How To Clean Your Faceshield Without Special Cleaning Supplies

Bugs on your visor or facesheild are not only a safety risk, but they are also extremely irritating. Today, we reveal one of our favorite Moto Life Hacks for getting a perfectly clean visor when you are out and about, without any special cleaning supplies. This works at most any gas station using just the windshield cleaning station, and most importantly, without risking any scratches to your visor.
Warning: This technique may not work with some photochromatic, light-sensitive visors. Check with your visor manufacturer before attempting.
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[@anthonypramualratana5031]

For several years now I have improvised a windshield wiper during light to medium rain which works very well. I cut an inch and a half of a new wiper and super glue it to my left glove on the index finger. I don't glue the middle part to allow for some bend in the rubber. For light to medium rainfall this work perfectly by wiping my left index finger from left to right. This lasts for a about a month before the super glue wears off in which I re-glue it again. Super clear visibility!

[@weekendwarriorT7]

Good tip! Doing it over a year now, works flawlessly. Scratch free. In fact that's the whole point of soaking the paper towel - it prevent scratching your visor by dried-up bugs remains..

[@DLITINTHEHOUSE]

That’s a good hack. Another good one is if you have something to store a wet chamois in, wet one up and gently wring it so it stays moist, then throw it in a ziplock bag and take it with. Because it’s wet it’s the same concept as your video here, except you don’t need a gas station to do it!

[@sutt16v]

For years I’ve used baby wipes! I keep a small pack under my seat, at work and in my garage. I also use them to clean files from the front of the bike. Used in the same way you show in the video. A cheap packet of baby wipes in the uk is around 50p.

[@gronkgrunk]

Same here. Cheap, easy storage & multiple uses for a rider.

[@pauldowner1]

Thanks mate, new to riding perfect tip!

[@flyjayUK]

If it's good enough for a babies arse, it'll be fine for my helmet. . . . wait that sounds dodgy.

[@merson812]

Thank for the tip Mate.

[@winner1338]

I always have 1 pack too. It can clean anything else too. When stop eating near the road, you can clean your hands before putting the gloves back on.

[@mannygarcia1810]

Anyone else gets grossed out with the gas station windshield washer bucket???

[@anthonypellegrino1633]

Yes cause I’ve seen people clean off gasoline overspill off their cars with it !

[@elijah1833]

Kelias visor clear is a new product that was just launched that addresses the bug issue. Works perfectly.

[@dbier7823]

I love it. I’ve actually been doing it for a long time now. I even clean my visor like that when I’m at home.

[@thomasmatarazzo198]

Alot of those gas stations don't change that fluid out regularly. U might catch some funk if u stick your hand in there

[@jwhays]

I came to say the same thing. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve went to clean my car’s windshield and it stunk like something died in the cleaning fluid.

[@chanakpugkaing]

Zee brand “clean n’ safe” wipes are specially design for face shields, goggles, and glasses. They clean incredibly well and are incredibly cheap. Not only that they contain an anti fog component as well.

[@joseynovember6503]

I only recently started using a neck sock. And I can't believe how such a small addition to my kit increases comfort. Especially in hot weather. Having your neck exposed to all that road grit n dust is just unnecessary. I'm surprised more guys don't wear them all the time. And if it gets too hot I just soak it in water and it cools the blood flow to my head. Simple and effective

[@nigelmtb]

Totally agree! I love Buffs and almost always have one on me.

[@larrymadd9084]

I use lens cleaning wipes, the same ones for eyeglasses, that you can get a box of for cheap. They come in individual sachets, I keep some in my jacket pocket.

[@russelllocke7180]

Good call. Use the same idea of only swiping up and down or side to side on Perspex aircraft screens after soaking bugs (didn’t use a huge soaker cloth though).

[@nERDANZIEHUNG]

Do it for 10 years, as well. Works perfect!

