Does anyone still use surgical/huck towels for windows?

[rlmccarty2000]

Just an update:

My Huck Towels are working just fine now.

I was using ONR/WGURW/UWW+, and whatever other rinseless washes I had mixed up. The results were always very mixed.

Well today I was in town and stopped into the store and tabbed an aerosol can of invisible glass.

Came home and grabbed a couple Huck Towels to clean the bathroom mirror. This is usually my first step because it saves me the effort of going outside and contorting inside my freakin car. Huck Towels and invisible glass seemed to do the trick so outside I went.

It was dusk, so I was using a flashlight to inspect as I went around my car cleaning. Two towels, as per usual.

As far as I can tell my windows are crystal freaking clear. Very pleased with the results. Apparently all I needed was to stop trying to use rinseless wash to clean the inside of my windows.

Based on this I may just have to buy a gallon of alcohol based glass cleaner concentrate. Or just buy invisible glass cans, but I’m very partial to the value of concentrates.


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Try some Nextzett Glass Cleaner, it’s concentrated even though it comes in a spray bottle (don’t know why it is sold that way). It’s cheap and it’s the best glass cleaner I have used.

 

[finick]

Try some Nextzett Glass Cleaner, it’s concentrated even though it comes in a spray bottle (don’t know why it is sold that way). It’s cheap and it’s the best glass cleaner I have used.

I’ll put it on the list of options.

I was leaning towards 3D 50:1 or meguiars d120, but I would love a smaller option for a concentrate (like 32 or 64oz would be cool.)

Nextzett looks more in line with the amount I’d like to have around. Detailed image website says can be diluted up to 2:1, which would get me a decent amount. Rinseless washes seem to do just fine on the outside of the windows, so it’ll only really be used to clean the interiors.



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[rlmccarty2000]

On the Nextzett website they say that the Glass Cleaner can be diluted 1:1 and on another page they say 6:1. I usually just use it undiluted because I’m lazy. It’s strong. I often get pecan tree sap on my windshield and it cuts through it like nothing and always leaves them streakfree. I’ve used many different types of glass cleaner and I always go back to Nextzett.

 

[Accumulator]

finick- Ah, glad you got it sorted out! I can`t do glass with a Rinseless either..

I really like the 3D 50:1 (despite not expecting to), with the possible exception of *one* characteristic- it leaves something behind *which I don`t mind* and/but that something doesn`t "die off cleanly". Get the glass 100% perfect...[time passes]..after a (long?) while the glass needs redone again, and at that point I see a sorta-smearing that looks the way glass does when it was badly cleaned. Seems like whatever is left behind conceals the imperfect cleaning. Does conceal it fine, not a biggie, but it`s not quite the same as using some other Glass Cleaners that I suspect get the glass *actually* clean(er).

Always curious whether anybody else using the 3D experiences this..

I do still use/like/recommend the stuff, and a gallon of 50:1 is gonna last me a long, long time.

And/but, when faced with truly *dirty* glass, I still haven`t found anything that cleans like Zep40 (which will destroy tint films in a heartbeat and really ought be kept off of a lot of surfaces, so no free lunch).

 

[finick]

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It’s funny because on the outside it works just fine. Maybe that’s because the air can help dry it off, or because the windows are treated.. who knows, maybe the outside isn’t as clean as I think it is.

The smearing you’re talking about with 3D 50:1 kind of sounds like what I experience with rinseless washes. Windows look great upon completion, and then a week or two later I start seeing streaks in the direction I clean them in. Coincidentally all my rinseless washes also leave some type of polymer behind, so maybe 3D is also putting a little somethin somethin in their cleaner.

I’ll have to try and find samples of the 3D 50:1, or d120. I used d120 something like 10 years ago if I’m not mistaken, and really enjoyed it. I’d have to assume most of the “mild” glass cleaner concentrates are pretty similar, but I could be wrong.

I certainly know that windex, at least the stuff from Costco, doesn’t work well at all for me.

All things considered though, invisible glass cans aren’t exactly expensive at like 3.50, and the aerosol lasts so freaking long. I imagine it being less wet because it’s a foam helps as well. Less to soak up and stuff.

I’ll also keep a lookout for zep40, just in case I clean a smokers car again.


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[Accumulator]

finick- Ah, yeah...your experiences with the Rinseless approach sound like a worse version of what I get with the 3D. I`ll be very interested to know what happens if you do try the latter.

And yeah#2 on the outside maybe not being as perfect as you`d thought, but you know I`m not in favor of looking for issues you don`t know you have

I hate the aerosol delivery system, but the products that dispense that way sure can work well. Keeping Zep40 overspray off stuff can be challenging.

I haven`t used other aerosol Glass Cleaners since forever, but can`t recall any being lousy. With Windex, they sold a "Vinegar" version that was *great*, utterly amazing, but I haven`t seen it for a while.

Every time I see "D120" I feel guilty as Bill D sent me a sample *years* ago and it`s still just sitting here unused Maybe I`m too leery of the presumably grape scent...

For goodness` sake be careful using Zep40 inside the car! Yeah, I do it every time I take the dogs out in the Tahoe (not quite daily but often), but I seldom use it inside any of the other vehicles. I *do* use it all the time during the winter as it`s the one product that cuts through salt-residue/etc. without smearing for a dozen tries (only three or four ).