99017 Pro Glass Care Kit – Clean with Premium Glass Cleaner, Strip Water Spots with Glass Stripper, Protect with Ceramic Coating – Includes (2) Microfiber Cloths

This review is for Invisible Glass 91411 3.38-Ounce Glass Stripper Kit. This kit is supposed to remove water spots, road film, and coatings (such as polishes, waxes, hydrophobic barriers, etc.). I purchased this because I wanted to step up my game on cleaning my car windows and for getting better results with my windshield wipers and hydrophobic barrier applications. Invisible Glass Glass Stripper was one of the top recommended based on professional reviews, consumer reviews, and application/results videos I watched.The application was very easy, and the included applicator sponge is of good quality. I may have used more of the compound than I needed to. I mention this, because the bottle is pretty small. I probably used up about half the bottle doing all the windows on my car. The directions say to use Invisible Glass Glass Cleaner before using Glass Stripper. The Glass Stripper is applied by shaking the bottle thoroughly and applying the white liquid/paste to the sponge applicator. Then use small circular motions to scrub the glass in overlapping motions as to not miss any spots. Be careful not to get this compound on to anything other than glass, as there are elements in this compound that are abrasive. If you do get any of the compound on to anything else, such as paint, use generous amounts of water to get it off. Do not rub the compound off the paint, as you will scratch up the paint. If you do have to use a towel to whipe the compound off of paint (or other surfaces) use a very wet, clean, microfiber towel, and carefully lift the leading edge of the microfiber towel away from the surface as you wipe. The compound is white, so it is easy to see your application, and it dries to a white chalky haze. The instructions then say rinse it off thoroughly with water. If you do this, you want to make sure you are very thorough in rinsing all the compound away and off the car so that there is no residue left on the glass or car. I did this in my garage in winter, so I used a damp microfiber towel to wipe away the compound, followed by a second damp microfiber towel to remove any remaining compound. And I followed that up with a clean microfiber towel to dry off the windshield. Doing this method worked very well, and I did not have any water run off of the glass onto anything else. The water droplets stuck to the glass very well. Which means this Glass Stripper must be effective at removing coatings, since I had an application of Rain-X on my glass prior. However, I did notice that a number of water spots that were on my glass (particularly the rear window, which gets the dirtiest) remained. So, Glass Stripper was not as effective at removing water spots as I had hoped it would have been, but it is possible that the remaining water spots could possibly be etched into the glass.Here is the overall process I did for my car windows. I washed the windows with car soap and water using a microfiber towel, then wiped the soap off with a damp microfiber towel, and I dried the windows with a microfiber towel. I then did two cleanings with Invisible Glass Glass Cleaner and a microfiber cloth followed by an application of Glass Stripper. After this I did an application of SOFT99 4146 Ultra Glaco Glass Cleaner (it's called glass cleaner, but it is actually a hydrophobic barrier coating (like a Rain-X)). The overall results were excellent.There are additional steps that can be done to clean the glass even further. One thing would be to use a high-speed buffer with a foam pad and a glass cleaning compound, such as Glass Stripper. You can also clay bar the glass in the same way you would clay bar the paint. I have seen videos of people using ultra-fine grade #0000 steel wool to clean glass as well, but you would need to be extremely careful that you get the ultra-fine grade, use gloves, and don't touch anything that is not glass.On a side note, the newspaper trick is great for no lint, but then you wind up with ink on your hands and possibly on the car if you aren't careful. A good quality microfiber is the way to go, and yes, there are big differences between microfiber brands out there. I have used some that just don't clean and leave lint, to others that are so effective that they can actually clean just with water.

Was super easy to use. Takes some upper body strength but super happy with how clean the windshield came out after using it. No more oil on windshield from installation of new windshield.

So..this definitely works to use as a simple window stripper in order to apply a water repellent. It removes newer water spots well and It makes a smooth surface and definitely creates a clear window when I use it with the Invisible Glass spray cleaner.This didn’t really work well on my severe and long term water spots, though. For those, I had to use 0000 Brillo type pads and even then, there are many spots remaining (which is why I gave this product such a high score..I believe those long term spots have etched my windows and therefore nothing will remove them)I. The box, you get the cleaner and a sponge/applicator. The cleaner is very similiar to glass top stove cleaner. You apply it, let it dry and then remove it by buffing it away. The sponge also doubles as a fine grit sander. After all that’s done, you rinse the windows with water and that will remove any product that remains. EXCEPT if you have dings and holes in your window. I was unable to Get the product out of there but after a big rainstorm, it came out on its own.So…I’m summary…this works well to remove layers of wax and newer water spots. It makes the windows shine. I won’t be repurchasing after it’s empty , though, because the steel wool pads work better in my opinion.

Ok I’m a first time ceramic user so I thought this would be a good way to get my feet wet before I tackle the whole car. I think this kit does that well enough but there are things you should know before you start; some mistakes I made as a rookie and some drawbacks of the products.My rookie mistake: Read ALL the directions before starting. I didn’t do this and it cost me a little $$. I was planning on just doing the windshield first and doing the rest of the glass on a later date when I had more time. Plan on doing ALL the glass at once unless you have multiple applicators/microfiber towels. The ceramic applicator and buff towels CANNOT be reused. The ceramic residue hardens and makes them unusable. So now I have to buy more applicators and more microfibers (one wet, one dry) for applying the ceramic to the rest of the glass on the car.Main Product Drawback: the glass stripper is very difficult to remove. You need MANY more towels than they provide in the kit even if you’re just doing the windshield. Also, when rinsing it off, it runs on to other parts of the car so you will need to wash the car after you get done with the stripper. In addition, the bottle the stripper comes in is leaky and messy when using it. In the future when I add ceramic to the rest of the glass I think I’ll skip the stripper and just use some ceramic prep spray after using the glass cleaner.Speaking of the glass cleaner, that’s good. Cleans the glass with no streaks. Top notch.The ceramic itself was pretty easy to work with. Flashes to a rainbow effect to indicate when to buff off. The first area should be small though because the applicator will soak up a good portion of the first application of ceramic. Following applications were better.Durability remains to be seen.

Used to strip all waxes, oils from my windshield before ceramic coating it. Easy to use with EXCELLENT results. Crystal clear clarity... water repelled

I bought a new to me Expedition that had really bad water spots on the front windshield. I did a test run but my windshield was a little too warm for the product. I waited until morning to do it and it worked amazing. I do have to use it again on the driver side as it was the worse. Overall I am very pleased with the product.

Very easy to use and did help to get stuff of my windshield, in the rain the windshield was definitely clearer. I didn’t know there was special cleaner to be used with this but I’ll look for it now.

I bought a 10 years old cab, and the windshield was beaten from years of residue + wiper streaks + water marks. I didn't think it would work, but it did an amazing job, and I only used about 1\4 of the bottle. I'll apply some on the side windows this summer, since it's crystal clear now.

Easy to apply

siguiendo las instrucciones y el video, lo apliqué al vaso y estuve dos horas en él, al final todo igual que sin el producto. No funciona, no recomiendo comprar.

I love this product. It cleared my windshield oil film and now I can apply the rain repellent and make it easy to drive in the rain. Loves it. Must have for any car wash day

Lo utilicé para limpieza de salpicado de pintura y no removió nada.