I've heard it said many times, even seen it sometimes within these groups
but there's never been any specifics mentioned, and bein' a bit fik, like, I
need it spelled out, so.....

I want to get the car windows clean and free of road grime/car wash wax
(even though I always go for the wash *without* wax, I'm sure it still gets
in there somehow) and I thought I'd give the old vinegar and newspaper
method a try.

As far as I remember, you're supposed to wash with a vinegar/water solution
and rub dry with newspaper, but what sort of vinegar (ordinary malt vinegar
as goes with fish & chips?) and what proportions, ie, 1teaspoon vinegar to
1pt water? 3 tablespoons vinegar to a pint of water? Half and half? Or what?

Cheers,

John

"John" wrote in message
...
I've heard it said many times, even seen it sometimes within these groups
but there's never been any specifics mentioned, and bein' a bit fik, like,
I need it spelled out, so.....

I want to get the car windows clean and free of road grime/car wash wax
(even though I always go for the wash *without* wax, I'm sure it still
gets in there somehow) and I thought I'd give the old vinegar and
newspaper method a try.

As far as I remember, you're supposed to wash with a vinegar/water
solution and rub dry with newspaper, but what sort of vinegar (ordinary
malt vinegar as goes with fish & chips?) and what proportions, ie,
1teaspoon vinegar to 1pt water? 3 tablespoons vinegar to a pint of water?
Half and half? Or what?

Cheers,

John

We always use a glass cleaner specified for cars - I don't know if it makes
any difference from a domestic one but it certainly works very well.

I've never used vinegar but it would be a waste to use balsamic :-)

Mary

John wrote:
I've heard it said many times, even seen it sometimes within these
groups but there's never been any specifics mentioned, and bein' a
bit fik, like, I need it spelled out, so.....

I want to get the car windows clean and free of road grime/car wash
wax (even though I always go for the wash *without* wax, I'm sure it
still gets in there somehow) and I thought I'd give the old vinegar
and newspaper method a try.

As far as I remember, you're supposed to wash with a vinegar/water
solution and rub dry with newspaper, but what sort of vinegar
(ordinary malt vinegar as goes with fish & chips?) and what
proportions, ie, 1teaspoon vinegar to 1pt water? 3 tablespoons
vinegar to a pint of water? Half and half? Or what?
Cheers,

John

John,

I clean the windows externally with Cif and a non-scratch pad to get rid of
such gunk (simply apply, give a 'scrub' and rinse off with using the
hosepipe - been doing this for years with no problems - and internally with
a product called Mer, which I also *very infrequently* use to polish the
bodwork.

That should have the 'purists' in here yelling at me :-)

Brian G

"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
t...

"John" wrote in message
...
I've heard it said many times, even seen it sometimes within these groups
but there's never been any specifics mentioned, and bein' a bit fik,
like, I need it spelled out, so.....

I want to get the car windows clean and free of road grime/car wash wax
(even though I always go for the wash *without* wax, I'm sure it still
gets in there somehow) and I thought I'd give the old vinegar and
newspaper method a try.

As far as I remember, you're supposed to wash with a vinegar/water
solution and rub dry with newspaper, but what sort of vinegar (ordinary
malt vinegar as goes with fish & chips?) and what proportions, ie,
1teaspoon vinegar to 1pt water? 3 tablespoons vinegar to a pint of water?
Half and half? Or what?

Cheers,

John

We always use a glass cleaner specified for cars - I don't know if it
makes any difference from a domestic one but it certainly works very well.

I've never used vinegar but it would be a waste to use balsamic :-)

Mary

I did get a specific one for car windows (can't remember the make but it's
from Halfrauds) but it just isn't doing the job, which is why I thought I'd
give the old vinegar a try. Thanks anyway, Mary.

John

"Brian G" wrote in message
...
John wrote:
I've heard it said many times, even seen it sometimes within these
groups but there's never been any specifics mentioned, and bein' a
bit fik, like, I need it spelled out, so.....

I want to get the car windows clean and free of road grime/car wash
wax (even though I always go for the wash *without* wax, I'm sure it
still gets in there somehow) and I thought I'd give the old vinegar
and newspaper method a try.

