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23rd Dec 2006, 06:35 PM
|  | Manager tool buying | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne Outer East right next to mount dande Age: 60
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| |  Window cleaning disaster
SWMBO attacked the front windows of the loungeroom with sugarsoap and now there is a streaky layer of marks all over them. 4 metres by 1.6 metres. We tried windex, metho and newspaper and even electronics solvent and nothing touches it.
I cant really blame her as I filled the squirty bottle wth sugarsoap which is what I use for heavy duty kitchen cleanup so....:confused:
I am afraid it is very fine scratches and will never be removed.
Surely someone else has done this in the history of house cleanup.... 
Is there anybody with some helpfull advice???
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23rd Dec 2006, 07:04 PM
|  | hardly human | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Timor Leste
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Try vinegar and water with newspaper to dry it off. 50:50 and just wipe the windows with a sopping wet ray and then dry.
I didn't think that Sugar soap would scratch... I use it on windows myself to get rid of heavy dirt. |
24th Dec 2006, 01:22 AM
|  | The True Believer | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bunbury W.A. Age: 42
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Ray,
Did she use a green / other color kitchen scourer with the sugarsoap?
let me know
cheers
steve
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24th Dec 2006, 10:09 AM
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Failing all else clean part of the window with sugar soap again.
That should soften up the dried scummy sections
Before the section dries clean the area with wet rag etc,
Just do a bit at a time and it should all come clean. |
24th Dec 2006, 11:40 AM
| | Manager tool buying | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne Outer East right next to mount dande Age: 60
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Originally Posted by maglite  Ray,
Did she use a green / other color kitchen scourer with the sugarsoap?
let me know
cheers
steve | umm no scourier
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29th Dec 2006, 10:38 AM
|  | Novice | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bundaberg Qld Age: 65
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try ENJO brand cleaning mitts, they solved our dirty-window problems, see Yellow Pages under Enjo. Before you buy let the rep come and do a demo to see if it will help in your case. |
29th Dec 2006, 10:46 AM
|  | The typo kign | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Melbourne - Outer East Foothills
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Originally Posted by workgoose try ENJO brand cleaning mitts, they solved our dirty-window problems, see Yellow Pages under Enjo. Before you buy let the rep come and do a demo to see if it will help in your case. | They are good but too expensive for what they are. Just get those micro fibre clothes from the super market. Same result, much cheaper.
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29th Dec 2006, 10:47 AM
|  | I'm proof, there is a Dog | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Romsey Victoria Age: 49
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You can get Microfibre cleaning cloths at the supermarket that are 1/4 the price of Enjo and do the same job. |
29th Dec 2006, 10:48 AM
| | I'm proof, there is a Dog | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Romsey Victoria Age: 49
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29th Dec 2006, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Grunt And don't listen to anything that Gumby says. |
Nor Grunt for that matter..... 
Mick
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29th Dec 2006, 12:11 PM
| | Misfit | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perth, W.A
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I used paper towels the other day because of the lack of anything else to use. They worked suprisingly well. Maybe because you get the cleaning product off the window really quickly with aborbant paper.
Dunno.. |
29th Dec 2006, 12:16 PM
| | I'm proof, there is a Dog | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Romsey Victoria Age: 49
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Originally Posted by journeyman Mick Nor Grunt for that matter..... | You're a fool if you ever have. |
29th Dec 2006, 01:54 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gold Coast Age: 53
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I wouldn't touch it with anything else, Ray, until you get professional advice. You won't clean scratches off, they need to be polished out. I'm thinking of cutting waxes for car duco.
I googled these sites: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniont...s8heresho.html http://www.fitchfamily.com/glass.html
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29th Dec 2006, 10:58 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central Coast, NSW, Australia Age: 47
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If it is scratches, google for "cerium oxide" which seems to be the accepted glass polish.
I think "AutoGlym" window/glass polish contains the right abrasive to remove fine scratches.
Cheers,
Andrew |
29th Dec 2006, 11:17 PM
|  | Novice | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Stawell. Victoria Age: 67
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The one and only solution for this problem is 'BRASSO', an old remedy but
one that I have used on several occassions for silmiliar problems.
Give it ago!
regards,
Cheers, Ron. | | |
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