Visor cleaning.

Just wondering what any of you take on a ride-out to clean of those pesky bugs.

Small bottle of Muc Off visor spray and a microfibre cloth.

Also known to use bog roll and tap water at any convenient filling station/pub/McDonald's.

One 'O' these . . .

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That my current cleaner, also have a spray bottle of cleaner with a rubber squeegee and sponge, think it is an Oxford Products item, got from Hein Gerieke

Cheers all.
Wasn't sure what to take other than an old dust cloth

I use a very damp synthetic leather, kept in a plastic bag (to keep it moist) also use V wipes occasionally like oldcat.

I like the rain-x cleaner from Halfords and for convenience I purchased a small reusable spray bottle from boots so I can keep it in my tank bag or pocket + cloth.

I find this way I can pull up at a convenient spot and debug without taking any kit off - Do make sure your visor is down before spraying as I imagine it will sting a little.

addendum:
I like the Rain-X as it is also a water repelant.

Small bottle of Muc Off visor spray and a microfibre cloth.

I second that

Nowt fancy.
Fairy liquid and water before heading out (if it's bad) and a rub with the t-shirt if I stop (if it's bad).
I used to buy all sorts of stuff, but it was usually just as bad ten minutes after setting off again, so I stopped bothering about it.

Under 70 I normally ride with the visor up/partially up anyway, but the one concession I do make is buying only Oakley* shades since they're impact tested.
They ain't cheap.. but eyes are like tyres, you only have two.
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(*Other manufacturers will probably offer the same protection, but it'll still be at a premium most likely :?)

For what its worth washing up liquid and any petroleum based product is supposed to make the visor brittle. Might be hype, but is was enough to get me to stop using it.

Manor69 wrote:I like the rain-x cleaner from Halfords and for convenience I purchased a small reusable spray bottle from boots so I can keep it in my tank bag or pocket + cloth.

I find this way I can pull up at a convenient spot and debug without taking any kit off - Do make sure your visor is down before spraying as I imagine it will sting a little.

addendum:
I like the Rain-X as it is also a water repelant.

Me too, I take a small spray bottle of rain-x

sit on bike go though car wash bit drastic but it gets the job done clean visor clean bike clean leather ,s free trip to A&E

^^^

SteveCat wrote:For what its worth washing up liquid and any petroleum based product is supposed to make the visor brittle. Might be hype, but is was enough to get me to stop using it.

That might depend on the quality of the lid itself.
I normally use an Arai that set me back £450 at the time (unlike tyres, you only have one head ), but I have a Duchinni lid for the odd pillion that only set me back £90 (pillions are ten a penny and I keep to reasonable speeds when they're on anyway ).
UV damage is usually the problem with plastics, so some cheaper makes may come with an Anti-UV coating instead of being fully UV resistant.

(That's why it's (or used to be) particularly bad for washing your car with (especially red ones), the lacquer prevented the paint oxidising and washing detergent destroyed it.)

Anyhoo, the original visor on the Arai still takes some head ringing belts from stones at times (well over 100) without any problems and this one is now on it's 7 year warranty limit.
..so I have some shopping to do (for a helmet that doesn't make me deaf more deaf than the last one did ).

Wooster wrote:Nowt fancy.
Fairy liquid and water before heading out (if it's bad) and a rub with the t-shirt if I stop (if it's bad).
I used to buy all sorts of stuff, but it was usually just as bad ten minutes after setting off again, so I stopped bothering about it.

Under 70 I normally ride with the visor up/partially up anyway, but the one concession I do make is buying only Oakley* shades since they're impact tested.
They ain't cheap.. but eyes are like tyres, you only have two.
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(*Other manufacturers will probably offer the same protection, but it'll still be at a premium most likely :?)

A lot of helmets are now coming with built in sunglasses like my AGV one - I assume these will be impact resistant.

You know what they say about the word 'assume'..but you'd hope so.

Some intesting comments, esp. about the washing up liquid making the visor brittle. Got me thinking, that one.
I go as cheap as possible - damp kitchen roll on visor for five mins, then a wipe clean. And I carry a small damp sponge in a jiffy bag and a few pieces of kitchen roll when I'm out.

petercriss wrote:Some intesting comments, esp. about the washing up liquid making the visor brittle. Got me thinking, that one.
I go as cheap as possible - damp kitchen roll on visor for five mins, then a wipe clean. And I carry a small damp sponge in a jiffy bag and a few pieces of kitchen roll when I'm out.

Guess the kitchen roll can come in handy for other emergencies!

petercriss wrote:Some intesting comments, esp. about the washing up liquid making the visor brittle. Got me thinking, that one.

Doing some research it does look more hype than fact, think it was a salesman who was trying to flog me some 'specialist' stuff. He didn't get the sale and I have nearly started an Urban Legend.

The washing liquid contains a lot of salt, and as Wooster said, it is more likely that is the cause of the problems (anti fog coatings being removed and the risk of visors scratching etc).

I bought a bottle of MucOff (seemed to be a gallon for a penny - well reasonable anyway) and use that, I'll still leave the Fairy for the sink though.

If anyone comes up with a solution that takes those right sticky buggers off they'd be onto a fortune.

On a related note: Halfords used to do a car shampoo(?) that has that anti-spot stuff you get in car washes (Cationic Formula I think it said on the bottle), as a car screen wash it was superb.
A capful of it in the screenwash bottle had the effect of building up a Rain-X type layer on the screen every time you used the wash.
So good in fact that you barely needed to use the wipers since the rain would just bead off as soon as it hit.

One caveat though is to make sure you don't have a trace of it left in there when winter hits. Below -10 and it has the strange effect of causing ice crystals to form on the window immediately.


(Tbh it'd probably make a decent visor wash as well...if they still sell it)

wait until i get home lol