| Author |
Message |
|
timark_uk
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm
Posts: 12143
Location: Belfast
|
What kind of cleaner/soap stuff would you put in water to clean the windows of your house?
I just got myself a squeegee and I want to clean the house windows but I'm unsure of what soap stuff to put in the water. *shrug*
Mark
|
| Sun May 31, 2009 1:43 pm |
 
|
|
|
ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
Posts: 12030
|
I use a little Fairy liquid type soap. Maybe use a bucket of clean water to rinse.
I'm still refining my technique.
|
| Sun May 31, 2009 1:57 pm |
|
|
|
timark_uk
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm
Posts: 12143
Location: Belfast
|
How much to a bucket of water? I was wary - for some reason - about using Fairy Liquid. If it works for you I may as well give it a go too. (8+) Mark
|
| Sun May 31, 2009 2:05 pm |
|
|
|
ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
Posts: 12030
|
You don't need much at all, I'd say a dash in a 10 litre bucket is enough. Not too much.
Very precise, aren't I?
|
| Sun May 31, 2009 2:08 pm |
|
|
|
timark_uk
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm
Posts: 12143
Location: Belfast
|
No, but I'm about to give it a go anyway. (8+) Hot water or cold? Mark
|
| Sun May 31, 2009 2:10 pm |
|
|
|
ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
Posts: 12030
|
I use luke warm. Not sure if it matters terribly.
|
| Sun May 31, 2009 2:16 pm |
|
|
|
MrStevenRogers
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:44 pm
Posts: 4860
|
white vinegar mixed in to the water does the job …
_________________
Hope this helps . . . Steve ...
Nothing known travels faster than light, except bad news ...
HP Pavilion 24" AiO. Ryzen7u. 32GB/1TB M2. Windows 11 Home ...
|
| Sun May 31, 2009 2:46 pm |
|
|
|
fakesnake
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:30 am
Posts: 138
Location: lost in the wilderness
|
Washing the windows is the easy bit, getting rid of the smears all over the glass when they dry is the hard bit 
|
| Sun May 31, 2009 6:21 pm |
|
|
|
dogbert10
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:23 pm
Posts: 638
Location: 3959 miles from the centre of the Earth - give or take a bit
|
Unless the glass is greasy, you won't need any detergent - just use water and use a squeegee to get the water off. An old towel also comes in useful for getting rid of any water that's left.
_________________
i7 860 @ 3.5GHz, GTX275, 4GB DDR3
|
| Sun May 31, 2009 6:26 pm |
|
|
|
Greemble
Has a life
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:36 pm
Posts: 37
Location: Close to the edge, down by a river
|
That's why not to use washing up liquid - it smears I'm with dogbert on this - no detergent, wet cloth from a bucket, then a squeegee. Newspaper to dry it off, if you really want them to shine - the more print, the better. At least, it works well on the car windows _________________Be not afraid your life will end - Be more afraid it may never begin  Keeping my Dennis level, though 
|
| Sun May 31, 2009 7:19 pm |
|
|
|
Nick
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:36 pm
Posts: 3527
Location: Portsmouth
|
No detergent, just RO water.
Using RO water is important - guarantees no water marks or lines from the squeegee thing.
I don't bother cleaning the windows on the house, but it works an absolute treat on the car windows. Absolutely perfect!
_________________
|
| Sun May 31, 2009 7:26 pm |
|
|
|
brataccas
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:14 pm
Posts: 5664
Location: Scotland
|
I reformatt.
_________________
|
| Sun May 31, 2009 8:28 pm |
|
|
|
EddArmitage
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm
Posts: 5288
Location: ln -s /London ~
|
I was going to suggest CCleaner, Bratty. Great minds, eh? Hang on! Edd is thinking similar thoughts to Bratty. Am I normal? (8-p)
Edd
|
| Sun May 31, 2009 9:12 pm |
|
|
|
finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm
Posts: 4876
Location: Newcastle
|
Be really geeky for those hard to reach windows (such as high up etc) as long as you can open them Buy 2 sponges and 2 thin (but wide) magnets With a sharp knife cut slits in the sponges and tape it over (so the magnet doesn't fall out) Open window and affix one sponge to each side of the window Do both sides at once .... Profit  _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
|
| Sun May 31, 2009 9:19 pm |
|
|
|
Cerberus
Has a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:49 pm
Posts: 48
|
If you were really bothered, you could go down to halfords and get some Simonez Glass cleaner, or Autoglym Fast Glass.
expensive, but it definatly cleans glass well, almost put my hand through my car window after using it.
|
| Sun May 31, 2009 9:24 pm |
|
|
