Good as New? Visor and Windshield Restoration Tested!
Decades of riding and we were still none the visor about which windshield/visor treatments work best. Time to find out! Here we are testing a bunch of polishes, anti-fog solutions and rain repellents in order to see things clearly.
Gear breakdown
Polishes -
Plexus Plastic Cleaner Protectant and Polish - frt9.co/470oiv
Slipstreamer Windshield Cleaner/Polish - frt9.co/fwgby0
Tirox Plastix Cleaner - frt9.co/ydd83g
Anti-Fog Treatments -
Muc-Off Premium Anti-Fog Treatment - frt9.co/9zc0e9
Oxford Mint Anti-Fog Spray - frt9.co/4ey7ca
Pinlock Visors - frt9.co/mov5cb
Rain Repellent Treatment -
Ipone Visor Rainoff Spray - frt9.co/p35v29
National Cycle RainZip Rain Repellent - frt9.co/hpemc3
Rain-X Plastic Water Repellent - frt9.co/s6llpi
Potato : frt9.co/y44w4u
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Always use Pinlock when its cold outside
isnt bicarb abrasive so should have done toothpaste without it?
I haven't ridden a motorcycle in over 30yrs and yet here I am watching these incredibly well-produced videos. Bravo, FortNine! 👏👏👏👍👍
I've got my PinLock for free on my newly baught helmet
Btw as a rain repellent here many are using silicon oil spray. What do you think about it?
They claim to be anti foggers, which is b*llsh*t. I actually spit out my tea with that. Hilarious.
As I remember it, Pinlock says not to use at night. When am I most likely to fog, at night. What about Lemon Pledge for a cleaner/polish?
You should try carnauba wax
Can you sand and polish and then apply clear coat like on car headlights?
I died after the potato fell in the frame.
how about the durability of shaving gel ? how many days it will be stick on the visor?
Believe it or not. Use a torch on it. Keep moving it from side to side. It clears up the haze in seconds. Only after that, add some rain X. Done.
For polish & repair of plastics there is only one answer, Novus system.
As a loyal member of People Of The Agriculture Trades Ononymous, I must object in the strongest possible terms to your use of our beloved product in such an unauthorized manner. Our product is clearly intended to increase people's girth, not improve their vision. I can assure you that the law firm of Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe is taking this matter very seriously.
man this guys is giving data!!! fucking data! Nothing beats data! best channel ever!!!! esp for a noob biker like me!
My Pinlock fogs all the time!` >.< It is photochromic but that doesnt work to well anymore either 😂
Great humorous (and useful!) presentation. Thanks!
scuba divers often spit in the mask to anti-fog. wonder if that would work here (spit, rub around, quick rinse off)
This guy is a pure comedian 👌
once again great vid. keep it up. I would like to share the hands down best anti fog hack with you guys, I'm a commercial diver, (helmet diving for 5 hrs. at a time) we VERY slowly boil down a dish soap, (it goes very fast at the end!!!) to a balm consistency. then buff it in on the inside of you viser and lieve it on, or windshield of your car , mirror in the bathroom, windows in humid climates. works on everything that fogs.... I have used this for free diving but its VERY painful if it gets in your eyes. tear free baby soap helps but still hurts.
oooohhhh so i wasn't supposed to put the water repellant on the inside of my visor
I was turned onto Lemon Pledge by a Harley rider. I use it on my face shield and a wind screen with no problems. I let it soak a bit for old bug splats, then wipe the dirty spots off with a dedicated 'nasty cloth' and use the nice soft microfiber to clean/polish the rest. Smells good too. Available at any small town grocery store for under $5.
5:09 , god damnit your videos get me every time! Little hidden golden easter eggs.
Kindergarteners on Redbull?!?!?!?!?!?!?! LOL!!!!
You had me at mental masturbation
i was praying i wasnt shelling out on Plexus only to discover toothpaste and partners coconut oil would trump it, phew.
could you please suggest if bike polish is worth secondary to the stock paint shine on a bike !!
I cant believe you haven't tried furniture polish, like lemon pledge or a generic equivalent on your visir or polishing plastics between rides! It works and its cheap!!!
Thinking Plexus is over-priced Pledge in a fancy can?
So useful! Thanks!
What is the effect of silicon spray on windshields? Protects? Damages plastic? Neither?
Would Plexus also work on scratched mirrors?
Concerning, how abrasive the toothpaste was ... 😬
Pinlock for my X-lite cost around 45e. But had it for almost 4 years and still works like new. Driven daily in finland so cold and rain 👍
If you want a crystal clear polish would it be fine to use something like a car lens polishing kit to do so? I don’t even own a motorcycle but I wanna know if anyone knows of any side-effects to doing something like that?