As far as I remember, you're supposed to wash with a vinegar/water
solution and rub dry with newspaper, but what sort of vinegar
(ordinary malt vinegar as goes with fish & chips?) and what
proportions, ie, 1teaspoon vinegar to 1pt water? 3 tablespoons
vinegar to a pint of water? Half and half? Or what?
Cheers,

John

John,

I clean the windows externally with Cif and a non-scratch pad to get rid
of such gunk (simply apply, give a 'scrub' and rinse off with using the
hosepipe - been doing this for years with no problems - and internally
with a product called Mer, which I also *very infrequently* use to polish
the bodwork.

That should have the 'purists' in here yelling at me :-)

Hmm, never thought about using Cif. Might just try that Brian. I use Mer
Ultimate Polish for the bodywork about every other year - brilliant stuff
) Cheers mate,

John

John wrote:
I've heard it said many times, even seen it sometimes within these
groups but there's never been any specifics mentioned, and bein' a
bit fik, like, I need it spelled out, so.....

I want to get the car windows clean and free of road grime/car wash
wax (even though I always go for the wash *without* wax, I'm sure it
still gets in there somehow) and I thought I'd give the old vinegar
and newspaper method a try.

As far as I remember, you're supposed to wash with a vinegar/water
solution and rub dry with newspaper, but what sort of vinegar
(ordinary malt vinegar as goes with fish & chips?) and what
proportions, ie, 1teaspoon vinegar to 1pt water? 3 tablespoons
vinegar to a pint of water? Half and half? Or what?

Old chauffeurs trick - Use methylated spirits.

Slatts

"John" wrote in message
...

"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
t...

"John" wrote in message
...
I've heard it said many times, even seen it sometimes within these
groups but there's never been any specifics mentioned, and bein' a bit
fik, like, I need it spelled out, so.....

I want to get the car windows clean and free of road grime/car wash wax
(even though I always go for the wash *without* wax, I'm sure it still
gets in there somehow) and I thought I'd give the old vinegar and
newspaper method a try.

As far as I remember, you're supposed to wash with a vinegar/water
solution and rub dry with newspaper, but what sort of vinegar (ordinary
malt vinegar as goes with fish & chips?) and what proportions, ie,
1teaspoon vinegar to 1pt water? 3 tablespoons vinegar to a pint of
water? Half and half? Or what?

Cheers,

John

We always use a glass cleaner specified for cars - I don't know if it
makes any difference from a domestic one but it certainly works very
well.

I've never used vinegar but it would be a waste to use balsamic :-)

Mary

I did get a specific one for car windows (can't remember the make but it's
from Halfrauds) but it just isn't doing the job, which is why I thought
I'd give the old vinegar a try. Thanks anyway, Mary.

Ours was Renault, pricy though. We're still on the first bottle fter about
six years and it's been used indoors too.

Mary

"Sla#s" wrote in message
...
John wrote:
I've heard it said many times, even seen it sometimes within these
groups but there's never been any specifics mentioned, and bein' a
bit fik, like, I need it spelled out, so.....

I want to get the car windows clean and free of road grime/car wash
wax (even though I always go for the wash *without* wax, I'm sure it
still gets in there somehow) and I thought I'd give the old vinegar
and newspaper method a try.

As far as I remember, you're supposed to wash with a vinegar/water
solution and rub dry with newspaper, but what sort of vinegar
(ordinary malt vinegar as goes with fish & chips?) and what
proportions, ie, 1teaspoon vinegar to 1pt water? 3 tablespoons
vinegar to a pint of water? Half and half? Or what?

Old chauffeurs trick - Use methylated spirits.

It can leave smears.

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote:

We're still on the first bottle fter about
six years and it's been used indoors too.

Though obviously not often ;-)

My vote goes for Cif.

Chris

--
Remove prejudice to reply.

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:29:39 +0000, Mary Fisher wrote:

snip
It can leave smears.



Just wash as normal then use meths on a newspaper & polish with a clean
piece. Works very well on all windows, never mind cars. You shouldn't be
getting smears.

