When I'm cleaning windows...............
 

I'm trying to clean my inside windows. I've tried Mr Muscle, Betterware,
white wine vinegar, washing up liguid in hot water, and they're STILL
smeared. Please has anyone got a sure-fired way of getting smear-free
windows?
Thanks

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "ben doon" saying
something like:

I'm trying to clean my inside windows. I've tried Mr Muscle, Betterware,
white wine vinegar, washing up liguid in hot water, and they're STILL
smeared. Please has anyone got a sure-fired way of getting smear-free
windows?
Thanks

Half-brick.
--

Dave

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"ben doon" wrote in message
...
I'm trying to clean my inside windows. I've tried Mr Muscle, Betterware,
white wine vinegar, washing up liguid in hot water, and they're STILL
smeared. Please has anyone got a sure-fired way of getting smear-free
windows?
Thanks

Use newspaper the lead of the ink makes a difference and gives a shine.

When I'm cleaning windows...............
 

On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:21:25 +0000 (UTC), "ben doon"
wrote:

I'm trying to clean my inside windows. I've tried Mr Muscle, Betterware,
white wine vinegar, washing up liguid in hot water, and they're STILL
smeared. Please has anyone got a sure-fired way of getting smear-free
windows?

Try a *little* washing up liquid in some warm water, with a dash of
dishwasher rise aid. (Too much washing upliquid will smear)

After squeegeeing the glass, polish with a piece of kitchen towel or
newspaper.

sponix

When I'm cleaning windows...............
 

ben doon wrote:
I'm trying to clean my inside windows. I've tried Mr Muscle,
Betterware, white wine vinegar, washing up liguid in hot water, and
they're STILL smeared. Please has anyone got a sure-fired way of
getting smear-free windows?
Thanks

Johsons 'Windowlene', put on with a damp rag then left to go to a dry
powder then wipe of with a dust free cloth.

Obtainable in your local supermarket
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

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In article ,
ben doon wrote:
I'm trying to clean my inside windows. I've tried Mr Muscle, Betterware,
white wine vinegar, washing up liguid in hot water, and they're STILL
smeared. Please has anyone got a sure-fired way of getting smear-free
windows?

A small amount of washing up liquid in warm water. Rinse with clean. Dry
with a real chamois.

--
*Laugh alone and the world thinks you're an idiot.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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In article ews.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:
Use newspaper the lead of the ink makes a difference and gives a shine.

You'll have to find some very old newspapers for there to be lead in the
ink. Or carbon, which gave rise to this old wife's tale.

--
*Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off NOW.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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Doctor Drivel wrote:
"ben doon" wrote in message
...
I'm trying to clean my inside windows. I've tried Mr Muscle, Betterware,
white wine vinegar, washing up liguid in hot water, and they're STILL
smeared. Please has anyone got a sure-fired way of getting smear-free
windows?
Thanks

Use newspaper the lead of the ink makes a difference and gives a shine.

Which lead would that be Drivel?

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
ben doon wrote:
I'm trying to clean my inside windows. I've tried Mr Muscle, Betterware,
white wine vinegar, washing up liguid in hot water, and they're STILL
smeared. Please has anyone got a sure-fired way of getting smear-free
windows?

A small amount of washing up liquid in warm water. Rinse with clean. Dry
with a real chamois.

--
*Laugh alone and the world thinks you're an idiot.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

I find a damp "Microfibre" duster does a good job.


John

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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
ben doon wrote:

I'm trying to clean my inside windows. I've tried Mr Muscle,
Betterware, white wine vinegar, washing up liguid in hot water, and
they're STILL smeared. Please has anyone got a sure-fired way of
getting smear-free windows?
Thanks

Windolene spray-on cleaner, lots of absorbent kitchen roll, and the sun
shining in.

Spray the windolene on. Spread it and get most of the dirt off with one
soggy bit, and then polish it clean with a dry bit. With the sun shining
in - preferably at a low angle - you'll see any remaining smears easily, and
can polish them out.
--
Cheers,
Set Square
______
Please reply to newsgroup. Reply address is invalid.

