Cool story. I try to use amonia free window cleaner these days. Mebbe that's why I had bad luck in the past.
-Kyle -Sent from Houston, TX, United States On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 4:17 PM, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: > > A bit of trivia: > > My granddad, a professor/scientist at Michigan State for most of his > life, invented and patented the process for making water "wetter" by > breaking the surface tension of individual drops, creating smaller > droplets, which then flowed off hard surfaces with the natural > movement of air across the surface, without leaving spots. > > So whenever you use Rain-X, or Calgon dishwasher detergent, or the > like, that's his work. It was also used as a wetting agent in the > process of developing film to allow the film to dry without water- > spotting (back when cameras used film, that is). > > I seem to recall that differing results from Rain-X applications were > caused by the type of cleaner used to clean the surface before > applying the solution. I could be mistaken, but I think ammonia was > the culprit. > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
