Car windows get a coating

[Frenchfry1942]

When I smoked in the car with windows closed, I got film. When I did the same thing with the window cracked 1 inch, no film or a whole lot less. Same with vaping.

With the window cracked, I turn the fan up one notch so that air is pushed out the crack. I also exhale in the general direction of the crack and it is sucked out.

Whether the car is sitting still or running makes a difference. If I am sitting, I just open the window and exhale out the window.

I really don't get film. Rain drop dirt, yes, I get that.

 

[TomGeorge]

Im going to have to try that!! ^^ I hate washing my windows the old fashioned way! @vapero

 

[yoitstj]

Here is a link to a thread on this same topic from a while ago..... http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...cussion/160337-vaping-car-film-windows-6.html

I am going to stop at the auto parts store on the way home to get some Rain X Anti Fog for the interior.

 

[HauntedMyst]

Warm water and dish soap is your friend. So is Delta Sonic if you have one close to you.

 

[wshanncap]

My wife and I live in an RV. And I am seeing the same thing on our glass now that I moved up from the ego setup to a drip setup. I use liquid glass and 0000 steel wool inside and out. It helps, but the haze will continue as long as you vape inside. I had the same problem when I smoked tobacco but it was much worse. That brownish tobacco film is incredibly clingy...needed a razor blade to get it off. Just don't use the steel wool or razor blade on the inside if you have tinted windows. It will ruin them.

 

[Mogar]

It happens more when smoking in a cold climate, however I live in the Dallas TX area and it still happens here.
Vinegar and water with a microfiber cloth will take it off. I would also spray distilled water on the windows to take the vinegar off the windows when done or it will come back with friends.

 

[Alien Traveler]

You guys are really overreacting to this issue. There was an excellent thread here before that dealt with the issue of the film left on windows from vaping in cold temperatures. There was a fantastic response from someone who discussed this with a NASA engineer who explained that the film was the result of the vapor hitting the cold window and sticking to it before it could dissipate, This isn't an issue in warmer weather since the inside of the window isn't cold.

I know I am not remembering the explanation exactly and I am unable to locate the earlier thread. There really isn't anything that we can do about this besides open a window or just clean the windows. Regardless, it isn't anything more than an annoyance.

Unless you keep your house very cold, the film residue on the car windows will never happen inside your house.

I hope someone can find the original thread!

Not true. Film in my car developed in hot weather (I started to vape in May). When smoking I never smoked in my car (so, no tobacco residue).

Old thread happened during winter, so “explanation” based on the fact that windows were cold. But as we see now it is not true.

At any temperature there exists a specific concentration for vapor (whether water of vaporer’s vapor) above which it starts to settle on surface, even on hot surface if there are enough of vapor. So, cold window help to grow layer faster, but having warm and even hot window does not prevent from growing a layer if you vape a lot in a car.

The same thing can happen in the house if vapor concentration exceeds a “dew point” for vapor. Of course house is much bigger than car and it is more difficult to saturate it with vapor.

 

[shatteredsoul76]

I only have the front window to worry about with a soft top Jeep but I doubt it could ever build up since I get some kind of air flow even with the top on and windows zipped closed. Its just a fact of life with a soft top Jeep, thank goodness for a great heater in the winter though.

 

[noel18]

I definitely get a film on the inside of my windshield when I vape in the car.

 

[todd0864]

Clean your windows with coffee filters instead of paper towels if you want to eliminate the streaks. One of my biggest pet peeves is a dirty windshield when I'm driving at night.

I found its easier to see through the film than smeared coffee grounds. [emoji13]


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[DT Artisan]

Same here...

It seems I notice it more at night, when headlights shine on the windshield. Windex seemed to clear it up though. At least it's not the yellow tarry kind that was on my vehicles windows (and my lungs) for many years!

Brian

 

[JRZROB]

Me and my wife notice this in my truck since I vape a lot more than her. I get the same film everyone is talking about and the cleaning issues. Like others said, I only really notice it at night when lights hit my windows. I have found that a fine coat of car wax applied, let dry then buff off has worked great for me, it has realy made my window glass really clean and clear. Just make sure you don't use a heavy wax or compound with abrasive that removes scratches.

 

[yoitstj]

I cleaned them w dish soapy water. Then w the vinegar and water solution. Then I put on rain x anti fog. I will Vape w the window open most of the time. That film was horrible.

 

[The Torch]

Inside: Invisible Glass in the pressurized can and a micro-fiber cloth (twice if needed)

Outside: Auto Glym's glass polish every few months (use plenty of elbow grease; it's a polishing compound) and Invisible Glass with water repellent and a micro-fiber cloth made for glass. Match the shine on the rest of the body with Mother's FX Synwax and watch the rain run away from your entire car. For the rims, use Simonize rim cleaner and a brush. Detail inside and outside with appropriate Auto Glym products and I guarantee people will notice.

Haven't had any glare since I did that about a month ago. The driver that point their headlights at my car on the other hand...

 

[amoret]

I have the same problem in the winter, and generally refuse to drive with the window down once it gets below zero. It's also hard to wash the inside of the window once it gets really cold. What has worked best for me is keeping the defroster on high to keep the vapor blown away from the windows, and keeping clean old terrycloth towels in the car to use when a wipe down is needed.

 

[Alter]

It happened to me at the beginning of last winter. The colder it became the more the windshield and both drivers and passenger windows would not defog. It was a 2012 terrain so off to the dealer thinking my heater core went south but they said all was fine. Research time...so went on a adventure to find out that vapor like ciggy smoke has the same sticky properties so low and behold a microcloth and windex, problem solved.

 

[WharfRat1976]

I clean them once a week with Spray Glass Cleaner- "The Worlds Best"

I need to slow down in the car. There have been too many times where my clouds have blocked my vision

Cracking the window will help a little bit but like analogs, the film will form. The film is not nearly as gross as analog film.

Good post---I think about this all the time...and there I go to clean my windows again...

 

[TonyD64]

I haven't noticed a film on the car windows yet but I've had to clean the lasers on two Dvd burners in my office in a week. The fans really pull the vapor in. Both of these lasers were cleaned just over a month ago. The question is, what is this doing to our lungs?, bodies?

 

[DaveP]

I haven't noticed a film on the car windows yet but I've had to clean the lasers on two Dvd burners in my office in a week. The fans really pull the vapor in. Both of these lasers were cleaned just over a month ago. The question is, what is this doing to our lungs?, bodies?

Probably nothing or not much. PG fog is used to deliver medications to the lungs in hospitals. It's what they refer to as a "breathing treatment".

It's in soft drinks, foods, toothpaste, makeup, medicines, eye drops, and a long list of other items we ingest or apply to our bodies. It's also used as a thickener in the juice you pour on ice to make a snowball. I wouldn't worry about it. It's MUCH better than the smoke we inhaled for decades when we were hooked on tobacco. That was some deadly carcinogenic stuff and we survived smoking. Vaping should be fairly benign.

 

[TonyD64]

Thanks, I've only been vaping a combined total of about four weeks. Two in the spring of this year, and the last two currently. I have to say I enjoy it alot, and it does de-stress me. As in anything, I suppose some sacrifices have to be made. I guess I'll take a walk when I need a vape. Interesting about the Pg in medication, I didn't know that. I'm still using cartomisers, but I get a pretty big puff keeping them topped off with liquid, I can imagine what the difference will be when I buy the new battery and tank I'm looking at. I guess there won't be any heavy vaping around burners of the fans. Thanks again.