Tips For Cleaning Glass Windows

Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 13:30

Cleaning glass windows is by no means an easy job. If it was then there would not be so many stories about the mythical 'window cleaners'. Now all windows in your house will have glass and if you employ a window cleaner you will be shelling out cash that you can put to better use. You can easily do this job yourself on a weekend and save up some money. But do not play Doctor Fixit without knowing anything about cleaning glass. You need to learn the best way to clean glass before you attempt to do it all by yourself.

If you are cleaning glass windows for the first time then here are some cleaning tips to help you out.

Tip For Cleaning Glass Windows:

The first point to note is that glass is better cleaned with paper than with cloth. Newspapers in fact are the best way to clean glass. Use all the old newspapers and magazines from your storeroom, used up chart papers and kitchen tissue papers if you like to clean windows.

The advantage of using paper is that it is easily disposable unlike cloth. Now a cloth wiper may be reusable but you have to go through the trouble of washing it. Paper on the contrary is use and throw.

Before you use water for cleaning glass windows dust it properly. When it comes to windows you don't have a direct angle of washing so the water you pour may form patterns of caked dust instead of washing it off.

Use a clean dry cloth to dust the window panes. Don't wipe but dust the glass. Hold one end of the cloth and smash it against the glass in quick succession so that the dust flies off.

If your window panes are greasy with accumulated filth then you need to take some special measures. Cleaning glass windows with warm water and detergent is one way. First dip a cloth in a lather of warm water and washing powder, squeeze out the excess water and wipe the glass.

Use only minimum water because excess water will form water stains of glass that you will have to bother about cleaning. If there is a lot of sticky dirt on the window you may need to rub hard and long. But do not apply so much pressure that the glass breaks!

After using water and cloth for cleaning glass you need to wipe it with paper to get rid of the water stains on glass that are bound to remain. Wipe it dry with paper and you will see a shinning glass pane.

There are alternatives to water available these days for cleaning windows. There are cleaning solutions like Kleenex, Collin's or Easy Off Bang. They are available in dispensers so all you have to do is spray it on the target area and wipe it clean.

These home improvement tips will give you the best way to clean glass panes.