[@votpavel]

i tend to just carry microfiber rag and ammonia free spray with me. The real challenge is how to clean the visor right away after a bug smashed right where it blocks your vision and swiping with softer part of a glove only makes it smudge. Id say the best way would be to somehow attach a microfiber piece to your inner side of the arm onto the jacket,or i guess a long riding glove would work as well

[@UncleBman]

Brilliant! Soaking and single wipe is key as you mentioned. What utopian paradise do you ride in where there's paper towels at all never mind water at all?

[@CanyonChasers]

Haha - it's not always so glorious. Sometimes we have to use napkins and bottled water. :)

[@FingersRides]

Wire wool works well

[@edwardhamel181]

Nice. Useful tip.

[@vriendelijkegroet]

For serious touting, I have a damp little microfibre towel with me in a plastic sandwich bag with me in my tankbag. One wipe, done.

[@aeror115]

Amazing channel mate! Enjoy the bike life 🤙

[@Simon-fm8yc]

I keep a damp microfibre cloth, kept in a plastic bag. Works every time.

[@mhilde7744]

Works great! Thanks

[@leomadebr]

What about helmet and Eyeglasses? It's danger to use with?

[@johnkramer745]

great hack, TFS. my bigger problem is the visor fogging up all the time (dont know if it because of the winter thing right now with sub zero temps or what). i wear a balaclava which redirects the breathe down and even open the visor by 1 notch (3-4 mm gap) but to no avail. can you do a video on resolving that perhaps?

[@CanyonChasers]

Yeah, thats a good idea. In the meantime, one trick they used to do in the air force is put a thin layer of soap on the inside of the visor and then buff it out. We don't really ride when its that cold, so for most of us, just cracking the visor open works most of the time.

[@johnkramer745]

@@CanyonChasers Thank you for replying. Soap it is then and buffing.

[@Lick-My-Salty-Balls]

Have you tried a Pinlock insert on the inside of your visor? pinlock.com/products/

[@1300BlueStar]

@@CanyonChasers Soap works really good but I found Lemon Pledge works as well and smells better.

[@ArcanePath360]

In the UK we don't have that facility at gas stations.

[@philjones3154]

Basically mini spray bottle with water and an e-cloth does the trick.... Don't need to be near a garage (uk for gas station!)... U.K. Garages rarely have windshield washing stuff anyway (probably because a 2 hour journey in a car is regarded as a long journey here 😋)

[@CK9mum]

I use baby wipes to clean my visor. I keep a travel pack of wipes in my bike. I use them in the same way as in the video. I also add water to the pack of baby wipes to make them extra wet. They do dry out over time so I just keep adding a bit of water.

[@NNappula]

Learned this couple months ago and damn it is amazingly good solution.

[@cheeseballs3825]

I was getting some juicy bugs last night. Big yellow splatter all over my visor. IDK what that was, but it felt like a hummingbird at 70mph.

[@mattinthehat22]

GOLD!!

[@gunn00r]

Nice to know! If you have squeaking riding boots, it probably comes from a joint. Use leather boots spray wax and spray a good amount around and in the joint. It will coat the leather and stop the joint from squeaking 👌

[@OutbackOutlaw]

Excellent hack. Better than spit and polish.

[@movingforward6099]

I'm glad there's no elbow grease involved,don't like that stuff.

[@cibsim]

Thank you again.

[@abhilashpsy9340]

Hey @CanyonChasers i have a tinted visor for my THH, i have cleaned it using my bike polish once, the Visor absorbed it, please help me*how can i get the stuff back to normal*!!!!!!

[@CanyonChasers]

It might be too late. We tend to only use Plexus, Honda Polish, or water to clean our visors. Even pledge, and some of those other polishes can "etch" (melt) the plastic and it'll never be clear again.

[@gronkgrunk]

I carry a pack of wet-wipes with me every ride.

[@richardvarnold6245]

Can this be done for windshields?

[@motorcycleislife8296]

I just use a wet rag when I get home?

[@jimmorrison306]

At most of the stations around here, the fluid in the buckets of the cleaning stations smell like vomit.

