Duxback One Car Kit | Rain Repellent |Car Windscreen Treatment & Rain Ex -pellant Will treat front sides and rear glass | Last Up To 6 Months | TUV Approved

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The application should take around an hour, and the coating should last around six months, so it’s perfect to prepare for the wettest months. You can even get an extra 5% off with the Halfords Motoring Club Premium member discount. Rice Hulls are the outer shells of rice kernels. These hulls, which would otherwise end up in a landfill, are practically indestructible and non-absorbent, and contain naturally occurring silica, which is an enemy of mold and mildew. Primarily designed to clean and protect motorcycle helmets, Vision + from Autobrite Direct is our top choice for combining a glass cleaner with a hydrophobic layer of protection. Vision + promotes some serious water beading and is perfectly safe to apply to most translucent materials, including glass, acrylic and Perspex.

When it was eventually sunny enough to apply, the process was straightforward but took the most time here. You’re provided with four applicator pads and really need to apply three layers to get the absolute best protection possible. You then need to apply the G2 Residue Remover (also included) to prevent streaking before leaving the whole thing to set for at least three hours. A seriously impressive option for total windscreen protection, Gtechniq's G1 features an almost tediously long and complex application process. There are two stages to the application process, the G1 Smart Glass (which requires three layers for the best results) followed by a curing time and then some G2 Residue Remover. Here in the UK, battling the often wet and drizzly weather can make driving a lot harder and more hazardous. Driving in heavy rain increases your stopping distances and reduces your visibility, making your journeys more dangerous, especially when your wiper blades aren’t clearing the water fast enough. After this, Gtechniq recommends not letting the glass get wet for 12 hours, but the end results will be 20,000 miles of hydrophobic protection, by far the best out of any rain repellents we've seen.It's a treatment that's applied to your car's glass, and as the name suggests it repels water. So when driving in the rain (at speeds above 40mph) any water blows straight off, so you can see the road ahead much better. How will it help me? As a long-time user of Rain-X, a self-applied product that serves a similar purpose but doesn’t last anywhere near as long, I was keen to see how effective the Halfords treatment was. That explains why every window of my SAAB has now been treated, although it’s not cheap to have the concoction applied. There was minimal streaking from the repellent when freshly applied, even when the wiper blades were going full speed. In fact, it brought the test car’s windscreen up looking almost better than new. It’s an excellent glass cleaner and also offers some seriously impressive hydrophobic protection. Next up is our plastic component, which consists of all-virgin High-Density Polyethylene, or HDPE, which is the same “dairy-grade” plastic that milk jugs are made from. The all-virgin aspect of this plastic is critically important in quality control. Because where other manufacturers are using recycled plastics that make it virtually impossible to have a consistent product because of inconsistencies in their material makeup, DuxxBak products are dialed in to ensure every board is beautifully and structurally consistent in every measure. Indeed, a recent Halfords survey of 1,600 motorists found that 50 percent admitted to using a kettle of hot water to defrost their car. Thirty-five percent have used a bank card without realising it can scratch the glass.

It requires no buffing or curing time, instead wiping straight off after spraying it on. It's not the most refined of products, and the protection offered can be measured in weeks, not months, but it's good value for money and will also double as a decent glass cleaner too. A classic rain repellent, Rain-X is readily available and quite possibly the best-selling rain repellent range here in the UK. The big benefit to Rain-X is the ease of application. Tested Ryan Gilmore: Originally developed for use on motorcycle helmets, an area where there’s no wiper action to help shift water, Vision + needed to be a capable option for removing water. Now available in a larger size for cars, Vision + proved to be an outstanding option, offering excellent water beading and glass cleaning action, all from a spray that required no curing time and took a couple of seconds to apply.An exercise in excellent innovation, Soft99 Glaco Roll-On combines the repellent and applicator in one product, a great time saver and a way of ensuring that the glass is fully coated. A clean vehicle is after all more likely to have a longer life and a higher resale vehicle, with cleanliness keeping bodywork in tip-top condition and even ensuring the health and longevity of important internal components such as the engine. The hydrophobic qualities are so powerful that at speeds above 40mph, you don’t even need your wiper blades, as the water simply runs off the glass. Under 40mph, the water will spot instead of spreading so it’s much easier to see the road ahead of you. Driving in heavy rain can be dangerous. From reduced visibility to increased stopping distances, heavy rainfall can increase your chances of having an accident on the road. Reduce your chances of running into problems during rainfall with the windscreen treatments from Halfords.