Rain-x can I use it.

[stoketim]

 My question is can Rain-x water repellent be used on the screen and helmet visors

[keith]

dont know the answer to that ,but due to my ignorance be very careful what you clean your screens and visors with!!!!i absolutely trashed the screen on my zzr whilst teying to clean it with a solvent based liquid ,took all the coating off the screen ,warm soapy water does the job.  mind  i am not saying what i did by mistake to my screen before i put the soultion onto the screen....

[Debs]

My question is can Rain-x water repellent be used on the screen and helmet visors

From their website

http://www.rainx.com/tips-information/faqs/

[Debs]

Here's a few links I have found of Salclear that may do the job....

http://www.water-repellents.com/water%20repellents.html

http://www.visorclear.com/prod%20info.htm

http://www.tt-x.im/product%20info%20tt-x.htm

Here's another make...

http://www.nikwax.com/en-gb/products/productdetail.php?productid=248

[Lonewolf]

Warm soapy water is normally your best bet.

[stoketim]

Thanks Debs

[alibx11]

Must admit I've used it myself on my visor with no problems, never used it on the screen though.

I think they don't recommend using it on visors because you may get a slight rainbow effect looking through it at night in the rain with oncoming headlights but it doesn't cause me any safety concern and I haven't noticed any chemical reaction with the acrylic visor.

I sometimes see the same slight rainbow through the car windscreen if the conditions are right and it doesn't effect safety there.

[Debs]

I clean my visor & screen with Windolene and Ive never had a problem 

[Ros]

Does anyone wear glasses and tried using the 'pinlock' thing on a shoei helmet at night in the rain?         

[routemaster]

Yes and I don't recall any problems

Does anyone wear glasses and tried using the 'pinlock' thing on a shoei helmet at night in the rain?   

[Alfor]

My question is can Rain-x water repellent be used on the screen and helmet visors

I've been using rainx on my screen and visor weekly for 3 - 4 years and no issues so far :-)

[Winston Smith]

I would avoid Rain-Ex on lexan or acrylic etc plastics such as visors/screens.

Chemicals in it can weaken structure and whilst they may appear OK can become brittle and may shatter if impacted with something - will seem OK until exposed to extreme trauma (large sharp piece of gravel for example)

[1ka]

If you just want to clean bugs off your visor, then I'd recommend this -> http://www.visorvision.co.uk/shop/index.php?cPath=22

It's amazing how easily it removes dead bugs.  Each sponge lasts a few months with care, just don't squeeze them out.

As long as your visor doesn't have an external anti-fog coating you'll be fine.

[Boomer]

I also clean my visors and screens with Windowlene (the green spray stuff).
It does the job and only struggles to remove the hardests most baked on bug-guts.
For that I use Turtle Wax Bug & Tar Remover.

I tried Rain-X before but found it to be only marginally effective and then only for a little while.
As soon as you start wiping your visor with your glove it's gone.

The best thing I found years ago was a glove with a built in wiper blade on the thumb.
Have not managed to find a glove with one since.
I hate the ones you fit over the glove as they restrict the flexibility of the thumb.

[Silverback]

I would avoid Rain-Ex on lexan or acrylic etc plastics such as visors/screens.

Chemicals in it can weaken structure and whilst they may appear OK can become brittle and may shatter if impacted with something - will seem OK until exposed to extreme trauma (large sharp piece of gravel for example)

I agree, chemicals on visors could make them very brittle.

I find the best way to get rid of the most stubborn stuck on bugs is to wet a couple of sheets of kitchen towel, lay them over the visor for a few mins, give it a wipe, and hey presto. No bugs, cheap and effective