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sherrardk | 22:14 Wed 07th Feb 2018 | Home & Garden
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Has anyone got a fool-proof method for cleaning conservatory windows? All I seem to be doing is moving the smudges around.
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Employ a window cleaner?
Try putting a couple of cap fulls of white vinegar in the water that you use, sherr.
Agree with Tony re the vinegar; and dry with old newspapers.

(But I do prefer Tilly's answer)
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I should clarify that I mean the insides - I use window cleaner spray and kitchen roll, the other windows are fine.
Pressure wash them, rub half a lemon over them or a cloth soaked in vinegar and pressure wash em again.
Question AuthorI should clarify that I mean the insides -

Then wiping them over with White ( distilled ) vinegar and scrunched up newspaper will do the job, sherr.

Used it on car windows many times.
Then wiping them over with White ( distilled ) vinegar

Should have added diluted in water.
Be careful with a pressure washer sherradk GranddadG used one on the roof - it blew him backwards off the ladder and he ended up with 4 broken ribs two bleeds on the brain and had to have his scalp glued to stop the blood pumping out - fright of my life. Took him a long time to get over it but he's fine now
Not recommended using a pressure washer inside the conservatory though. ;0)))
Use a window cleaner. I was one for fifteen years.

If you want to go DIY: drench windows with detergent mixture (Fairy Liquid will do, then wipe off with a squeejee (different sizes - how big are your windows?); dry off lower frame where the dirty water has accumulated with a cloth.
That's for the outsides. Insides are more difficult: tar (from fags, tho' less so these days); cooking deposits in kitchens etc. Same prescription,
more elbow work. Never use polishes like Windolene which become thick and eventually impenetrable layers (think brown furniture, beeswax and "patina").
that's right vetuste - sista has always cleaned with the fairy liquid mixture and her windows are like diamonds.
I've never understood why people treat large sheets of glass differently to drinking glasses (and crockery); I never use Windolene or white vinegar & newspaper to wash the dishes which are often dirtier than windows ever become.

Warm, soapy water is perfect to remove grease and grime and then, because it is a flat surface, a squeegee to remove the suds.
Pure, ordinary tap water and microfibre cloths - use a wet one to wash the window, then wipe over with dry one. No chemicals and no elbow grease necessary.
As suggested by ABerrant, I'd recommend that you DON'T use vinegar, windolene or other such products.
I'm a window cleaner and I can tell when a customer has attempted to clean their windows with a product such as this, as it leaves a residue on the windows. They might look nice and clean, but I can tell when I'm cleaning them, that there's some kind of residue on there - it takes me longer than normal to clean the window.
Find out from your window cleaner where he gets his window cleaning supplies from and go and treat yourself to a decent squeegee. Don't be tempted by the ones for a quid, they're useless - a decent squeegee will cost anything from a tenner upwards.
Use soapy water (the same strength that you'd use for washing the dishes) and apply sparingly onto the windows with a cloth or sponge. Get your squeegee and squeegee the water off from side to side. Don't try anything fancy - just go from side to side. When you reach the other side, dry your squeegee with a dry cloth and then squeegee again, further down the window from side to side, working your way down the window.
If you have a window cleaner, have you tried asking him if he'd clean inside?? I clean inside for some people ..... I'm easily bribed with the offer of a brew and biscuits, on top of the extra few quid that I'd charge for cleaning inside :P
Further to my previous post, window-cleaning products i.e. sprays etc are a complete con!
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///A pressure washer.///

Not a good idea inside a conservatory, see 22:25

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