Miata Mailing List: May 1996, Message #89
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   From: Tom Manson 
Subject: Rear Window "Browning"
   Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 08:32:13 -0400

Miateers,
I realized something this morning on the way to work.  Several of you 
have been commenting on the brown discoloration of the rear window as it 
becomes wavy (physically, i.e., it is forming a "washboard" effect 
horizontally).  I tried to Mequiars 10/17 away the browning on the 
outside of the window and I had no luck.  Thsi morning I realized that 
the browning is on the inside and on the bottoms of the window "waves," 
specifically where it contacts the shelf carpetting.  Since the browning 
has just recently increased dramatically this spring, I think it is 
related to the pollen that invariably must be accumulating on the shelf 
carpet.  If it isn't the pollen, then it is carpet dye (I doubt that 
actually since the car is 3 years old and has never done it so seriously 
before).  

Whichever the cause, this is a good rationale to use a window 
protector.  I'll bet those of you that use one have never seen this 
browning effect.

Given this new info, if anyone has a good idea how to clean it, let me know.

Later,
Tom Manson, Frederick, MD		
Product Assurance Manager, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Greenbelt, MD 20770
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