--
Mick (Working in a M$-free zone!)
Web: http://www.nascom.info http://mixpix.batcave.net

In article ,
mick wrote:
Just wash as normal then use meths on a newspaper & polish with a clean
piece. Works very well on all windows, never mind cars. You shouldn't be
getting smears.

The newspaper trick dates from the days of carbon based ink. No longer
used. So it's just rough paper, basically.

--
*If tennis elbow is painful, imagine suffering with tennis balls *

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

but what sort of vinegar

One should use a wine vinegar, preferably on based on Pinot Grigio.

For newpaper, one should use the Telegraph, but under no circumstances The
Sun or the Grauniad.

Traditionally brown paper is used rather than newspaper. You may find
Harrods brown paper bags to be a good choice.

;-)

Alternatively, just buy some of the spray stuff from Halfords - Seems to
work OK. Some people use meths, but why waste a good drink? :-)

Al.

Al (Al ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

but what sort of vinegar

One should use a wine vinegar, preferably on based on Pinot Grigio.

For newpaper, one should use the Telegraph, but under no circumstances
The Sun or the Grauniad.

Hmmm. May one respectfully suggest that the choice of paper depends on
the vehicle?

There's some obvious choices -
For a Transit van, the Sun is perfect.
For a battered Escort van, the Sport.
For a Rover 75, the Daily Wail.

It gets a little trickier from there, though.

I'd suggest that the Torygraph was about right for a Jag S-type or E-
class Merc, with the Times being more suitable for an S-class Merc.
Guardian? Toyota Pius.
FT? Bonus time in the city - got to be a Ferrari, 911 or M6.

For a 3-series, A4, Mondeo or any other repmobile, it's got to be a print-
out of a sales forecast spreadsheet, though.

Adrian (Adrian ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

Hmmm. May one respectfully suggest that the choice of paper depends on
the vehicle?

.... oh, yes... And Metro or London Lite or the London Paper are only any
use for the windows of tubes, buses or commuter trains.

"John" wrote in message
...
I've heard it said many times, even seen it sometimes within these groups
but there's never been any specifics mentioned, and bein' a bit fik, like,
I need it spelled out, so.....

I want to get the car windows clean and free of road grime/car wash wax
(even though I always go for the wash *without* wax, I'm sure it still
gets in there somehow) and I thought I'd give the old vinegar and
newspaper method a try.

As far as I remember, you're supposed to wash with a vinegar/water
solution and rub dry with newspaper, but what sort of vinegar (ordinary
malt vinegar as goes with fish & chips?) and what proportions, ie,
1teaspoon vinegar to 1pt water? 3 tablespoons vinegar to a pint of water?
Half and half? Or what?

Cheers,

John

Forget all that - use a clay and a clay lubricant first to get the gunge
off, then a microfibre cloth to finish.

Mary Fisher wrote:
"John" wrote in message
...
I've heard it said many times, even seen it sometimes within these
groups but there's never been any specifics mentioned, and bein' a
bit fik, like, I need it spelled out, so.....

I want to get the car windows clean and free of road grime/car wash
wax (even though I always go for the wash *without* wax, I'm sure it
still gets in there somehow) and I thought I'd give the old vinegar
and newspaper method a try.

As far as I remember, you're supposed to wash with a vinegar/water
solution and rub dry with newspaper, but what sort of vinegar
(ordinary malt vinegar as goes with fish & chips?) and what
proportions, ie, 1teaspoon vinegar to 1pt water? 3 tablespoons
vinegar to a pint of water? Half and half? Or what?

Cheers,

John

We always use a glass cleaner specified for cars - I don't know if it
makes any difference from a domestic one but it certainly works very
well.
I've never used vinegar but it would be a waste to use balsamic :-)

Balsamic is OK if you use a Mange tout as a squeege.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

John wrote:
I've heard it said many times, even seen it sometimes within these
groups but there's never been any specifics mentioned, and bein' a
bit fik, like, I need it spelled out, so.....

I want to get the car windows clean and free of road grime/car wash
wax (even though I always go for the wash *without* wax, I'm sure it
still gets in there somehow) and I thought I'd give the old vinegar
and newspaper method a try.

