Friday, September 1, 2006

Cleaning Windshields

I read online recently about this and thought I'd pass the info along after trying it out.

First get some decent glass cleaner. I've been using this ammonia-free foaming stuff from GUNK that works well. The world of cleaning products is certainly one where you get what you pay for.

So spray the cleaner on your windshield and then take a piece of newspaper and loosely crumple it up. Work in circles to clean the glass until there's no more cleaner (i.e., the glass should be dry). You'll need to use a little effort to remove bug marks, but they should come off.

Now look at the finished product -- no streaks and no fuzzies. Compared to the traditional Windex and papertowels, using a good cleaner and "lint-free" newspaper makes a world of difference. Even better, do the inside and out and even at night oncoming headlights won't show off all the streaks you couldn't see during the day using traditional methods.

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