[@CanyonChasers]

Water from a water bottle works the same way. :)

[@cpsmith835]

Plastic ziplock baggie with a microfiber towel and put some glass cleaner in there. Put in a side pouch of the tank bag. NOTE, clean it every night in the motel room sink! If you break that baby out after leaving it in the tank bag for 3 days straight, well, I hope you're wearing your helmet because the disgusting smell will surely make you faint.

[@Sig320]

When you said #MotoLifeHack you remind me of the guy from cobra Kai on Netflix trying to use the Internet for the first time

[@tjuk2334]

Exactly how I've always done it.

[@jonathanwance2654]

plain and simple

[@christopher9626]

Ill be damned. I never would have thought of that. Thank you, buddy

[@Suzukibob69]

Or you can just go ham on your visor with the squeegee 😂

[@herrmahlzahn6924]

I would like to know what I could do against foggy visors in the winter. As soon the temps hit the 36F mark, my visor get foggy from inside. Riding with a open visor is not an option (brrrrrr).

[@markay_]

Get a pinlock visor.

[@dogsnmotorcycles]

never fails that I catch a bug again before getting to 4th gear...

[@CanyonChasers]

And it never fails that it'll be a giant bug and it'll hit directly in front of your dominant eye. Every freaking time!

[@larryavilez8060]

Is windex is bad to clean your visor with?

[@CanyonChasers]

Yes. The ammonia is too harsh. If you must use it. Dilute it...a lot.

[@jamessuttie1261]

This is fuc#$&ing brilliant!

[@marshallfischer3667]

I'll just treat it like a windshield keep my helmet on wash it and then use the squeegee part and done.

[@Aleph1010]

I just keep my helmet on, bend forward (no dripping on my jacket) and use the gas station squeegee on my visor, paper towel wipe and I'm away.

[@dariusjuodokas9458]

An alternative, that is especially handy nowadays: use alcohol-based hands sanitiser :) Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, you can find hands sanitiser in nearly any public place: shops, restaurants, cafes, gas stations, etc (at least in Europe). Just take a paper towel (I like to carry a few clean ones in my back pocket), find a public place, add some sanitiser on the paper towel and go wipe your helmet. It works because alcohol dissolves fats very easily (that's exactly the property of why it's used for sterilization in medicine). And bugs' guts are mostly fats. Apply some alco on them and they will come right off. Warning: not all public places use alcohol-based hand sanitiser. Check its smell and feel before using it to clean your helmet.

[@riot7521]

Every gas staion I've been to has their windshield washing buckets filled with the dankest sewer water they can find

[@1300BlueStar]

Water and a microfibre cloth work just as well, same method

[@movingforward6099]

I use F11 topcoat, its for all surfaces. nuthen sticks . I use it on my whole bike and helmet ,on windsheild and visor. Its a spray and easy to use and easy to clean afterwards. Check out there website. I like your idea and the ones in the comments ! Cheers !!

[@Lincolnator721]

I did this with my glasses when i broke my shield.

[@pjmtts]

Ziplock bag and a mr clean eraser are my preferred way

[@NoGo90]

Magic erasers are literally fine grit sandpaper

[@dronus]

Good idea... I invented a better solution, hopefully it'll be in stores this summer. Wish me luck yall.

[@CanyonChasers]

Good luck!

[@dronus]

@CanyonChasers thanks. Testing of the idea starts as soon as the weather gets better. 🙌🏽

[@bradc1121]

That window washer fluid is disgusting at most gas stations!

[@TraJikyy]

But when ur on the road and need to clean to bug juice off to see the road it’s better than licking it off lol.. if ur at home there better ways to clean and freshen anti fog

[@albertosbrolla8424]

👍

[@charlieangkor8649]

visors scratch by even thinking about them.

[@xIronMikex]

0:52 hmm nope area close to stone mountain GA is full of no good minorities (guess which) and of the 3 gas stations I went ALL had zero wands and fluid. One even said see cashier for squeegee and fluid to which he lazily replied we are out in an Indian accent.