Tips for cleaning windows please?
 

Anyone got any good tips for cleaning windows?
I live on a main road and when the sun shines so the dirt shows up real bad is when i start to clean em :)
I use that spray stuff that you can buy and then rub a dub dub. It still looks all smeary when the sun shines......tips anyone...or other methods?

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vinegar :)

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Try drying them off with newspaper after you've cleaned them.

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Try different spray stuff I find some are better than others! Or take a tip from professional window cleaners and use soapy water and a squeegee.

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How about this?

Actually its very good ;)

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Have you tried a house brick ???? :D

I dont think you can go far wrong with a propper sqweege ( I just KNOW I spelt that wrong ) and washing up liguid. Thats what most of the window cleaners round here use I think.

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I have seen sprays advertised that give the window a coating which is supposed to make dirt less likely to stick to the window. Try googling for them. I think that these staqrted life as car windscreen coatings.

Pilkingtons now produce a glass which is specially coated called activ glass, I think. This coating reacts with sunlight tobreak down any dirt deposits on it and rainwater washes them from the glass.

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that just doesnt sound right....do you do that?

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Soapy Water, rinse with clean water (or squeege), polish with dry cloth.

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always clean windows on a dull day,sunlight dries them too quickly
30ml of vinegar to a bucket of water not hot water
rub over with a chamois leather after, if they get too dirty quick just rub with a chamois leather

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yeah, when i can be bothered cleaning my car i always use newspaper for the windows :shrug:

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ahh, u see you learn something new every day, i thought it was a shammy leather ;) :blush:

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But then how do you see to drive :D :rofl:

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come on Nemmy, me a star wars girl, I use the force :erm: :D

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Well, it gives you something to read while you're waiting for the ambulance :D

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Yes the best thing for cleaning off the window cleaner (which is water and vinager usually) is newspaper. Window scrims work well too (you can get them in the household section of John Lewis. Newspaper is free though, and doesn't need washing afterwards.

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And then what do you use to get the newspaper print off the window?

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I guess that the vinager means that it does not stick in the first place. If you use a mail (good use for it LOL) then it uses water based inks so this won't be a problem.

If your in London the Evening Standard and Metro also use water based ink.

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best tip ever... get someone else to do it!

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but your parking needs a bit of work

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And here is a drawing of a wild shammy. And if someone had used me to clean their window, I'd be wild as well. :)

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2004/03/4.gif

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Pay for a window cleaner and then do anything to keep them from giving up the round.

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Thats what I was going to say....get a window cleaner :D

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Recycling in Action :D

The scientific explaination: the newspaper being slightly harsh (until it gets damp) probably cuts through any surface film left on the glass after the softer cloth or whatever has been rubbed over it?

I wonder which idiot tried it out first though, and bet there were lots of incredulous responses when they told others about it (rather like the disbelievers here).

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Also it would not cause static build up, keeping dust away a little longer.

"Woohoo: 2 pips :tu: thanks all :blush: Can I have 3? :pimp: "

Gotta spread it around first mate...

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Well, I've carefully checked this thread and no-one has yet mentioned the traditional method of cleaning windows. This is probably due either to cowardice, or much more likely, a well-developed sense of self-preservation. I shall now stick my head above the parapet, then beat a hasty retreat. :)

The traditional method of cleaning windows is for the wife to do it.

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Dont clean the windows whilst the sun is shining on them.

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Luftys, :eek: :eek: I'd have paid good money for you not to show this pic :erm:

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Use some dishwasher "rince aid" in your water. helps the water run off without streaking.

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Smash window, pick bits up, put in dishwasher, wash, superglue back together.. lol

The vinegar & newsaper are old methods that do work.

As is elbow grease... plenty of it.

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But you always have a bit missing :Yikes: y not just live in a cave they dont have windows :disturbd:

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Noone has mentioned it, but apparently orange-based cleaners are supposed to be brilliant. They have been on infomercials in the US for ages (anyone who has watched American TV will know what I mean; buy a 750ml bottle for $19.95, and get 40 gallons free if you order within the next 20 mins). My dad runs a property management company over there for short-term-rental villas, and his cleaners swear by them (they say it's really good for glass shower enclosures which are supposed to be harder to clean).

They are just starting to come over here, but still not that common. here is an example, if you want to know what I mean.

HTH.

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Actually there is quite a choice at Safeways ooops Morrisons I mean.