Tips for cleaning windows please?

[aliferste]

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?

[Dave Stones]

vinegar

[Pritch]

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

[Enterian]

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.

[Nikko]

How about this?

Actually its very good

Have you tried a house brick ????

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.

[ian@huth]

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.

[aliferste]

Originally Posted by Pritch

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

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

[Indians]

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

[luftys]

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

[Marge]

Originally Posted by aliferste

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

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

[Dave Stones]

Originally Posted by luftys

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

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

[Nemesis]

Originally Posted by Debsy42

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

But then how do you see to drive

[Marge]

Originally Posted by Nemesis

But then how do you see to drive

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

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by Nemesis

But then how do you see to drive

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