Re: glass cleaner

Posted by K Effective on December 31, 2016 at 16:09:52 from (162.235.236.141):

In Reply to: glass cleaner posted by cuby on December 31, 2016 at 13:36:43:

I'll provide answers from the perspective of a former professional auto detailer, but take them for what you will:

Glass must be cool- find shade somewhere, hot sun speeds the drying and messes with cleaning.

You CAN spray cleaner on glass, but understand that it then over-sprays surfaces around the glass, or leaves the edges of the glasss under-sprayed. Overspray is fine IF the surfaces around the glass are clean and you can let it evaporate or wipe it down. IF everything else is dirty, don't contaminate your window rag with the dust, clean the dash first, then go back for the glass. Glass should always be the last thing you clean.

Consider using a three rag system. First rag is soaked in a bucket of cleaner. Five gallon bucket, an inch or two of window cleaner, let it soak and wring it out. Then you apply only to the glass, and can get all the way into the corners, the part that makes a clean window look clean. Wipe the window down in several directions with the soaked rag, even re-soak it and wring it out again. This is doing the majority of the cleaning.

Follow up with a course-textured rag of some sort- even if not really absorbent, this is cleaning off any residual dirt/smoke/film. Don't worry about getting it more than 50% dried.

Finish with a lint-free rag (or, if you must newspaper). We used to use 100% cotton dish towels used by local appliance manufacturer in their lab as washing machine test loads. They had had all the lint washed out of them. I like the micro fiber ones now, after a few washes. Grandmas old, cotton dish towels with the days embroidered on them would be great, but use at your own risk!! You have to use the third, dry rag to polish the glass clean, this is what removes the streaks. Multiple passes in different directions, especially if you hit a wet spot. Turn it over often.

As for cleaning solution, my current product is the pre-mixed windshield washer solution from the parts store, or hardware store. If it is good enough for the outside of your windshield, why not the inside, too. And $.99 per gallon is the right price for me. Some is available with bug remover, slightly more sudsy. We used to buy a professional window concentrate and dilute it 10 to 1 with water. It was still strong enough to clear all the oil from your hands and make your skin split like crazy. Went to using gloves and that works better, once you get used to them. This stuff works about as well, but not quite.

Sorry, tl;dr. But, finally, something in my wheelhouse!

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