You need to update this... I'd like to see wax and ceramic coatings added to the repellents and see how well these anti-foggers work inside of say, a sauna, which is what it's like here in the south -_-
Yeah bitch! SCIENCE! But seriously I love the sketch assisted breakdowns of physics and chemistry behind all these episodes.
I have been using Pledge as a plastic polish for 35 years. I will have to try shaving gel and Rain-X. I appreciate all your testing. Thank you!
Now try Novus Three Step.... www.amazon.com/Novus-7100-Plastic-Polish-Kit/dp/B002UCYRZU
best way is ceramic coating for rain off
The best feeling when your new helmet comes with fitting pinlock
Point #1 Discard any visor that has done 50,000km. Simple. Point #2 I you want to actually remove scratches as opposed to masking them with polish, the best option is Meguiars PlastX which they sell for plastic Headlamp restoration and is also available in kits depending on the degree of damage. For a home-brew alternative, try Brasso, although personally I don't recommend it as it is very old Skool and is not environment friendly.
Worked at an airport, and helicopter pilots used pledge furniture polish.
5:08 YOUR FACE IS HOT.... CONGRATULATIONS AHHAHAH THAT KILLS ME
From my experience in restoring plastic car headlights, if the visor had many deep scratches I would wet sand the visor down until I no longer see them, then go with smaller and smaller grits up to 3000, clean it, degrease it with denatured alcohol and spray plastic base coat and clear coat on it. The plastic base coat isn't really necessary, but if you have it, give it some. The clear coat provides a lot of UV resistance which none of the polishes will, plus it provides a physical protection layer. HOWEVER this is a very aggressive form of restoration, on car headlights sure, no problem, it's awesome. But whn your helmet's visor gets to that stage of damage... You really should replace it with a new one. The whole helmet.
I've used Plexus since the late 90's. I've never thought of it as a scratch remover. More of a cleaner with the ability to fill in very fine scratches. Novus Plastic scratch remover #3 & #2 will polish out scratches and swirls, then finishing with Novus polish #1 will bring a hazy windshield/face shield back to new. Once polished out I would use Plexus regularly to maintain the shield. Using Plexus on a scratched up, hazy piece of plastic doesn't show us how good a product it is even though it came out on top. Pinlockers work fantastic over the long haul!
Just don’t clean your pin lock with Plexus.
Even a replica looks REAL WTF!!! 1:37 into video... Please remove this 1 second... You are so much better than this....
I was lucky enough to fly helicopters in Northern Saskatchewan for years. We tried McGuires plastic polish but it was too slimy. Hard to get off. The best we found was turtle wax. So every week or two use soapy warm water and bare hands to remove the bugs. Bare hands because you could feel the dried bugs and loosen them up and off without scratching the plastic. Then a coating of turtle wax with a damp cloth and when dry, buff off. Slight grit in the turtle wax polished out minor scratches and left a nice clean surface. I still use that method on my windscreen and helmet shield. Thanks your vids. Well done and give me a good chuckle.
I like Plexus. I have been using it for a while now. It does have good rain repellent properties as well. Not good for anti fog though. Need to get a pinlock for that. Love the channel dude!
the canada puns are killing me, thanks haha
I love the very, very end where the toy soldier is killed by the super toxic evil space alien Rain Zip.
Ok. I love your Channel but I have to say, you really really really need to have your bolt open and your magazine out BEFORE you look down the barrel of your fire arm. Shame on you!
For acrylic chip/scratch repair, all watch geeks swear by PolyWatch. Specifically designed to remove scratches in polycarbonate, etc
For those who think they can salvage a face shield out there, prospects are dim. All Polycarbonate shields are hard coated for scratch resistance. Because polycarbonate is very soft and you can scratch is too easy. Acrylic is harder but not shatter resistant. So when you try to buff out scratches in the shield, you are buffing the anti scratch coating, and will eventually burn through it and see a patch that is worse than the original small scratches. Plus the shield is now softer & will scratch faster. Perfect example is this is fogged headlight covers. Once you buff the anti scratch coating off they fog twice as fast.
When you buff your fogged headlight, you're removing the UV coating, this is not an anti-scratch layer. You need to add a clear coat over it to prevent sun to yellow your headlight again.
Test " Pledge furniture polish". Works great. I've been using it for decades. My 2000 BMW l1200LT with 88,000 miles wind screen still in good shape. Takes the fogging right off.
10:47
After 50000 kms with my V-strom, the windshield was blurred and I got very good result with a highbeam restoration kit, which provides one spray and some discs and a fitment for the power drill.