As far as I remember, you're supposed to wash with a vinegar/water
solution and rub dry with newspaper, but what sort of vinegar
(ordinary malt vinegar as goes with fish & chips?) and what
proportions, ie, 1teaspoon vinegar to 1pt water? 3 tablespoons
vinegar to a pint of water? Half and half? Or what?


Screwfix No Nonsense Glass Cleaner, best I've ever used after 30 years in
the cleaning/valeting game. Brilliant product, never used anything as good.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

In message , John
writes
I want to get the car windows clean and free of road grime/car wash wax
(even though I always go for the wash *without* wax, I'm sure it still gets
in there somehow) and I thought I'd give the old vinegar and newspaper
method a try.

De-icer spray and a soft cloth. Do the inside glass with the doors open
of course.
--
Keith

"Frank" wrote in message
...

"John" wrote in message
...
I've heard it said many times, even seen it sometimes within these groups
but there's never been any specifics mentioned, and bein' a bit fik,
like, I need it spelled out, so.....

I want to get the car windows clean and free of road grime/car wash wax
(even though I always go for the wash *without* wax, I'm sure it still
gets in there somehow) and I thought I'd give the old vinegar and
newspaper method a try.

As far as I remember, you're supposed to wash with a vinegar/water
solution and rub dry with newspaper, but what sort of vinegar (ordinary
malt vinegar as goes with fish & chips?) and what proportions, ie,
1teaspoon vinegar to 1pt water? 3 tablespoons vinegar to a pint of water?
Half and half? Or what?

Cheers,

John

Forget all that - use a clay and a clay lubricant first to get the gunge
off, then a microfibre cloth to finish.

I'll second the use of a microfibre cloth - a wonderful invention for all
cleaning.

Mary

In article , alnews67
@hotmail.com says...
but what sort of vinegar

One should use a wine vinegar, preferably on based on Pinot Grigio.


"One's *chauffeur* should use", surely? Honestly, the riff-raff on here...

--
Lord Halmyre of Mayfair (and Penthouse, Escort and Men Only)

What in Swansea are going on here?!

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Sla#s" wrote in message
...
snip
Old chauffeurs trick - Use methylated spirits.

It can leave smears.

If it's smearing, change cloths.

I keep a lot of torn up T shirts in an binbag - use them once, then throw
them in another binbag to be washed later.
Funny though - Now that I don't have a black car any more, the rate of use
has come down to 10% of what it was :-)

As for paper Vs cloth - I still say cloth aborbs more dirt.

Slatts

"Keith" wrote in message
...
In message , John
writes
I want to get the car windows clean and free of road grime/car wash wax
(even though I always go for the wash *without* wax, I'm sure it still
gets
in there somehow) and I thought I'd give the old vinegar and newspaper
method a try.

De-icer spray and a soft cloth. Do the inside glass with the doors open of
course.
--
Keith

As Keith's is the last post in the thread, I'll tag on here and take the
opportunity to say thatks to all of you - there's plenty of good ideas to
try out there )

John

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:32:25 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"Frank" wrote in message
...

"John" wrote in message
...
I've heard it said many times, even seen it sometimes within these groups
but there's never been any specifics mentioned, and bein' a bit fik,
like, I need it spelled out, so.....

I want to get the car windows clean and free of road grime/car wash wax
(even though I always go for the wash *without* wax, I'm sure it still
gets in there somehow) and I thought I'd give the old vinegar and
newspaper method a try.

As far as I remember, you're supposed to wash with a vinegar/water
solution and rub dry with newspaper, but what sort of vinegar (ordinary
malt vinegar as goes with fish & chips?) and what proportions, ie,
1teaspoon vinegar to 1pt water? 3 tablespoons vinegar to a pint of water?
Half and half? Or what?

Cheers,

John

Forget all that - use a clay and a clay lubricant first to get the gunge
off, then a microfibre cloth to finish.

I'll second the use of a microfibre cloth - a wonderful invention for all
cleaning.

Mary




Anyone used this stuff .Noticed it when looking for glass shelving
http://www.ek-glass.co.uk/glassclean.htm