You know the stuff. On sale at a large retailer near you.
Toilet flush blue is OK to minus 5c and antelope liver red, down to minus 7.
Of course the colour in the mix doesn`t just de-materialise, it leaves a scum on the screen, outside the wipers arc.
Given that this stuff is ready mixed. What`s the point? unless it`s form over function again?
I know that if you try hard, the clear stuff can be found.. but its seemingly not popular.
If its not ready mixed and its that nice little main dealer earner.. that`s different. Maybe blackwater fever - black, or pale yellow will be the `attractor` in a future decade.
The latter perhaps encapsulating things perfectly...
So clearly, marketing bods decided that *ready mixed* has to have the the same colour characteristics as *concentrated* despite it performing no function other than to degrade the product, by reducing it`s transparency on un-wiped screen areas....
Anyway, here`s the question
(didn`t think it was about screen-wash did you? ;)
Using the above as an example. What else have you encountered in the motoring and care related sphere - that caused you to think that a carefully crafted lure had been dropped before a shoal of Cod?
oilrag
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 01/10/2008 at 22:03
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Translucent.. sorry mods, could you please correct my title? cheers
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Now I go fishing and I only use lures. Lures are designed to catch anglers - not fish...
...clearly the same marketing has been applied to car screen wash?
Will the red work better than the blue?
Now red, I would use in cloudy muddy waters or on overcast days with the blue being used in clear waters on bright sunny days - either way, I am not going to catch (much) on either!
Because blue & red are not natural food colours in our waters are they.
Back to the screen wash - fairy liquid, de ionised water and Isopropanol Alcohol mix. Down to -20c (anti freeze tester) clears screens dead quick & without re icing.
It is green.
Now green lures work very well in our waters!
As does my cheaper than the shops home made screen wash :-)
Edited by Tron on 01/10/2008 at 21:31
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I`m lured Tron ;)
What percentage of Isopropanol and how many fairy drops?
Edited by oilrag on 01/10/2008 at 22:13
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I have to use a special green one that is mega concentrated (mix 35 ml to 4 litres water & comes in 200ml vottles) for the Porsche because apparantly normal stuff damages the hood
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You know the stuff. On sale at a large retailer near you.
I use the blue - have done for years
=>> Of course the colour in the mix doesn`t just de-materialise it leaves a scum onthe screen outside the wipers arc.
Nope - nothing to do with the colour. thats the scum cleaned off your line of vision.
Given that this stuff is ready mixed. What`s the point?
becuase its cheap (on bogoff )
>>unless it`s form over functionagain?
Good grief oilrag - is there anything about modern motoring you like?
Edited by Webmaster on 02/10/2008 at 01:29
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>>Using the above as an example. What else have you encountered in the motoring and care related sphere - that caused you to think that a carefully crafted lure had been dropped before a shoal of Cod?<<
Well any "sensible" Cod can usually walk through a motor-factors store and sort the "Fish-Oil" from the "snake oil", but theres always the Codfish that will be lured by::
a) magnets for the fuel line
b) various bling, like "go faster" stripes etc
c) engine wear-reduction additives like Redex or STP
d) dashboard mounted compasses
and my all-time favorite = the horn-beeping. headlight-flashing, sleep-disturbing, ignored by all except the thief, Car Alarm Grrrr!
Billy
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that caused you to think that a carefully crafted lure had been dropped before a shoal of Cod?
Heh heh oilrag... Off the top of my head, those special red-painted brake calipers that wink through the alloys on hot models... alloy wheels themselves of course...
Redex is red dilly dilly
Duckham's is green
Dazzle their eye dilly dilly
They won't be mean...
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The thread`s now on track
not screen-wash at all
a puzzle to crack?
just an intended catch all
metallic paint
clay bar
time to faint
scratch on the car
alloy wheels
snake oil
what a steal
what a foil
air-con
central locking
space suit on
prepare for docking
electric handbrake
powered glass
grip a grass snake
down that pass
engine flush
high power coil
no more slush
blocked - no oil
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