use. It is made for plastic based materials as Fast Eddie mentioned, you have to use the right product.

I've used Rain-x for years on my lid.. never a problem (although it does tend to wash off rather quick). Then again, I got me an old shoei that I don't believe has all that fancy anti-fog/polarization stuff

Cheers,
Brad

Thanks fellas!

Hmmm, yeah me too, or I would never have recommended it. Always more than one way to skin a cat-as they say-things must have been different back then
G

I use something called Miracle Wash (waterless wash and wax). It works great on paint, plastic, chrome and metal. It cleans glass and plexiglas really well and since it has wax in it the rain runs off very much like it had been treated with rain-x.

I never used this stuff for cleaning the helmet shield or the bikes screen until I saw a helicopter pilot using it to clean the canopy.

When I travel I carry a can of Miracle Wash for cleaning everything (including the helmet and leather), and a can of chain wax just for the chain.

Tom