Cleaning Windows

[Southern Boy]

I just loth clean the glass windows on my vehicles. No matter how careful I am I always wind up with streaks or haze on the windows when they are exposed to sun light.

What a pain in the @ss to figure out if it is the inside or outside that needs to be gone over again.

Well, I bought some of this "Invisible Glass" with rain repellent at Wal-Mart and I’m telling you this stuff is great! Once over using crumpled newspaper (recommended on directions) and the glass is clean without any steaks or haze even in the sun. Try it, you’ll love it.

 

[Gunkk]

I've always been a fan of windex + old style cotton cloth baby diapers. I have good success with wet/dirty rag + dry/clean rag setup.

Just have to NOT wash the rags in laundry with fabric softener or dryer sheets, which have oils on them that will streak and haze the windows. I always clean them in a separate hot water/bleach load.

Getting sun-baked vinyl plasticizer residue off interior windows always takes a lot of work -- it saturates rags fast, so you have to turn the cloth frequently. Wost case I use one "dirty/wet" rag per window, and also why I always use armor-all sparingly!

 

[SmoovC]

I use the same detail spray on the windows as the I do on the outside of the car; Meguiar's Ultimate Quick Detailer.

A quick tip: wipe horizontally on the inside of the glass, and vertically on the outside. That way, if you do have streaks, it is easy to tell which side they are on.

 

[shagnat]

I just loth clean the glass windows on my vehicles. No matter how careful I am I always wind up with streaks or haze on the windows when they are exposed to sun light.

What a pain in the @ss to figure out if it is the inside or outside that needs to be gone over again.

Well, I bought some of this "Invisible Glass" with rain repellent at Wal-Mart and I’m telling you this stuff is great! Once over using crumpled newspaper (recommended on directions) and the glass is clean without any steaks or haze even in the sun. Try it, you’ll love it.

+1. Love that stuff!!

 

[nyc1rob]

I use Rain-X window cleaner....works great...however, I do not recommend Windex if it contains ammonia which can harm your car's paint!

 

[CC4.6]

Spray with Windex.

Wipe with newspapers. It works!! No steaks.

 

[Top Gear]

I use Meguiar's Gold Class Quik Detailer to clean, and Gold Class Quik Wax to finish, and it works great. Cross-hatch wiping is another trick. On the inside, I generally just use the QW towel without spraying more.

 

[EXBMWGUY]

I use Rain-X window cleaner....works great...however, I do not recommend Windex if it contains ammonia which can harm your car's paint!

Ammonia also ruins tinted glass.

 

[scottdk]

Ammonia also ruins tinted glass.

+1

 

[Jbo]

By tinted, assume you mean "aftermarket filmed " glass. Try "invisible glass", supposed to be good for filmed windows...no problems so far for me.

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[Giant Robo]

I just loth clean the glass windows on my vehicles. No matter how careful I am I always wind up with streaks or haze on the windows when they are exposed to sun light.

What a pain in the @ss to figure out if it is the inside or outside that needs to be gone over again.

Well, I bought some of this "Invisible Glass" with rain repellent at Wal-Mart and I’m telling you this stuff is great! Once over using crumpled newspaper (recommended on directions) and the glass is clean without any steaks or haze even in the sun. Try it, you’ll love it.

Southern

The news paper trick works well, but I have found one better. Two micro fiber towels, one to spray your product onto (do not spray product directly onto window) and the second to polish out the leftover residue and streaks if you will. I spray product onto the "product" MFT and in the other hand I have the polishing towel, this has served me well to crystal clear windows over the years.

 

[PMCErnie]

I looked into "invisible glass" and read the directions. I concluded I don't need another hazardous chemical to damage my eyes, etc. What's your take on that concern, Southern Boy?

 

[shagnat]

I looked into "invisible glass" and read the directions. I concluded I don't need another hazardous chemical to damage my eyes, etc. What's your take on that concern, Southern Boy?

The air we breathe and the food we eat is all hazardous to our health........ not to mention driving itself.

 

[Mark_888]

Ammonia also ruins tinted glass.

Several brands (including Windex) make a special formula auto window cleaner without ammonia for tinted glass. Obviously, it only needs to be used on after-market tinted interior surfaces.

For exterior auto glass surfaces, I use Rain-X window cleaner, which complements my Rain-X window treatment (doesn't remove the Rain-X when cleaning windows). Some people complain that Rain-X doesn't last long, and there is some truth to that on windshields due to the wiper blades, but IMO it works great on all other exterior glass surfaces and outside mirrors.

 

[Southern Boy]

I looked into "invisible glass" and read the directions. I concluded I don't need another hazardous chemical to damage my eyes, etc. What's your take on that concern, Southern Boy?

I guess there are pros & cons to everything.
I always read the labels on everything I use. I follow the instructions and have never had a problem.
The product works well for its intended propose and I am satisfied with the results.
Next time you get ready to drink a Coke read the ingredients on the label and understand that the product you are about to consume has a Ph. of about 1.5, just about the same as the acid in your cars battery, but yet Coke is sold in 184 countries around the world and is the number 1 soft drink in the world.

 

[Southern Boy]

Several brands (including Windex) make a special formula auto window cleaner without ammonia for tinted glass. Obviously, it only needs to be used on after-market tinted interior surfaces.

For exterior auto glass surfaces, I use Rain-X window cleaner, which complements my Rain-X window treatment (doesn't remove the Rain-X when cleaning windows). Some people complain that Rain-X doesn't last long, and there is some truth to that on windshields due to the wiper blades, but IMO it works great on all other exterior glass surfaces and outside mirrors.

Rain-X also makes a similar product as "Invisible Glass" (Window cleaner & water repellant all in one) and it is normally found right next to "Invisible Glass" on the shelf.

 

[PMCErnie]

I'm not overly worried about Coke at the moment. Now tomato sauce on Italian food gets me reaching for the Maalox. On the other hand, Maalox and Mylanta are currently off the market and unavailable.

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp

 

[Ron]

Try KAYWOS cloth. Company calls it Zezo-Fiber. I suspect it is a fine micro-fiber. Wife came home with a pkg. from a home/craft show several yrs ago and will use nothing else for windows period. I was a doubter but tried them and I use them on all our auto windows inside and out. My pick-up gets very dirty at times and I pre-clean the windows with a damp paper towel prior to using the kaywos. (It saves washing the cloth so often.) Sometimes I get the cloth too wet, then I follow the cloth with a dry paper towel. They are very easy and simple to use and no streaks. Just use water. I know it sounds too simple but they work.
check them out @ www.kaywos.com

 

[QuantumRift]

I use a couple of the dense microfiber cloths -- sprinkle a few drops of distilled water on each one and it works great. No streaks, no ammonia, etc. I have third party ceramic tinting on my Genesis.

 

[OneFunGenesis]

^ That works the best honestly....