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Last year I was working getting these black little specs off front window
and door pane. I actually scratched the window storm pane. Piece of
aluminum no good for scraping. Razor ok, no scratches. They are really
stuck on good. Yes, I got mulch in the area. From reading, certain mold
lives in mulch which shoot out these projectiles. Bet that would hurt my
eye. Thought it might have been eggs.

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On Dec 9, 11:08*pm, gregz wrote:
Last year I was working getting these black little specs off front window
and door pane. I actually scratched the window storm pane. Piece of
aluminum no good for scraping. Razor ok, no scratches. They are really
stuck on good. Yes, I got mulch in the area. From reading, certain mold
lives in mulch which shoot out these projectiles. Bet that would hurt my
eye. Thought it might have been eggs.

Greg


did you try alochol or gasolie or goof off or goo gone?
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On Dec 9, 11:08*pm, gregz wrote:
Last year I was working getting these black little specs off front window
and door pane. I actually scratched the window storm pane. Piece of
aluminum no good for scraping. Razor ok, no scratches. They are really
stuck on good. Yes, I got mulch in the area. From reading, certain mold
lives in mulch which shoot out these projectiles. Bet that would hurt my
eye. Thought it might have been eggs.

Greg


did you try alochol or gasolie or goof off or goo gone?


If it's a mold, just apply full strength bleach.


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On 12/9/2012 11:08 PM, gregz wrote:
Last year I was working getting these black little specs off front window
and door pane. I actually scratched the window storm pane. Piece of
aluminum no good for scraping. Razor ok, no scratches. They are really
stuck on good. Yes, I got mulch in the area. From reading, certain mold
lives in mulch which shoot out these projectiles. Bet that would hurt my
eye. Thought it might have been eggs.

Greg


Done any spray painting? A razor scraper with a fresh blade is the best
(only?) tool to use. If it isn't paint, it is probably bug poo. I
don't remember what kind used to mess on my windows in Florida.
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Last year I was working getting these black little specs off front window
and door pane. I actually scratched the window storm pane. Piece of
aluminum no good for scraping. Razor ok, no scratches. They are really
stuck on good. Yes, I got mulch in the area. From reading, certain mold
lives in mulch which shoot out these projectiles. Bet that would hurt my
eye. Thought it might have been eggs.

Greg


Fecal matter from small insects?


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On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:57:40 -0800, Oren wrote:

On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:08:13 +0000 (UTC), gregz
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Last year I was working getting these black little specs off front window
and door pane. I actually scratched the window storm pane. Piece of
aluminum no good for scraping. Razor ok, no scratches. They are really
stuck on good. Yes, I got mulch in the area. From reading, certain mold
lives in mulch which shoot out these projectiles. Bet that would hurt my
eye. Thought it might have been eggs.

Greg


Fecal matter from small insects?


AKA 'fly specks' -
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/flyspecks

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On Dec 9, 11:08 pm, gregz wrote:
Last year I was working getting these black little specs off front window
and door pane. I actually scratched the window storm pane. Piece of
aluminum no good for scraping. Razor ok, no scratches. They are really
stuck on good. Yes, I got mulch in the area. From reading, certain mold
lives in mulch which shoot out these projectiles. Bet that would hurt my
eye. Thought it might have been eggs.

Greg


did you try alochol or gasolie or goof off or goo gone?


No, just window cleaner. A razor works well.

Maybe I'll talk about the white spots on the back of my tv some time.

Greg
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On Dec 10, 1:36*pm, gregz wrote:
bob haller wrote:
On Dec 9, 11:08 pm, gregz wrote:
Last year I was working getting these black little specs off front window
and door pane. I actually scratched the window storm pane. Piece of
aluminum no good for scraping. Razor ok, no scratches. They are really
stuck on good. Yes, I got mulch in the area. From reading, certain mold
lives in mulch which shoot out these projectiles. Bet that would hurt my
eye. Thought it might have been eggs.


Greg


did you try alochol or gasolie or goof off or goo gone?


No, just window cleaner. A razor works well.

Maybe I'll talk about the white spots on the back of my tv some time.

Greg


Lighter Fluid (cigarette lighter fluid, not BBQ) also works for many
adhesives, as does WD40. They might also work for any type of sticky
substance, like tar.
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bob haller wrote:
On Dec 9, 11:08 pm, gregz wrote:
Last year I was working getting these black little specs off front
window and door pane. I actually scratched the window storm pane.
Piece of aluminum no good for scraping. Razor ok, no scratches. They
are really stuck on good. Yes, I got mulch in the area. From
reading, certain mold lives in mulch which shoot out these
projectiles. Bet that would hurt my eye. Thought it might have been
eggs.

Greg


did you try alochol or gasolie or goof off or goo gone?


No, just window cleaner. A razor works well.

Maybe I'll talk about the white spots on the back of my tv some time.

Greg


You arwe supposed to take the tv away, when you paint the wall......
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bob haller wrote:
On Dec 9, 11:08 pm, gregz wrote:
Last year I was working getting these black little specs off front
window and door pane. I actually scratched the window storm pane.
Piece of aluminum no good for scraping. Razor ok, no scratches. They
are really stuck on good. Yes, I got mulch in the area. From
reading, certain mold lives in mulch which shoot out these
projectiles. Bet that would hurt my eye. Thought it might have been
eggs.

Greg

did you try alochol or gasolie or goof off or goo gone?


No, just window cleaner. A razor works well.

Maybe I'll talk about the white spots on the back of my tv some time.

Greg


You arwe supposed to take the tv away, when you paint the wall......


I asked on electronics group. They only appear on set as if the plastic is
emitting something. Can't be from bugs. Tv been up a year.

http://zekfrivolous.com/spots/page_01.htm

Greg


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bob haller wrote:
On Dec 9, 11:08 pm, gregz wrote:
Last year I was working getting these black little specs off front
window and door pane. I actually scratched the window storm pane.
Piece of aluminum no good for scraping. Razor ok, no scratches. They
are really stuck on good. Yes, I got mulch in the area. From
reading, certain mold lives in mulch which shoot out these
projectiles. Bet that would hurt my eye. Thought it might have been
eggs.

Greg

did you try alochol or gasolie or goof off or goo gone?

No, just window cleaner. A razor works well.

Maybe I'll talk about the white spots on the back of my tv some time.

Greg


You arwe supposed to take the tv away, when you paint the wall......


I asked on electronics group. They only appear on set as if the plastic is
emitting something. Can't be from bugs. Tv been up a year.

http://zekfrivolous.com/spots/page_01.htm

Greg


Lilliputian pigeons? ^_^

TDD
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Last year I was working getting these black little specs off front window
and door pane. I actually scratched the window storm pane. Piece of
aluminum no good for scraping. Razor ok, no scratches. They are really
stuck on good. Yes, I got mulch in the area. From reading, certain mold
lives in mulch which shoot out these projectiles. Bet that would hurt my
eye. Thought it might have been eggs.

Greg


Razor blades do work great for cleaning all manner of foreign stuff off
windows, but keep the window and blade very wet with water while you do
it, otherwise you'll still get small scratches. I used to clean new
construction houses for a living (prior to the houses being turned over
to the new owner) so I've spent hundreds of hours doing this.
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