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From: Dave Garrett on 11 Mar 2010 20:48 In article <A4WdnVVns68WBwTWnZ2dnUVZ_rQAAAAA(a)supernews.com>, willshak@ 00hvc.rr.com says... > Whenever I detail my truck, I wipe all the rubber window parts with the > tire wet spray on a cloth. The mechanic at the independent shop I use recommended occasionally squirting a little bit of Armor All into the top of each side of the window channel and letting it run down inside. He mentioned it after I had just had the regulator replaced on my driver's side window. Dave
From: Jeff Strickland on 11 Mar 2010 22:46
"Conscience" <nobama@g�v.com> wrote in message news:hnc7tg$e2p$1(a)news.albasani.net... > On 2010-03-11 17:48:26 -0800, Dave Garrett <dave(a)compassnet.com> said: > >> In article <A4WdnVVns68WBwTWnZ2dnUVZ_rQAAAAA(a)supernews.com>, willshak@ >> 00hvc.rr.com says... >> >>> Whenever I detail my truck, I wipe all the rubber window parts with the >>> tire wet spray on a cloth. >> >> The mechanic at the independent shop I use recommended occasionally >> squirting a little bit of Armor All into the top of each side of the >> window channel and letting it run down inside. He mentioned it after I >> had just had the regulator replaced on my driver's side window. > > Armor All is garbage. Snake oil that rots your tires and anything else to > which it's applied. > > Looks pretty for a while, but have a look at your "brown" tires after a > few days. There's a reason for that. > Armor All is heroin for rubber. You have to keep using it or the rubber dies. And you have to use increasing amounts over time. Cold turkey is bad, but having said that I have no idea what the methadone treatment is. |