# Filmy windshield...on the outside **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 4, 2007, 4:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/filmy-windshield-on-the-outside/2597 "2007-08-04T04:03:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![9toes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/6f9a4e/32.png) [@9toes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/9toes)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 4:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/filmy-windshield-on-the-outside/2597/1 "2007-08-04T04:03:24Z")
I have to drive to work in the dark, and it is very humid in the mornings when I leave. The windshield is clean but the film makes it almost impossible to see through until it dries off, which takes a long time because of the dew and humidity. What can I use to take the film off? ---
**Author:** ![Roadrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roadrunner)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/filmy-windshield-on-the-outside/2597/2 "2007-08-04T04:12:57Z")
Will it not come off with the windshield washer fluid? ---
**Author:** ![9toes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/6f9a4e/32.png) [@9toes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/9toes)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/filmy-windshield-on-the-outside/2597/3 "2007-08-04T04:43:40Z")
No,windshield washer fluid does not take it off. Nor the stuff from the car parts store that claims to be the best stuff on earth. I need something serious. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 10:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/filmy-windshield-on-the-outside/2597/4 "2007-08-04T10:20:43Z")
Is it on the inside or out side? ---
**Author:** ![mshugna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@mshugna](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mshugna)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/filmy-windshield-on-the-outside/2597/5 "2007-08-04T12:19:24Z")
try paste cleaners made for glass ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/filmy-windshield-on-the-outside/2597/6 "2007-08-04T15:05:54Z")
I would use Ban-Ami cleanser but only use the stuff in the yellow can The newer an easier to find stuff in the gold can will damage the window. ---
**Author:** ![Tbird251](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@Tbird251](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tbird251)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/filmy-windshield-on-the-outside/2597/7 "2007-08-04T15:24:23Z")
I use a bar of soap from a motel to clean it off. Those bars can be kept in the glove compt easily and cost nothing. They are pure soap and leave no detergent film on the glass. Some people use coke on it right out of the can. LEE ---
**Author:** ![Tbird251](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@Tbird251](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tbird251)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/filmy-windshield-on-the-outside/2597/8 "2007-08-04T15:24:36Z")
I use a bar of soap from a motel to clean it off. Those bars can be kept in the glove compt easily and cost nothing. They are pure soap and leave no detergent film on the glass. Some people use coke on it right out of the can. LEE