One of the things you can do when making home-made window cleaning solution is to skip the tap water and use distilled. Distilled water has no impurities and dries spotless. Tap water contains impurities - this is why your car gets spots after spraying it down with the hose and letting it drip dry. March 31, This is a great article. I thought for those who like to purchase ready to use cleaners, there is an new "green" cleaning manufacturer that has the best streak free VOC free, green glass cleaner called BioWorx.
I have been using BioWorx VOC free glass and surface cleaner with a microfiber towel with no streaks. May 6, TSP, I believe, is trisodium phosphate - it is used to clean driveways that have grease drips from cars. You can find it at Home Depot-like stores.
April 29, April 21, What ratio of Dawn to water? April 19, I learned the tricks of the trade by a true window washer, in San Francisco for large office buildings. There trick is to use power TSP and water. Just enough TSP to make the water soft to the touch like silk.
It does a better job than vinegar, dishwashing liquid, or any other window cleaner. It helps sheet the water dirt off.
I tried the newpaper method for window washing. My windows were very clean, however to my dismay, the newsprint left black marks all over my white trim. My very "unMartha-like" solution has been using Windex Outdoor Window. April 17, My Roy husband makes a cleaner that is fabulous This will clean anything.
If you over pour the dawn it will get too thick and streak the windows just like the others. I do use it on car windows but am careful when I spray. It keeps them sparkling new! Spray well and let it drip dry.
There should be no water spots. With hard water you want to make sure to hand dry the windows instead of letting it air dry, the minerals in the water residue will show up. If you use the commercial windes spray, this is nothing to worry about. The dish detergent with vinegar technique is something we can suggest to our clients for at home cleaning.
I have used this for eons and swear by it. To my To avoid foaming, slowly add water. Swirl to mix and ready to use. One to wipe off spray and the 2nd to dry. No streaks…crystal clean. Good luck! We tell people all the time that they do not need to purchase the most expensive and supposedly industry leading window cleaner out there on the market.
All you need to properly and effectively clean your windows is probably already under your kitchen sink! Vinegar, water, dish soap, DONE. Windows will look squeaky clean.
Like you, I wear many hats, and live to tell about it. This space is a place for sharing food, home, garden, travel and lifestyle tidbits, with some fun always thrown in for good measure. By Amy Johnson. Jump to How-To. Continue to Content. Tools bucket scrub brush optional extension pole water hose optional sprayer attachment. Instructions Combine water, white vinegar and dish detergent in a bucket. In case our windows are covered with much dirt, we should leave this solution to soak just for a minute before rinsing it.
Before starting the clean up process we should prepare the area for cleaning. We should remove any dust on the window by using a towel or a paper cloth. Depending on how dirty your windows are, select the strength of your solution. If there are tiny objects left on the window, we should remove them beforehand and avoid getting them wet with the vinegar which will make them more difficult for cleaning.
Use a solution of vinegar and water and put it in a spray bottle. If we are cleaning more than one window, we should spray the vinegar only the first window. Use a cloth to rub the solution on the entire glass surface.
We should try to work quickly with the cloth to avoid getting streaks. Do this after drying the entire surface with lint-free towel. The more vigorously and quickly we work with the drying towel , the less streaks will appear. Avoid using towels that contain lint such as standard dish or hand towels because they cause the appearance of streaks.
We can use paper towel or newspaper instead. Pour a mixture of vinegar and water in a bucket. If our windows are large in size we will need more cleaning solution with vinegar of course. The needed cleaning solution is too much to fit in a spray bottle so we need a middle-size bucket.
You can use the solution recipes we have mentioned above depending on how dirty your windows are. If you are planning to clean outside windows use a hose first to rinse them to remove any excess dirt. We may need to spray some areas if there is visible caked on dirt. Prepare a soapy solution and use it to quickly clean your windows before starting to work with the vinegar solution.
This should be done especially if there is a lot of accumulated grime on the outside of our windows. This will make the cleaning with vinegar solution much easier afterwards. If we find out some pretty stubborn dirt spots, we can try scrubbing them. Squeegee cleaning: Always dampen the squeegee first and clean from the top down, wiping the edge of the squeegee after every stroke. Clean only when there is no direct sun on the windows. Rinse and dry the window frames immediately to avoid any damage.
For extremely grimy glass, prewash with very soapy water, then go to the vinegar spray. Got highly resistent spots? Try rubbing hard with a cloth dipped in undiluted vinegar. See the information below: First Vinegar Wash 2 c. Forever After Vinegar Wash 1 c. This is for normal windows. What's the Best Wipe? HINT: Squeegees are harder to get the hang of, but they almost always do a better job.
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