I've just spent the best part of a day attempting to rid the windscreen of fingerprints and palm prints.

If I had access to a fingerprint data base I could without doubt identify the person who fitted my heated windscreen.

Only just noticed these now the weather is getting colder and the inside of the screen mists over before clearing. I have finger prints along both edges adjacent to the 'A' pillars but worse still are the finger and palm prints in front of the driving position, passenger seat and central area's. These are all on the inside.

I've tried Auto Glym glass cleaner, soap and water, vinegar, surgical spirit, newspaper, sugar soap and still I can't totally shift them.

I have now contacted the dealer to enquire what advise they can give as to how to remove these which after all should have been sorted before collection. If they weren't so far away the vehicle would have been back to them along with a list of other items they failed to do clean properly.

A real shame the experience of getting the Monster has been tarnished by something as simple as the dealer failing to clean and prepare it to an exceptable standard.

Any one have a magic formula for removing such marks?

I've just spent the best part of a day attempting to rid the windscreen of fingerprints and palm prints.

If I had access to a fingerprint data base I could without doubt identify the person who fitted my heated windscreen.

Only just noticed these now the weather is getting colder and the inside of the screen mists over before clearing. I have finger prints along both edges adjacent to the 'A' pillars but worse still are the finger and palm prints in front of the driving position, passenger seat and central area's. These are all on the inside.

I've tried Auto Glym glass cleaner, soap and water, vinegar, surgical spirit, newspaper, sugar soap and still I can't totally shift them.

I have now contacted the dealer to enquire what advise they can give as to how to remove these which after all should have been sorted before collection. If they weren't so far away the vehicle would have been back to them along with a list of other items they failed to do clean properly.

A real shame the experience of getting the Monster has been tarnished by something as simple as the dealer failing to clean and prepare it to an exceptable standard.

Any one have a magic formula for removing such marks?

I don't know the answer I'm afraid but aren't they put in by robots with suckers at the factory? Could the screen have been replaced pre delivery?

Could be worse...

A friend of mine went out with a particularly "enthusiastic" young lady once.

On a cold Saturday morning he and his mum went shopping into the local town - as they jumped in the windows misted up, revealing an akimbo set of prints of her size 5s on the windscreen,,,,,

Could be worse...

A friend of mine went out with a particularly "enthusiastic" young lady once.

On a cold Saturday morning he and his mum went shopping into the local town - as they jumped in the windows misted up, revealing an akimbo set of prints of her size 5s on the windscreen,,,,,

quality

For the entire time I had my Golf an image of the build sticker would appear on the screen if it steamed up, never managed to get rid of it.

Regards,

TP

A few years ago a friend owned a Lada Riva saloon that he used to park in a dodgy area when he was at work. He had got fed up with his Honda CRX constantly being keyed or bumped.

The Lada had a constant and very annoying rattle from under the dashboard so on a Sunday when he had nothing better to do, he decided to dismantle the dash and fix it. After about half an hour the cause of the rattle fell on the floor - a pair of 'Jack Duckworth' style horn rimmed spectacles with the thickest lenses you could imagine. I wonder if the poor Russian Mr Magoo has given up looking for his specs yet!

BTW, I hope that the fingerprints aren't caused by the bonding agent used to stick the windscreen in. If it is, not much will shift it!

Have you tried cellulose thinners?

Have you tried meths? I always used to use it to clean glass pior to siliconing when Building/repairing my aquaria

toothpaste - it's a very fine scouring agent/ Probably smokers would work best. Worth a try.

You could try claying it - or - if it is still available, a silver tarnish remover called Silvo - it worked wonders on glass.

my wife's Kia Cee'd (owned from new 3 years ago) still has "Rings" on the windscreen when it mist's up - presume from suction-cup lifters..

... and i wish my Superb's heated screen still had finger prints on it - maybe then i could tell who fitted a faulty screen into my car!

Al.

I picked up my yeti three weeks ago (tomorrow) and had marks like that on the rear screen. (I also had problems with the cleanliness of the car from the PDI viewpoint, and while it is no consolation, you are not alone! My dealer is also a long way away.)

Anyhow, this might be of interest to you:

I tried cleaning the glass with loads of glass cleaners, and isopropyl alcohol with no success. There was something else that was nagging me about the rear glass and that was that it looked as though the marks went under the Skoda decal stuck to the glass, and in any case the decal had been applied with a slight wrinkle (!) so I decided to remove it. I did this by heating the decal with a hair dryer and gradually peeling it off the glass. No sooner had I started than it became clear that there was an adhesive residue left on the glass. Strangely once I peeled beyond the wrinkle there was hardly any residue, but anyway ... it was obvious that the residue wouldn't scrape off (and I didn't want to risk scratching the glass or damaging the demist elements) so I tried a couple of chemicals. The only one that removed the adhesive was acetone (which we can buy by the litre in France). I had to very careful because acetone will mark plastic fairly easily. Anyhow, having removed the adhesive perfectly , I then cleaned off the whole glass with alcohol. Lo and behold all the marks were gone as well. I'm assuming that it was the acetone that removed them.

So it might be worth you giving it a try with acetone?

Edited 11 November, 201015 yr by allena

Just to confirm Allena's comments about Acetone - be sooooo sooooo careful as it is a paint stripper. If you use it then dab a small amount onto a cloth and clean carefully. Have another cleaner handy straight afterward to clean the acetone off. It is a very good cleaner but it is a feisty one. Allena did make the warning but just in case it did not sink in I thought it worth emphasising.

Another cleaner that might work is Naphtha - generally available as the old liquid lighter fluid, like Ronsonol. Petroleum based and excellent for any grease based marks, and many adhesives - generally safe on cellulose finishes, as it is often used as a cleaner on cellulose lacquer finished wood on, for instance, musical insruments. I would want to take great care, however, using any solvent around the paintwork, just to be sure.

Edited 11 November, 201015 yr by roguebrit

Have you tried meths? I always used to use it to clean glass pior to siliconing when Building/repairing my aquaria

Yes, drink half a pint of that and you won't give a toss about the fingerprints

ours is same, but ours is full of smallish round like sucker marks(when it steams up etc)..so was obviously done by machine at the factory...ive also noticed now its 1oc here my engine didnt warm up on a 18 mile trip to hospital ..temp gauge is very leluctant to move...unlike my old estelles that just to blow there top if stuck in summer traffic

Thanks for all the replies, plenty to think about.

I did notice further hand prints on the nearside roof rail today so I'll have another go when the weather improves.

Yeti all packed ready for the Welsh Forest adventure which starts tomorrow so no doubt I'll be spending a little more time cleaning next week :(

Oh the dealer did get back to me, his suggestion was Methylated Spirits ... I don't know if that is with ice or lemon?