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Your great,i could listen to you for hours,great testing,no BS,straight to the point,you also live long and prosper.
Make A Video About Anti- Glare Night Helmet/Visor..With Night Comparison.
Awesome info, most helpful - thanks
helmet visor must only be cleaned with warm water and a towel. no chemicals !
Fog is like kindergarteners on red bull.... niiiice
GREAT! info..
Will rain x hurt paint and metal surfaces of bike
Very good info. Puzzled how anyone could give this a thumb's down. Easily one of the best sources of helpful info on You Tube.
guys, you do a fabulous nice job :) Keep up the great work!!
"pinlock is permanent", well if by permanent you mean one or two seasons, then yes washing-up liquid is a great rain repellent, and is practically free
Put silicone on the beads.....will last the life of the visor I would think. Not a miracle science, just an air pocket.
Potatoes are extremely dangerous, they can attack you at any moment!
Spit works as an antifogger and you always have it with you.
what works best is buying a new visor lets be real.
"Your face.. is hot! Congratulations." Me: *Thanks Ryan OwO*
Best antifog I ever used was Zogg's fogbuster antifog for swimming goggles. Stupid cheap, lasted really well because it cured and formed a more solid layer... only slight, teeny tiny problem was that it was discontinued and recalled because it turned out it could damage your eyes. Probably won't damage your eyes on a motorbike, but now I just use pinlock. Easily the cheapest option all told - it lasts as long as the hlemet and saves you so much wasted time over its life
I disagree, I will always shell out for a pinlok. Always.
Greetings from India. Thanks for uploading.
What if your visor was auto darkening?
What about good old fashioned dish soap for anti fog? Good enough for Chuck Yeager in the X1....
After a few years of watching the RF9 reviews/tips/documotodramas/motostuff, its become pretty friggin’ clear (pun, hellya!) that, there is no reason to watch other resources in order to make up my mind about something moto I am wondering aboot. Plus, you come to plainly know what is “...and that’s bullshit”, and learn wonderful new terms you can use to sound humorously hip like “kindergarteners on Redbull”. Thanks man, keep all this great stuff happening guys. You have a great squad there.
Like Kindergarteners on Red Bull...lol
Did he say beating off?!
Fuckin` science! Go Fortnine!
Love his videos!
The subject matter is immaterial it’s the entertainment that’s important
I have ridden from Tulsa Oklahoma to San Diego 3 winters in a row, the worst being at 1°F for 600 miles in high wind and freezing rain. Ryan, can you help with frosting inside the visor, as it’s the only thing I haven’t figured out yet. Fogging is different than frosting as that thin layer of moisture that doesn’t scatter light, becomes crystalline and really scatters light. Breath diverting balaclavas are a close as I’ve come to as a solution, but I still frost around the sides and basically can only see straight ahead. I’ve had to resort to cracking open the visor, but then my eyeballs freeze. Glasses are too close to the face and fog/frost instantly. Any Canadian advice for this Southerner?
I use pledge furniture polish
"From the price point F.U." 😆😆👍
I like pinlock lenses but have found that they can still fog if it is cold and damp (like in sleet). I think this is because fitting the lens at home does trap some moisture (at room temperature) which will condense when Canada happens ...
I use pure carnauba wax for the outside of my visor, works better then rain-x and already have it in the garage. Just make sure the surface is super clean and use a new microfiber Everytime. Love the videos, keep up the great work.
11:19 is the takeaway screen grab. Well done, sir! Personally Ive tried the plastic rainx and found it to be not as impressive as the glass version on a car windshield, but it did help. However, it seemed to blur visibility overall just a bit with some flare from lights at night. Maybe I did it wrong.
Maybe you can also huff Tirox, maybe you did. For gods sake man please dont point the rifle at your forehead when cleaning. Please dont die, your videos are awesome.
nope not gonna let it slide. What kind of rifle was that?!
I love pinlocks but my pinlock on my agv gets loose after 2 or 3 momths
I have been using ZEP window cleaner for years. No problems and cleans the helmet and windscreen remarkably well.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 very good information and funny.
Water Gas below 100 C = Water Vapor (only because I know you respect science)
Awsome! Great quality videos!
I’m surprised you didn’t try some sort of car wax as a rain repellent. It works awesome.
Great video, you definitely are the best guide to all things motorcycles. One help though, How to make non-pinlock ready viisors pinlock - any blog/video for this? searched couldn't find any.
I scuba dive and use unscented baby shampoo for anti fog rub on let dry and rinse before diving works better than some marketed products ... just a thought