Glass Cleaning Poll

How do you clean glass?

  • Spray glass first with glass cleaner, then wipe dry

    Votes: 79 70.5%

  • Spray towel first with glass cleaner, then wipe dry

    Votes: 25 22.3%

  • Other --- specify

    Votes: 8 7.1%
  • Total voters
    112

I always spray the towel first and then wipe the glass.

If you spray the glass first chances are you will get the glass cleaner on your dash and it could leaves spots or mean that you have to redo the dash. I always do the windows last as well.

 
I voted for spraying the towel first Al but I really do both but it depends on the situation.

Daily Driver

General cleaning on an daily driver I spray on the towel when wipe dry. The windshield on the other hand I always spray on the glass as it tends to require a dwell time to soften and dissolve contaminates.

Depending on how dirty it is I may also opt for paper towels on the first attempt then finish up with a waffle weave towel.

Interior always towel first.

Freshly Detailed

On a full detail I always spray on a towel then wipe and dry.
 
I threaten my little brother with an air soft gun and make him do it! If I have to clean glass I spray my window towel first then I always go in cross hatch style for interior/exterior that way if I see streaks I can tell if its in or out by the direction of the lines. Interiors seems to be easier to go up and down especially on hard to reach front and rears. Not that I would ever streak a window because we all know I'm perfect! Just like a little insurance if I do. Nothing worse than having to try to figure out which side of the glass the streak is on :wall
 
Interior Glass - I fold a MF towel in quarters. That gives me a clean side for each glass. Remove the dust first then spray the MF towel and scrub away grime. Finish with a PB velvet smooth glass towel.

Exterior Glass - I fold a MF towel in quarters. Spray the glass and scrub it. Finish with PB velvet smooth glass towel.

All exterior glass except windshield is sealed with BFWD and cleans in a jiffy.
 
I wipe horizontally on the interior and vertically on the exterior. It does help isolate which side needs to be cleaned again.
 
I use two MF towels folded into quarters. Spray cleaner on one towel, wipe glass then use the other clean towel to wipe off the rest.
 
I have been using the window towels Corey is selling for the last few weeks. I spray Megs glass cleaner on them then wipe. Those towels really work well and leave zero streaks.
 
Exterior: I have MF glass towels that have the mesh back so I spray glass, scrub with mesh side, then dry with other side, then dry with another MF towel.

Interior: if the towel that I used on the exterior for the first wipe which is wet and not full of bug and crap I use it to wipe the interior glass and then dry with a dry MF towel. If the MF towel is dirty I use a clean MF towel and have done both spray the glass or spray towel first it depends if I have cleaned the dash or not.

Dean. :cool:
 
I hate doing glass. On really dirty windows I hit them with Meg's glass cleaner first. Then follow with distilled water. If they aren't bad (maintenance cleaning) just the distilled water is sufficient.

I also always roll side windows down a few inches to get the tops. Looks bad when a customer rolls down the windows and has a "border" of grime.
 
On the exterior I spray the glass then wipe the dirt away with one microfiber then come back with a dry to get rid of everything that is left behind. Interior is sprayed on the towel with the same 2 towel process.
 
Dear Al & Friends

I thought I'd save money and in October or November of 2011 bought a gallon of product I'd never used before—Diamondite Perfect Vision Glass Cleaner. I'm still have about a quart left to go. I don't see anything wrong with this product, but it's never had to clean a dirty windshield for me. I prefer the RainX and Sprayway cleaners simply because they give me the feeling I'm applying something other than water.

I spray the windshield first if on the outside, wipe down with a microfiber, and do the final drying wipe with an Invisible Glass Reach & Clean Tool. Doing only the drying wipe with this tool is a tip I learned from Mike Phillips.

Streak-free. Every time.

On interior glass I either use our McCulloch steamer and then wipe or spray a very slight amount of cleaner on a microfiber towel, always finishing up with the glass-wiping wedge mentioned above.

On a side note, I applied Aquapel to our van's windshield last June and it's still there. If I'm doing 35mph or more, there's no need to run the wipers. That amazes me. Applying Aquapel for the first time was a major pain for me because I didn't realize the importance of immediately wiping it off. Leaving it on for about a minute caused me to consume the better part of an hour in its removal. Our Odyssey's windshield is massive, so it would have been smarter to apply it to one half before applying it to the other.

We're about to go on another road trip (from northern Atlanta suburbs to Port Canaveral for a Disney cruise) and I'll apply Aquapel again. Prep will include claying and a quick application of CarPro's CeriGlass polish.
 
Dr Oldz said:
I have been using the window towels Corey is selling for the last few weeks. I spray Megs glass cleaner on them then wipe. Those towels really work well and leave zero streaks.
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Aren't these towels used with water for cleaning, thus eliminating the need for a glass cleaner or am I all wet?
 
I spray on the window first... then wipe.

Window cleaning is where my detailing "bug" started. I tried RainX, then Aquapel and now use Pinnacle. When the window was cleaner I then saw very clearly how dull the hood looked.. so I cleaned and waxed the hood... and so it went...

I actually appreciate window cleaning the most! Because later as I drive I think... wow, that window is really clean... :inspector:
 
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