Ultimate Compound as window cleaner.?

[Don M]

To be continued when I get home. Worth the wait.

[james751993]

Hmmm never tried using UC as a glass cleaner... I have used zaino glass polish before with great success

[fightnews]

To be continued when I get home. Worth the wait.

why didnt you just wait until you got home to make the thread? im in suspense now

[james751993]

why didnt you just wait until you got home to make the thread? im in suspense now

Ill second that thought

[Don M]

Sorry about the tease, I wasn't home, when I tested a theory and couldn't write it up then. Well, after reading Mike Phillips' article:

Remove the Glare Where You Stare

He uses Griot's Garage Glass Polish, which I don't have, so I asked if Ultimate Polish would work. He said he thought it would, but was semi-concerned about the polishing oils in the UP, but said the alcohol in glass cleaners should remove them. Well, I thought that Ultimate Compound should have fewer oils, so I used it.

You'll need at least 2 mf cloths and 1 terry cloth towel (mf is optional), Ultimate Compound, Glass Cleaner (I used Invisible Glass) and water.

I used an old, thinning mf cloth, soaked it in water an wrung it out really well so it was only damp and applied a small amount of UC on the cloth and applied it to the inside windshield of my wife's Explorer (it has NASTY windows), wax-on wax-off style, straight lines, back & forth, up & down, etc.just to make sure I got all of the glass .... I used a water-dampened cloth to help 'cut' or 'remove the oils from the equation.' It seemed to have worked.

Since it was cold and muggy today, I had the defroster on to help the glass dry. Then I took the terry towel and buffed off all the UC & water off the glass. Then a light misting of Invisible Glass, followed by a good buff and I was done.

The glass was perfectly clear, no smears, nothing.

Now, I can't be COMPLETELY sure it worked as good as it seems so far, being that I haven't had anything to glare back at me on the glass (headlights, streetlights, sun glare etc), but I do believe this might be yet another option for glass cleaning.

[ronkh57]

Sorry about the tease, I wasn't home, when I tested a theory and couldn't write it up then. Well, after reading Mike Phillips' article:

Remove the Glare Where You Stare

He uses Griot's Garage Glass Polish, which I don't have, so I asked if Ultimate Polish would work. He said he thought it would, but was semi-concerned about the polishing oils in the UP, but said the alcohol in glass cleaners should remove them. Well, I thought that Ultimate Compound should have fewer oils, so I used it.

You'll need at least 2 mf cloths and 1 terry cloth towel (mf is optional), Ultimate Compound, Glass Cleaner (I used Invisible Glass) and water.

I used an old, thinning mf cloth, soaked it in water an wrung it out really well so it was only damp and applied a small amount of UC on the cloth and applied it to the inside windshield of my wife's Explorer (it has NASTY windows), wax-on wax-off style, straight lines, back & forth, up & down, etc.just to make sure I got all of the glass .... I used a water-dampened cloth to help 'cut' or 'remove the oils from the equation.' It seemed to have worked.

Since it was cold and muggy today, I had the defroster on to help the glass dry. Then I took the terry towel and buffed off all the UC & water off the glass. Then a light misting of Invisible Glass, followed by a good buff and I was done.

The glass was perfectly clear, no smears, nothing.

Now, I can't be COMPLETELY sure it worked as good as it seems so far, being that I haven't had anything to glare back at me on the glass (headlights, streetlights, sun glare etc), but I do believe this might be yet another option for glass cleaning.

Well go drive it now. IT's dark out.....

[Kamakaz1961]

Way cool! I usually use a Nanoskin Blue bar and clean the windows and then add Menzerna Powerlock sealant. So far works great. But curious to hear your results soon! Happy New Year!

[Don M]

Well go drive it now. IT's dark out.....

I would, but it's close to my bed time

Hopefully tomorrow will be decent, so after work I can do the windows on the Camaro, since I drive it to work early in the morning & get plenty of glare-producing opportunities.

[03me]

I've used Ultimate Compound as a window cleaner for years and have seen no ill effects from it. The compound does a great job of removing stubborn water spots on the windows. Once I remove the compound with a microfiber towel, I finish off the process with a good window cleaner (I use Invisible Glass).

[FUNX650]

the inside windshield of my wife's
Explorer (it has NASTY windows)

Meguiar's M04 will work wonders in
cleaning-up that type of auto-glass;
and will leave way less Trade Secret
oil(s) behind---than does UC---IMO.


Bob