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Apr 18, 2000 | 08:01 PM

jbhf250

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Window cleaner :(

Well. ... Has anyone tried anything that is streak free! Ok I have tried the water/alcohol/vinager mix with some success, but everytime I look at the windows(especially the front windshield) they still look like c*%$^&p..
Windex seems worthless...
What do you use?

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Apr 19, 2000 | 06:54 AM

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Window cleaner :(

Although I have never tried it, a friend says the best thing is to use windex and a piece of newspaper. Just a regular daily paper instead of a rag. He says it totally eliminates streaks. Might be worth a shot.

Marty

Apr 19, 2000 | 08:01 AM

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Window cleaner :(

In my window cleaning experience, I find that it is more the type of rag than the cleaner that leaves windows streak free. I use all cotton white rags with whatever cleaner is available- usually glass cleaner sometimes straight water.

Apr 19, 2000 | 08:07 AM

Brandon_J

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Window cleaner :(

I have always had good luck with windex or water and a white cotton rag. It even worked on the inside of my windshield, which was pretty dirty after the truck sat for nearly ten years.

Apr 19, 2000 | 08:28 AM

bigblue

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Window cleaner :(

Coca Cola may help. Shake up a can, and then open it over your windshield. The acid in the Coke will degrease the glass and remove bug guts. Once you have degreased the glass, then you can proceed to clean as normally. If you never get the grease off, the cleaner just kind of pushes it around.

Apr 19, 2000 | 08:29 AM

jowilker

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Window cleaner :(

John the newspaper deal is supposed to work well for polishing the glass after you have washed it. I have been told that it's the ink on the paper that does the job. Your good looking truck needs good looking glass to see through.

Also always do it in the shade or on cool glass. :-)

John
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Apr 19, 2000 | 11:52 AM

Nate_64

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Window cleaner :(

Living down here in bug-infested south arkansas and being obsessed with having a clean windshield, I have found that the best way to avoid streaks is to use a $5 squegee from Wal-mart. I usually scrub the windshield with windex and a rag, then go back over it with windex and a squegee. The squegee isn't good for scrubbing of kamikazee bugs, but it does a great job of removing the streaks after the hard work is done. Like John said, be sure to do it in the shade on a cool windshield. Streaks result form cleaner drying before it is removed and a hot windshield makes it dry faster.
Of course, you could try my wife's method- she waits until she's on the road and uses a quart of winshield washer each day. :-)

Nate

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Apr 19, 2000 | 03:41 PM

jbhf250

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Window cleaner :(

Tha saga continues....

I just realized that when the wife washes the `white` rags she has been using softener

in the wash.....
I never thought of using a squegeeeee thing

Iam going to look for a spot to hide the `white` rags.....>>> ok over here will work ..>>

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Apr 19, 2000 | 05:13 PM

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Window cleaner :(

I use about a cup of white vinager, a couple drops of standard strength (good look finding some yet) Dawn dish soap, and a half gallon of water, and use paper towels. It works great over here, even took the antifreeze residue off my car's windshield.
For some odd reason the new "super mega concentrated" dish soaps don't work as well..

matt

Apr 19, 2000 | 09:11 PM

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CBs63

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Window cleaner :(

Here's my 2 cents worth, like John said the newspaper is mainly for after the windshield is clean and the ink absorbs the residues left over from the window cleaner. Any of the methods will work I've found that the paper doesn't leave fuzzies on the window like the rag does.
CB

Apr 19, 2000 | 09:50 PM

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Window cleaner :(

i've found a cleaner....brand name is CRC window cleaner works good...actually windex is not a great thing to use on the exterior..cause its causes rain to bead....and you dont want that when your trying to get rid of rain..
just my 2 cents.

Apr 19, 2000 | 10:46 PM

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Window cleaner :(

I have had very good luck with a product called 20/10 in a green bottle. It is for mixing in your washer bottle mix but it is a great cleaner for windows straight out of the bottle and will keep your windows from fogging up on the inside, but water drops will form.

Brad