{"id":39,"date":"2024-05-28T02:20:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T02:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/is-it-ok-for-my-windshield-wipers-to-hit-the-decal\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T03:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:24:08","slug":"is-it-ok-for-my-windshield-wipers-to-hit-the-decal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/questions-about-decals\/is-it-ok-for-my-windshield-wipers-to-hit-the-decal\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it OK for my windshield wipers to hit the decal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valid concern. Your decals will do &#8220;fine&#8221; even with the windshield wipers hitting them. However, as you may have noticed, windshield wipers can pick up dirt and scratch even the windshield. So, if they scratch the windshield they will damage the decal. That being said, you should have many years of use &#8211; even with the wipers &#8220;hitting&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Just make sure they stay clean and do not wear out.<\/p>\n<p>Have another question about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/decals\/decals.html\">decals<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/signs\/signs.html\">signs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/lettering\/lettering.html\">lettering<\/a>,<br \/>\nor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signspecialist.com\/stripes\/fastnfurious\/fastnfurious.htm\">stripes<\/a>? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decals can withstand being hit by windshield wipers and will last for many years, provided the wipers are kept clean and in good condition. However, if the wipers pick up dirt and are worn out, they can scratch the windshield, which will subsequently scratch and damage the decal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":836,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1050,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions\/1050"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/signspecialist.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}