Window Cleaning Thread # 273

[Jesstzn]

I`m not sure if this has been posted before and a search just brought up a bunch of useless info .. but here goes .



I have been followoing a lot of the window cleaning protocols posted here since I joined, up to and including the Stoners .. ( which is great ).



In the last couple years I have been using the Pakshak 24 x 36 WW towel to dry my car and have noticed since then my windows have been very clean .. and for the last year I have been experimenting to the point where I was cleaning the insides of my windows with nothing but a Meguiars Ultimate wipe dampened with water *immediatly* followed by the WW towel. Don`t let the moisture film left by the Ultimate towel dry .. in other words Ultimate in left hand .. WW in right hand .



I next moved on to my customers cars which aren`t as well kept as mine and they too came out clean and streak free. The only drawback is the size of the WW so I orderd the 16 x 24 from Ranny to be put into dedicated window drying service.



One of my customers is a smoker and after the winter the smoke scum still wasn`t an issue.



The Ultimate towel seems to cut the film loose and collect the majority of it and the WW picks up the rest and polishes it.



I hand wash the Ultimate in Dawn right after and hang to dry if I have done a smokers car .. otherwise its about 6 cars before I wash it .. the WW doesn`t get that soiled so is washed less frequent.



Anyone else use this method?

[SK2003TypeS]

I don`t use those exact towels. Most of the time I`m using Stoners IG or EF Clear vision (both are great cleaners) with a couple of Ranny`s 16x16s. As far as using only water, it seems to work good if the glass is relativly clean. I don`t do the interior windows every wash :o , so I tend to use a window cleaner out of habbit.



You hit the nail on the head with the immediate drying pass when just using water. I`m kinda surprised that a smoker`s glass can be cleaned with just water. I guess the media is a factor.

[teamvegas]

I have had luck with some smokers windows with just water, but some I could not even budge the film. I did a Matrix about a month ago that took two applications of Stoners and a final wipe with water followed by your method.



I have found that the water followed by WW works very well for non smokers and now I just use Stoners followed by wet MF with dry WW. Works great and no streaking unless the glass is really hot. Vegas glass gets pretty warm in the summer!

[Jesstzn]

Just thought of something ... our tobacco blends up here are different than in the US ... might be one of the reasons it comes off a little easier ..

[teamvegas]

Good point. I would think that is a possibility. I have done quite a few cars now that I think of it that required a lot more than just water.

[Jesstzn]

Ya this is my only smoking customer that smokes in his car ... and I quit 10 years ago.

[teamvegas]

Haven`t tried it and never will. Lost 3 grandparents to lung cancer. Not for me!!



What did you think of the stoners compared to just water and a MF & WW?

[Jesstzn]

Originally posted by teamvegas

Haven`t tried it and never will. Lost 3 grandparents to lung cancer. Not for me!!



What did you think of the stoners compared to just water and a MF & WW?



Stoners to me was the best commercial *glass* cleaner I have tried be it for the car or the glass tables in the house ... but will streak if hot out but a lot less than the others.



I like to clean car windows in natural light to look for streaking ..



BTW I use distilled water on the damp towel .. its cheap .. - $1 a gal.



As for my preference I have gone to the MF/water/WW as I find it a lot faster and excellent results.



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