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Has anyone tried rainX works great on masks and pilot house
windows Brian V. Ryder CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any
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On Behalf Of Cliff Redus Emile Excellent job
on the video. I especially liked all the underwater video
of the boat while it was maneuvering and the sound track was great. She a
beautiful boat. On the
viewport condensation issue, prior to the Vancouver Psub convention, I was
having similar condensation issues and would just use a cloth to clear the
viewport. The problem is I was having to clear
repeatably. At the convention, I noticed that the Deepworker 2000
crew applied, as part of their predive checklist, a thin layer of Joy dish
washing detergent http://www.usahardware.com/inet/shop/item/61590/icn/20-845073/procter_gamble/21737.htm with
a clean rag. When you first apply this, it leaves a hazy appearance so I
was skeptical. But at the converntion and when I tried this on my boat, I
found this worked wonderfully. The water condensation seems to spread out
evenly rather than beading up so after a few minutes the viewport was very
clear. This seems to work for duration of the dives I have made.
The Deepworker 2000 crew said they had experimented with several types of
soap but that Joy Soap seemed to work the best. According to http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_ingredients_for_joy_dishwashing_liquid,
the Ingredients for Joy Liquid Soap include: Water , Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
, Sodium Pareth-23 , C12-14-16 Dimethyl Amine Oxide , SD Alcohol 40-B ,
Undeceth-9 , PPG-26 , Sodium Chloride , Cyclohexanediamine , Polyacetate ,
Fragrance , FD&C Yellow #5 , D&C Red No. 33 My guess is that
detergent reduces the surface tension of the water or that it changes the
wetablilty of the acrylic surface to water wet which would again promote
spreading out of the water drops. What ever it does, it seems
to work. You might give it a try the next time you take your boat out. Cliff Great works
are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
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