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The dealer is closed, and I just realized that the price I paid for my
Honda magically appears when I squeegee the windshield. Tried soapy
water, tried some ammonia, tried scraper knife.

No luck. What works? It's a long weekend here in Canada, so I might not
get the official answer until Tuesday unless somebody here can help.

'Curly'
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"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco_@_interbaun.com> wrote in message
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> The dealer is closed, and I just realized that the price I paid for my
> Honda magically appears when I squeegee the windshield. Tried soapy
> water, tried some ammonia, tried scraper knife.
>
> No luck. What works? It's a long weekend here in Canada, so I might not
> get the official answer until Tuesday unless somebody here can help.
>
> 'Curly'
> --
>
> To REPLY: If there are a couple of underscores in my return address,
> you must remove them to reply directly . . . . . . Thanks.
>
> Regarding stage performances: When everyone else has finished playing,
> you should not play any notes you have left over. -

"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco_@_interbaun.com> decided to join the
conversation on 29 Aug 2003 with message news:3F5018DC.BF57B3E8
@_interbaun.com:

> The dealer is closed, and I just realized that the price I paid for my
> Honda magically appears when I squeegee the windshield. Tried soapy
> water, tried some ammonia, tried scraper knife.
>
> No luck. What works? It's a long weekend here in Canada, so I might not
> get the official answer until Tuesday unless somebody here can help.
>
> 'Curly'

Ever heard of a product called Goo Gone? That's sposed to get rid of
adhesive glues..

check it out:

http://www.magicamerican.com/googone.shtml


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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 21:24:12 -0600, "'Curly Q. Links'"
<motsco_@_interbaun.com> wrote:

>The dealer is closed, and I just realized that the price I paid for my
>Honda magically appears when I squeegee the windshield. Tried soapy
>water, tried some ammonia, tried scraper knife.
>
>No luck. What works? It's a long weekend here in Canada, so I might not
>get the official answer until Tuesday unless somebody here can help.
>
>'Curly'

Dude, you sure you didn't just steal a car off the lot and are trying
to get that stuff off the windshield before the cops catch you? ;-)

Paint remover.

> The dealer is closed, and I just realized that the price I paid for my
> Honda magically appears when I squeegee the windshield. Tried soapy
> water, tried some ammonia, tried scraper knife.
>
> No luck. What works? It's a long weekend here in Canada, so I might not
> get the official answer until Tuesday unless somebody here can help.
>
> 'Curly'

Acetone, available in quart-size tins at Home Depot, Wal-Mart, etc. for
under $5. Or maybe paint thinner, like the other poster said. Acetone's a
bit more expensive but I prefer it for many clean-up jobs.

Do not use acetone on plastic (it will melt the plastic). Also, it's not a
big deal if you don't wear gloves, but try to minimize getting it on your
hands. It dries out the oil in one's skin and is probably carcinogenic or
some other flavor of nasty "toxicity."

Add to the cautions the fact that acetone is *EXTREMELY* flammable,
and burns with a nearly invisible blue flame. It's also
highly volatile (i.e. it disperses into the air rapidly) and
the resulting air-acetone mixture can be explosive. One thing
you wouldn't want to do, for example, is pour out some acetone
into a dish in a garage with a gas water heater.

Caliban wrote:

> Acetone, available in quart-size tins at Home Depot, Wal-Mart, etc. for
> under $5. Or maybe paint thinner, like the other poster said. Acetone's a
> bit more expensive but I prefer it for many clean-up jobs.
>
> Do not use acetone on plastic (it will melt the plastic). Also, it's not a
> big deal if you don't wear gloves, but try to minimize getting it on your
> hands. It dries out the oil in one's skin and is probably carcinogenic or
> some other flavor of nasty "toxicity."
>
>

"Caliban" <caliban27@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:HV44b.1958$tw6.1006@newsread4.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> Acetone, available in quart-size tins at Home Depot, Wal-Mart, etc. for
> under $5. Or maybe paint thinner, like the other poster said. Acetone's a
> bit more expensive but I prefer it for many clean-up jobs.
>
> Do not use acetone on plastic (it will melt the plastic). Also, it's not a
> big deal if you don't wear gloves, but try to minimize getting it on your
> hands. It dries out the oil in one's skin and is probably carcinogenic or
> some other flavor of nasty "toxicity."


If you try anything like paint remover or similar just be very careful not
to get it on your paint job either.

-Dave

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 21:24:12 -0600, "'Curly Q. Links'"
<motsco_@_interbaun.com> wrote:

>The dealer is closed, and I just realized that the price I paid for my
>Honda magically appears when I squeegee the windshield. Tried soapy
>water, tried some ammonia, tried scraper knife.
>
>No luck. What works? It's a long weekend here in Canada, so I might not
>get the official answer until Tuesday unless somebody here can help.
>
>'Curly'

I had a similar problem on my '96 Nissan 200SX: Whenever the right
conditions occurred to create a "fog" on the windshield, the moisture
would condense (or not) differently on the areas where the price had
been painted. I tried: Brake cleaner, Berryman's ChemTool, Windex,
acetone, LimeAway, silicone spray, and I waxed the windshield.
To the day I sold it, whenever the conditions were right, you could
tell what a cheap **** I was when it came to buying cars!!!!
If it ever happens again, I'll call a detailer for advice....

I would try a solution of ammonia and water. Dampen a rag with it and scrub
the window. Don't get it on the paint or other areas. I use to use it to
clean the road film from the windshield. Now I use RainX and don't seem to
get a road film....


<null_pointer@nowhere.com.net.edu.gov.de> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 21:24:12 -0600, "'Curly Q. Links'"
> <motsco_@_interbaun.com> wrote:
>
> >The dealer is closed, and I just realized that the price I paid for my
> >Honda magically appears when I squeegee the windshield. Tried soapy
> >water, tried some ammonia, tried scraper knife.
> >
> >No luck. What works? It's a long weekend here in Canada, so I might not
> >get the official answer until Tuesday unless somebody here can help.
> >
> >'Curly'
>
> I had a similar problem on my '96 Nissan 200SX: Whenever the right
> conditions occurred to create a "fog" on the windshield, the moisture
> would condense (or not) differently on the areas where the price had
> been painted. I tried: Brake cleaner, Berryman's ChemTool, Windex,
> acetone, LimeAway, silicone spray, and I waxed the windshield.
> To the day I sold it, whenever the conditions were right, you could
> tell what a cheap **** I was when it came to buying cars!!!!
> If it ever happens again, I'll call a detailer for advice....