Interior Windshield Cleaning

If windows are a real mess you can always use a paint prep type product to give them a deep clean. These will get your windows truly clean. Great if you want to put a sealant on them after.
 
Invisible glass and #0000 steel wool have yet to fail me on the dreaded inside windshield film


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UncleDavy said:
SabbyNJ said:
Wolfstein’s Zap Cloth

This Zap Cloth looks very interesting. How many uses will it go through before you have to replace it?
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SabbyNJ said:
UncleDavy said:
I have a similar product, I think made by them. I've done our windows 5 times, barely even used. Apparently they can go up to a 100 uses. I just washed mine in microfiber wash and it came out fine.


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jcat9 said:
Invisible glass and #0000 steel wool have yet to fail me on the dreaded inside windshield fim


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You use 0000 steel wool on window tint?
 
Rsurfer said:
You use 0000 steel wool on window tint?
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Oh god no. I meant film as in the streaky cloudy nastiness that builds up over time. I'd never put wool to tint film ever.

All tint is illegal in RI so you seldom come across it on side windows, and virtually never on windshields.

Of course, being a volunteer FF in a small town and having that little sticker on the back window seems to help the local pd guys 'overlook' my trucks front two :)




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Interesting thread. I've always just used one wet towel (more than damp but not dripping) and followed with a dry towel to buff off. I just did this on my wife's car today and it looks like there's no glass. And it was filthy. Sometimes I miss a spot, but then I just go back over it in the sunlight with the same process.


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Will always look clean and streak free at first. Wait a week and the dash plastic out gassing and humidity will cling to to the inside windshield again and make all the invisible streaks reappear.
 
evo77 said:
Will always look clean and streak free at first. Wait a week and the dash plastic out gassing and humidity will cling to to the inside windshield again and make all the invisible streaks reappear.
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Yeah it does relatively soon. In my climate, it takes a little longer, but that's true.
 
I've been struggling to keep my inside windows clean on my last two cars. Mostly I've always used Invisible glass and a couple of old dish towels (very soft) with OK results. Purchased a Chemical Guys glass waffle weave and still had streaking issues. Fast forward about a year and I thought maybe it's just all my towels were cross contaminated so I just rec'd a sample of McKee's 36 Krystal Vision and a few Rag Co twisted loop glass towels. Washed the glass towels by them selves (dye/softener free soap) and no dryer sheets. Went out to give the windows a quick clean and the rag literally feels stuck to the glass? Tried saturating the cloth, then the window. Still doesn't glide or polish at all? The Rag Co towels also are leaving a bit of lint behind.

Did I buy the wrong towels?
 
I've been struggling to keep my inside windows clean on my last two cars. Mostly I've always used Invisible glass and a couple of old dish towels (very soft) with OK results. Purchased a Chemical Guys glass waffle weave and still had streaking issues. Fast forward about a year and I thought maybe it's just all my towels were cross contaminated so I just rec'd a sample of McKee's 36 Krystal Vision and a few Rag Co twisted loop glass towels. Washed the glass towels by them selves (dye/softener free soap) and no dryer sheets. Went out to give the windows a quick clean and the rag literally feels stuck to the glass? Tried saturating the cloth, then the window. Still doesn't glide or polish at all? The Rag Co towels also are leaving a bit of lint behind.

Did I buy the wrong towels?
 
MStarmer said:
I've been struggling to keep my inside windows clean on my last two cars. Mostly I've always used Invisible glass and a couple of old dish towels (very soft) with OK results. Purchased a Chemical Guys glass waffle weave and still had streaking issues. Fast forward about a year and I thought maybe it's just all my towels were cross contaminated so I just rec'd a sample of McKee's 36 Krystal Vision and a few Rag Co twisted loop glass towels. Washed the glass towels by them selves (dye/softener free soap) and no dryer sheets. Went out to give the windows a quick clean and the rag literally feels stuck to the glass? Tried saturating the cloth, then the window. Still doesn't glide or polish at all? The Rag Co towels also are leaving a bit of lint behind.

Did I buy the wrong towels?
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I heard these towels are not that good. Try a waffle weave instead.

If you are still having trouble look into the McKee's 20/20 cockpit glass cleaner.

Review: McKee’s 37 20/20 Cockpit Glass Cleaner

This is where I saw the issue on the FTW glass towels

 
A quality glass cleaner.

A waffle weave towel for wet cleaning pass.

A dry glass polishing towel or low pile microfiber towel for final buff.
 
Megs Glass Cleaner Concentrate, a waffle weave glass towel don't work the cleaner until it is gone with the waffle weave, then take a good pile edgeless towel and buff the rest off.

You can also use ONR the same way.

HUMP
 
I use my wolfgang uber rinseless wash solution on the windows (mixed with distilled water). Zero streaks at all, my windows have never been so perfect. Haven't purchased a dedicated window cleaner since I started using the uber.

The towel you wipe with matters as well. I use blue window cleaning microfibers and the combo is stellar.

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