Stupid Question: How to effectively clean interior windows?

[89Suburban]

I purchased a cleaning wand and terry cloth covers. I cleaned the inside of the windshield and front door windows with a couple of sprays of vinegar on the covers, then wiped the glass. Followed up by wiping the glass with a fresh dry cover.
I cleaned the outside of the front door windows and door mirrors with windex and glass cleaning towels.

We shall see...

Now that were are getting frost here overnight and the windows get fogged up you can clearly see the swirl marks from the damn microfiber towel. GRRRRRR....

 

[B-train]

Do you put your knees on the steering wheel, or on the dashboard?

I was wondering the same thing! I picture butt cheeks sticking up out of the sunroof from some dude bent over, standing on both seats.......magically working some wand and spray bottle between his legs. I bet that windshield never looked so good to the wife.......LOL

 

[B-train]

Now that were are getting frost here overnight and the windows get fogged up you can clearly see the swirl marks from the damn microfiber towel. GRRRRRR....

Agreed. I tend to just try and polish them out while driving down the road to work. I've found that work shirts, carhart hats, and the occasional taco Bell napkins do the trick. Keeping the truck on the road while scrubbing back and forth is the hard part.

 

[skpyle]

Now that were are getting frost here overnight and the windows get fogged up you can clearly see the swirl marks from the damn microfiber towel. GRRRRRR....

That is part of what I have been running into. I clean the windshield, it looks good to me. Sun hits it just right, or windshield fogs up a bit, and I see how lousy a job I did.

 

[Blackcar]

I have good luck with Stoner Invisible Glass cleaner and paper towels. Work well on Mirrors in home also.

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[George B]

Now that were are getting frost here overnight and the windows get fogged up you can clearly see the swirl marks from the damn microfiber towel. GRRRRRR....

I don’t think micro fiber cloths are all they are cracked up to be. I have never had much luck with any of them. I think your better off with a good dry terry towel or dish towel.

An old white tee shirt works as well as anything on glass. No need to get all fancy.

 

[Rocket Man]

Now that were are getting frost here overnight and the windows get fogged up you can clearly see the swirl marks from the damn microfiber towel. GRRRRRR....

Wait until they’re un-fogged. You’ll see those marks no matter what when there’s fog on the glass. Glass is porous and it absorbs shit that is only seen under certain conditions, one of which is when fog is on the glass. Another way to see this nearly invisible shit is if you do what some people do, and look AT the glass from an extreme wide angle under bright light as opposed to looking through the glass to see what’s on the other side. It doesn’t matter what you do, there will always be some nearly invisible shit on all your glass that you’ll only be able to see if you really want to. So turn on the defroster. The worst thing you can do is touch the glass when it looks like that. You’ll make a mess. And if anybody wants to see just how terrible your last glass washing was, just fog up the glass. It’s like those tv shows where they’re looking for blood evidence and they turn on the black light.

 

[skpyle]

So far, so good. I work night shift, 7:00PM to 7:00AM. Yesterday morning, cold out, low angle sun from sunrise. There was almost no film on the inside of the windshield. Only places that I had missed with the wand. Because I suck at using it. So far, the vinegar seems to be working.

 

[89Suburban]

So far, so good. I work night shift, 7:00PM to 7:00AM. Yesterday morning, cold out, low angle sun from sunrise. There was almost no film on the inside of the windshield. Only places that I had missed with the wand. Because I suck at using it. So far, the vinegar seems to be working.

Are you mixing it or using it straight?

 

[89Suburban]

Ok I took the "vinegar plunge". Took me half an hour to find it on the grocery store because "I don't usually groce". I bought a gallon of "cleaner vinegar". Instead of the "distilled vinegar". Cuz I am retarded and stuff.

So I mixed it 1:4 ratio of vin to wat in a spray bottle. Yes I did a "waft" of said vinegar when I first opened it. Stanky stuff. I sprayed the glass, used the wand stick towel thing to clean. It made a HELL of a greasy looking mess on the first pass. I followed it with a clean wipe down towel. Did this on both on both the front door windows inside and out and mirrors. In the dark, cold, damp mid 40's tonight with my work light looking for smears.

I put everything back in the garage. The tinge of vinegar stings in my mouth like a whiff of battery acid sulfur type thing. And I did it bare handed so I got this nasty vin stink on my skin on my hands.

I scrubbed down in the wash sink and headed out to run my errands for the night. I have to say, it kicks ass. That glass was so clean and spot and streak free. Holy cow. But the after taste is tough. I will work on this formula. And wear gloves next time to see if it helps.