Glass Cleaning

[CDot]

Whats your favorite / most effective glass cleaning products and techniques?

You'll get a ton of answers on this (especially with products).

Most effective technique: I find it depends on external or internal glass.

External Glass: I find the traditional newspaper + vinegar/water mix to be very effective here. If using auto chemicals, rinseless washes work really well for me--so much so I don't use glass cleaner on anything but my windshield unless I'm prepping for a water repellant/glass sealant.

Internal Glass: Use one towel to clean and one to buff. Start with with the top edge of the window--rolled down a bit--pinch both sides of the edge, then roll it up and clean the rest of the window. If using newspaper, I find you can use one dampened with window cleaner or a mix of vinegar/water to buff.

Most effective chemical: Everyone will tell you different. I'm good as long as it's tint-safe and cleans effectively. Unlike the other chemicals like wax/sealants/polishes/etc, a lot of the automotive glass cleaners are equally good. I'm currently using Sonax glass cleaner and Sprayway (cost difference is $8) and they both work great.

Most effective towel/paper product: I personally find The Cobra Waffle Weave Microfiber Glass Towel cleans & buffs glass to crystal clarity with the soft texture of genuine Cobra microfiber. the best I've used (excluding newspaper on external glass).

[poweraid]

I've used megs , sprayway . ww glass towels , huck towels , fast glass . but right now my go to is mf madness cloudbuster, 2 towel, with denatured alcohol/distilled h20 .

[wing commander]

I used the Pinnacle Crystal Clear Glass Kit and it really works as they said.It was my best experience cleaning my glass.

[Creedmoor]

My recipe for non streaking glass cleaner.

Glass Cleaner
1/2 cup Ammonia (sudsy or clear, Your choice)
2 cups 91% alcohol (available at any drug store)
1 tsp Dishwashing Liquid - just one level teaspoon

Water to fill 1 gal. - if you want to clean your outside house windows, then add 1TBSP of TSP (best to dissolve this before adding to the gallon).



I have not used this.


Another Glass Cleaner
1/4 cup rubbing alcohol
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 TBSP cornstarch
2 cups water

[sayroger]

White Vinegar,Rubbing Alcohol and Water

With the two towel method

+1

[sayroger]

My recipe for non streaking glass cleaner.

Glass Cleaner
1/2 cup Ammonia (sudsy or clear, Your choice)
2 cups 91% alcohol (available at any drug store)
1 tsp Dishwashing Liquid - just one level teaspoon

Water to fill 1 gal. - if you want to clean your outside house windows, then add 1TBSP of TSP (best to dissolve this before adding to the gallon).



I have not used this.


Another Glass Cleaner
1/4 cup rubbing alcohol
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 TBSP cornstarch
2 cups water

I don't like using Ammonia i herd it was not good for tinted windows.

[Mask]

Meguiars D114
2 towel method ^^

[Buff-N-Glo]

My recipe for non streaking glass cleaner.

Glass Cleaner
1/2 cup Ammonia (sudsy or clear, Your choice)
2 cups 91% alcohol (available at any drug store)
1 tsp Dishwashing Liquid - just one level teaspoon

Just so you know, ammonia will stain tinted windows

[zkilo]

I though I would never use a glass cleaner other than supermarket stuff, despite the fact that ammonia and rubbing alcohol both attact dust. Until I found Gel Gloss No Streak window cleaner. Wow! Clean, like it was new. Great stuff. For the green crowd, small amount of vinegar with water also works well. Finally a shout out to CG's Streak free window cleaner, another good product.

[AustrianOak82]

I tried nearly every glass cleaner on the market and always got subpar results. One day, I got some glass towels from GG and they changed my life. I just use cheap tint-safe glass cleaner and use one to clean and one to buff. No lint and no streaks ever. I can usually use just one and it works perfect.