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Title: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: kballowe on November 24, 2025, 08:57:25 AM: Has anyone used Rain-X for plastic on their motorcycle windshields?

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Title: Re: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: chuck peterson on November 24, 2025, 10:00:35 AM: Nope, but I’ve been extolling the virtues of the original rain-x since it first came out, and now their wiper blades, so I would not hesitate to give it a try. There’s a wiper fluid too

It’s crazy how well it works on my cars. It’s hard to explain…water just beads and rolls up off the windshield at hiway speeds,and freaky that you can turn the blades off….less so around town but still you can see thru it.

One of those rare “As Seen on TV” products that work
Title: Re: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: jcctx on November 24, 2025, 10:10:42 AM: Yes, worked a treat!!
Title: Re: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: Stevex on November 24, 2025, 01:51:16 PM: Rain X make a specific solution for visors and screens, called
'Rain X plastic water repellent'.
Title: Re: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: elrealistico on November 24, 2025, 02:04:59 PM: Yes, I have used it on my EV windscreen. Works good, much like the product for glass
Title: Re: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: chuck peterson on November 24, 2025, 02:11:15 PM: Skid lid is on the front cover
Title: Re: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: MikeP996 on November 24, 2025, 02:12:18 PM: Been using it on (plastic) helmet visors since RainX came out!!! Works great!
Title: Re: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: 73 sport on November 24, 2025, 02:43:39 PM: I've been using Rain X on windshields of cars and 'planes and face shields since it came on the market in 1972.
Title: Re: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: wirespokes on November 24, 2025, 03:20:53 PM: Does it work any better than lemon pledge on the visor?
Title: Re: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: 73 sport on November 24, 2025, 04:47:47 PM: Lemon Pledge contains waxes which will build up thick films over time and may discolor the plastic. Rain X is a silicone base with alcohol solvents. I've been using it since it came on the market and have never seen a film or discoloration.
Title: Re: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: Ncdan on November 24, 2025, 05:13:47 PM: I have used those type products in the past. However I found many years ago that just waxing my MC shields, same wax and technique as waxing the vehicle, repels rain for months or several rain storms.
Title: Re: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: 73 sport on November 24, 2025, 05:24:28 PM: Contemporary Pledge doesn't contain wax. The Pledge I knew 50 years ago did contain wax. I don't keep up with product development as I used to do.
Title: Re: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: kingoffleece on November 24, 2025, 08:48:52 PM: Car wax works a treat. I avoid anything with silicone on any plastic like the plague.
NixWax VisorProof if you must.
Title: Re: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: DaGootz on November 25, 2025, 08:43:07 AM: Take it from someone that almost ruined his brand new 2000 BMW K1200LT windscreen. Rain-x is a great product but be aware of one thing, it is NOT to be used on any windscreen that has a coating on it, like a lexan windscreen does. Always consult the manufacturer on the windscree before using it. As long as it is acrylic with no coating, you're good. The rain-x will soak into the porous coating/film and creat bubbles, once dried they are in there forever. Mine diminished over time but never went away.
Title: Re: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: SemperVee on November 25, 2025, 11:35:57 AM: recently used NOVIS plastic polish all over both Guzzi's and works well. From taking swirl marks out of windshield, headlamps, making the dash and instrument panel as new!
Title: Re: Rain-X for plastic ?
Post by: Tom on November 28, 2025, 02:33:42 PM: So........no silicone or not? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ 🤪 Wax or not? 😁 Pledge on the paint and something else on the windshield?