Today was the day our windshield wiper blades decided to give up the ghost, and after stopping by 3 different auto part stores on our way home we discovered that our Toyota Previa is rudely excluded from the computer list of replacement wipers.

4 dollars worth of Rain-X solved the problem nicely. This stuff really works. You just apply the transparent polymer to a clean and dry surface, let it dry, and buff it in for a coat of near magical protection.

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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