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On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:21:25 +0000 (UTC), ben doon wrote:

Please has anyone got a sure-fired way of getting smear-free
windows?

Windscreen washer additive from Halfords.

--
Nigel M

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"ben doon" wrote in message
...
I'm trying to clean my inside windows. I've tried Mr Muscle, Betterware,
white wine vinegar, washing up liguid in hot water, and they're STILL
smeared. Please has anyone got a sure-fired way of getting smear-free
windows?
Thanks


Go and get some AUTO GLYM car windscreen cleaner. Put it on and then rub
the haze off to leave a clear finish. It takes smoke and grease deposits
off. Or you can buy a solvent based cleaner that window fitters have.
Make sure it's not a fault with your double glazing. My neighbours had some
cowboys in who supplied sealed units that look smeared from the outside.
The vacuum must have been too great as the glass is somehow distorted
compared to everyone elses.

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ray wrote:
My neighbours had some
cowboys in who supplied sealed units that look smeared from the outside.
The vacuum must have been too great as the glass is somehow distorted
compared to everyone elses.

Sealed units are not "vacuum filled" (!). If the glass is distorted,
it's probably due to poor fitting. The units are likely to fail in
short order.

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"ray" wrote in message
...

"ben doon" wrote in message
...
I'm trying to clean my inside windows. I've tried Mr Muscle, Betterware,
white wine vinegar, washing up liguid in hot water, and they're STILL
smeared. Please has anyone got a sure-fired way of getting smear-free
windows?
Thanks


Go and get some AUTO GLYM car windscreen cleaner. Put it on and then rub
the haze off to leave a clear finish. It takes smoke and grease deposits
off. Or you can buy a solvent based cleaner that window fitters have.
Make sure it's not a fault with your double glazing. My neighbours had
some cowboys in who supplied sealed units that look smeared from the
outside. The vacuum must have been too great as the glass is somehow
distorted compared to everyone elses.


BTW No vacuum is employed usually in double glazing, panes are sandwiched
and just kept apart at foiled edges causing a slender airpillow (not an
airgap) and often accompanied by silica-gel granules to counteract moisture.
Bottom shims and fillers are essential when hanging/positioning the DG
module in its taller/wider framework.

Maybe somebody before you used too strong a caustic chemical
that affected its finish with a "permanent" smear.
Jim

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Jim Gregory wrote:
"ray" wrote in message
...

"ben doon" wrote in message
...

I'm trying to clean my inside windows. I've tried Mr Muscle, Betterware,
white wine vinegar, washing up liguid in hot water, and they're STILL
smeared. Please has anyone got a sure-fired way of getting smear-free
windows?
Thanks



Go and get some AUTO GLYM car windscreen cleaner. Put it on and then rub
the haze off to leave a clear finish. It takes smoke and grease deposits
off. Or you can buy a solvent based cleaner that window fitters have.
Make sure it's not a fault with your double glazing. My neighbours had
some cowboys in who supplied sealed units that look smeared from the
outside. The vacuum must have been too great as the glass is somehow
distorted compared to everyone elses.



BTW No vacuum is employed usually in double glazing, panes are sandwiched
and just kept apart at foiled edges causing a slender airpillow (not an
airgap) and often accompanied by silica-gel granules to counteract moisture.
Bottom shims and fillers are essential when hanging/positioning the DG
module in its taller/wider framework.

Maybe somebody before you used too strong a caustic chemical
that affected its finish with a "permanent" smear.
Jim



I'll go with Windolene, which is basically white spirit and chalk I
think. The solvent shifts virtually anything and the chalk absorbs the
residue but, unless what's on the glass isn't water soluble, water would
do just as well.

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On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 18:21:24 +0000, Chris Bacon
wrote:

ray wrote:
My neighbours had some
cowboys in who supplied sealed units that look smeared from the outside.
The vacuum must have been too great as the glass is somehow distorted
compared to everyone elses.

Sealed units are not "vacuum filled" (!). If the glass is distorted,
it's probably due to poor fitting. The units are likely to fail in
short order.

AFAIK, you can get units with a partial vacuum inside although they
are rare. Most are filled with intert gases or even air.

sponix