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Wipers! Not Ypres -- windshield wipers

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  • Member since
    October 2005
  • From: Yuma, Arizona
Wipers! Not Ypres -- windshield wipers
Posted by Brumbles on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 10:26 AM

Anybody have an easy, sure-fire way to mask a flat windshield to simulate where the wiper blades have cleared the dust? I thought I'd make paper masks with my circle template, stick 'em on by wetting, spray with some Dullcote and call it a day, but I'm having a hard time determining the geometry of the thing. (It's probably just another excuse to not complete the build!)

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Towson MD
Posted by gregbale on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 11:20 AM

The distance from the "axle" of the wiper mount to the farthest tip of the wiper blade itself will be the radius of your outside circle. The distance from the wiper mount to the near/bottom end of the wiper blade will be the radius of your inside circle. Doubling each of these will give you the diameter of the corresponding circle, which is probably how your template is marked.

Cut out the inner circle and throw it away. The rest, cut into suitable sections, can be used to mask your windshield.

Cheers

Greg

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"Every time you correct me on my grammar I love you a little fewer."
 
  • Member since
    January 2010
Posted by CrashTestDummy on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 11:46 AM

Get a drafting compass (you can get pretty cheap elementary school ones at office supply stores).  Examples are here:

en.wikipedia.org/.../Compass_%28drafting%29

You can measure the length of the wiper blade with this, and use that to mark your ark on tape.  Cut the portion of your tape off the strip of tape you marked up and place it on your window.  Paint, splatter, or dull as you want and then peel the tape off to reveal your clear area.  

Gene Beaird,

Pearland, Texas

G. Beaird,

Pearland, Texas

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