Chris Bacon wrote:
doozer wrote:

Chris Bacon wrote:

Windolene on a clean cloth, and elbow grease.


You've got to make sure it's the original stuff in the pink bottle as
well not the new clear squirt on stuff. The new stuff just doesn't cut
the mustard.


New stuff?!? faints

The new windolene is like every other window cleaner out there, just
some vinegar formulation. I, personally, don't think that the vinegar
and water window cleaners are all that great but maybe it's because I
haven't tried polishing with newspaper.

I imagine that the newspaper is acting as an absorbent and it's very
slight abrasiveness polishes the glass removing the streaks and possibly
microscopic scratches too which is why you get such a great finish.

The old windolene came with the abrasive in the bottle so you could use
a soft cloth and get the same effect and because it was white you could
easily see missed bits*.

Any body else have any ideas why newspaper is so good?

*I remember it was a pain to get out of the corners though.