Window Cleaning Solutions

Window Cleaning Solutions?

Over the course of this past spring and early summer the discussions on many of the boards turned to Window Cleaning and the different solutions of cleaner used.

The following is some of the suggested glass and window cleaning solutions. CleanPeers does not recommend these mixtures as the proper method of window cleaning but rather lists them as alternatives to general glass cleaner and to demonstrate the diversity that exists in this particular part of our field.

In the winter everyone seemed to agree that windshield washer fluid worked the best on exterior glass in the northern climates or adding windshield washer fluid to any of the mixtures listed below.

Spring / Summer alternatives were:

2 gallons water

½ cup ammonia

2 drops of dawn or joy dishwashing detergent

A pinch of TSP (trisodiamphosphate) in a gallon of water works good and you can use CLR to remove mineral and hard water marks.

2 teaspoons of white vinegar to a 32 oz spray bottle

2 gallons of warm/hot water

1 tablespoon of dawn

1 quart of clear ammonia

1 pint of rubbing alcohol

There were also plenty of advocates for the window cleaner sold in Home Depot, Lowe’s and the numerous janitorial supply distributors. There were also a large number of residential cleaners who stuck up for their products of Windex and Glass Plus too.

Next Month: Tools of the trade—to squeegee or not to squeegee!

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