I recently bought a large 2nd hand greenhouse ...and after good advice here
got all the glass home without a single breakage.
Green house has now been erected ..... but before I refit all the glass, (
100 panes) thinking about best way to clean it.
As it's been in a greenhouse for a few years it's green, cruddy and probably
brittle.
It did get a wash down as each pane was taken out .... but certainly not
clear glass at present.

Suggestions .... ?

I have a pressure washer ... but that may be a tad risky ?

Hot water & Jeyes fluid ?

Wife, bucket & sponge ?

On Apr 18, 3:17*pm, "Rick Hughes"
wrote:
I recently bought a large 2nd hand greenhouse ...and after good advice here
got all the glass home without a single breakage.
Green house has now been erected ..... but before I refit all the glass, (
100 panes) thinking about best way to clean it.
As it's been in a greenhouse for a few years it's green, cruddy and probably
brittle.
It did get a wash down as each pane was taken out .... but certainly not
clear glass at present.

Suggestions .... ?

I have a pressure washer ... but that may be a tad risky ?

Hot water & Jeyes fluid ?

Wife, bucket & sponge ?

Armillotox

Jonathan

In article ,
Jonathan Ward wrote:
On Apr 18, 3:17*pm, "Rick Hughes"
wrote:
I recently bought a large 2nd hand greenhouse ...and after good advice here
got all the glass home without a single breakage.
Green house has now been erected ..... but before I refit all the glass, (
100 panes) thinking about best way to clean it.
As it's been in a greenhouse for a few years it's green, cruddy and probably
brittle.
It did get a wash down as each pane was taken out .... but certainly not
clear glass at present.

Suggestions .... ?

I have a pressure washer ... but that may be a tad risky ?

Hot water & Jeyes fluid ?

Wife, bucket & sponge ?

Armillotox

Angle grind..... oh. oh well, there are still 99 more panes ...

Nick
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Jonathan Ward wrote:
On Apr 18, 3:17 pm, "Rick Hughes"
wrote:
I recently bought a large 2nd hand greenhouse ...and after good advice here
got all the glass home without a single breakage.
Green house has now been erected ..... but before I refit all the glass, (
100 panes) thinking about best way to clean it.
As it's been in a greenhouse for a few years it's green, cruddy and probably
brittle.
It did get a wash down as each pane was taken out .... but certainly not
clear glass at present.

Suggestions .... ?

I have a pressure washer ... but that may be a tad risky ?

Hot water & Jeyes fluid ?

Wife, bucket & sponge ?

Armillotox

Jonathan
pressure washer.

"Rick Hughes" wrote in message
...
I recently bought a large 2nd hand greenhouse ...and after good advice here
got all the glass home without a single breakage.
Green house has now been erected ..... but before I refit all the glass,
( 100 panes) thinking about best way to clean it.
As it's been in a greenhouse for a few years it's green, cruddy and
probably brittle.
It did get a wash down as each pane was taken out .... but certainly not
clear glass at present.

Suggestions .... ?

I have a pressure washer ... but that may be a tad risky ?

Hot water & Jeyes fluid ?

Wife, bucket & sponge ?

A lot of stuff will come off better with some brand of solvent, simple white
spirit is usually strong enough.

tim

On Apr 18, 3:17*pm, "Rick Hughes"
wrote:
I recently bought a large 2nd hand greenhouse ...and after good advice here
got all the glass home without a single breakage.
Green house has now been erected ..... but before I refit all the glass, (
100 panes) thinking about best way to clean it.
As it's been in a greenhouse for a few years it's green, cruddy and probably
brittle.
It did get a wash down as each pane was taken out .... but certainly not
clear glass at present.

Suggestions .... ?

I have a pressure washer ... but that may be a tad risky ?

Hot water & Jeyes fluid ?

Wife, bucket & sponge ?

Hair not really abrasive enough, tongue clogs too quickly.

It should come off easily enough if you wet it with a little detergent
in water & let it soak a couple of minutes before brushing off.


NT

On Apr 19, 2:17 am, "Rick Hughes"
wrote:

Suggestions .... ?

Cerium Oxide on a wet rag.

"Matty F" wrote in message
...
On Apr 19, 2:17 am, "Rick Hughes"
wrote:

Suggestions .... ?

Cerium Oxide on a wet rag.


If he puts clean glass in now he will need to shade it when the sun is out.
It might be easier to leave it dirty until Oct/Nov. ;-)

On 18/04/2011 18:27, tim.... wrote:
"Rick wrote in message
...
I recently bought a large 2nd hand greenhouse ...and after good advice here
got all the glass home without a single breakage.
Green house has now been erected ..... but before I refit all the glass,
( 100 panes) thinking about best way to clean it.
As it's been in a greenhouse for a few years it's green, cruddy and
probably brittle.
It did get a wash down as each pane was taken out .... but certainly not
clear glass at present.

Suggestions .... ?

I have a pressure washer ... but that may be a tad risky ?

Hot water& Jeyes fluid ?

Wife, bucket& sponge ?

A lot of stuff will come off better with some brand of solvent, simple white
spirit is usually strong enough.

tim





Or white spirit plus whiting (aka the original pink Windolene, hopefully
still sold by a few backstreet ironmongers). Can't beat it IMO

On Apr 19, 8:11 pm, "dennis@home" wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message

...

On Apr 19, 2:17 am, "Rick Hughes"
wrote:

Suggestions .... ?

Cerium Oxide on a wet rag.

If he puts clean glass in now he will need to shade it when the sun is out.
It might be easier to leave it dirty until Oct/Nov. ;-)

It would be easier to clean the glass now before it's put on the
glasshouse.
Otherwise we'll be asked how to climb around on top of a glasshouse
with a bucket and cloth.

In message , Rick Hughes
writes
I recently bought a large 2nd hand greenhouse ...and after good advice
here got all the glass home without a single breakage.
Green house has now been erected ..... but before I refit all the
glass, ( 100 panes) thinking about best way to clean it.
As it's been in a greenhouse for a few years it's green, cruddy and
probably brittle.
It did get a wash down as each pane was taken out .... but certainly
not clear glass at present.

Suggestions .... ?

I have a pressure washer ... but that may be a tad risky ?

Hot water & Jeyes fluid ?

Wife, bucket & sponge ?
Autoglym glass cleaner for cars. Gets all the crud off the windscreen.
--
hugh
"Believe nothing. No matter where you read it, Or who said it, Even if
I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own
common sense." Buddha

In message on Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:48:11 +
0100
stuart noble wrote:

Or white spirit plus whiting (aka the original pink Windolene, hopefully
still sold by a few backstreet ironmongers). Can't beat it IMO

Worthwhile looking at supermarket own brands - that's how I got my last couple
of bottles of traditional 'Windolene'.

I think it's something simple like a mixture of white spirit and jewelers
rouge, so you could mix your own if you can find the rouge, perhaps ...?

--

Terry

On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:01:07 +0100, Terry Casey
wrote:

In message on Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:48:11 +
0100
stuart noble wrote:

Or white spirit plus whiting (aka the original pink Windolene, hopefully
still sold by a few backstreet ironmongers). Can't beat it IMO

Worthwhile looking at supermarket own brands - that's how I got my last couple
of bottles of traditional 'Windolene'.

Yesterday I bought a bottle of "original cream" Windolene from
Wilkinsons.
I believe it's discontinued now, so buy up stocks while you can :-)

According to the online safety data sheet, it contains kaolin.

--
Frank Erskine