Don M
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- Jan 8, 2010
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My wife's Explorer is not exactly the most well cared for car. It's old & very rusty and (IMO) not very detail-worthy. I'm not going to chance washing or waxing it and risking getting rust flakes in my towels and pads.
But my wife asked me to clean her windows, so yesterday in the morning while it was still cool and the humidity was low, I went for it. They were really bad, so I decided to use a three-step approach. First I used 50/50 IPA and moderately sprayed it on the glass. Step 2, I took a WET microfiber cloth and wiped/scrubbed the glass. Step 3, I used paper towels to dry and buff the still wet glass. When I was finished with the outside & inside, I sat in the car to do the rear view mirror. That's when I noticed the door windows looked like they were down! They were THAT clean!
Then on the exterior glass. I misted T.W. Hybrid Solutions Spray Coating on and buffed it in, then using the same process, used a heavily dampened mf, I lightly wiped the glass, and immediately dried it off. The exterior glass is now extremely slick and the windows are all perfectly clear, no streaks or smears.
To make sure this wasn't a fluke, I did the same to my Camaro's windows, but this time I used T.W. Dash & Glass Cleaner instead of the IPA, and a WW microfiber cloth as the drying towel instead of paper towels on the Camaro, but otherwise the steps were exactly the same.
So It appears (to me) that it didn't matter what glass cleaning product I used, that as long as I followed the 3 steps, the windows came out perfect.
Just some food for thought.
But my wife asked me to clean her windows, so yesterday in the morning while it was still cool and the humidity was low, I went for it. They were really bad, so I decided to use a three-step approach. First I used 50/50 IPA and moderately sprayed it on the glass. Step 2, I took a WET microfiber cloth and wiped/scrubbed the glass. Step 3, I used paper towels to dry and buff the still wet glass. When I was finished with the outside & inside, I sat in the car to do the rear view mirror. That's when I noticed the door windows looked like they were down! They were THAT clean!
Then on the exterior glass. I misted T.W. Hybrid Solutions Spray Coating on and buffed it in, then using the same process, used a heavily dampened mf, I lightly wiped the glass, and immediately dried it off. The exterior glass is now extremely slick and the windows are all perfectly clear, no streaks or smears.
To make sure this wasn't a fluke, I did the same to my Camaro's windows, but this time I used T.W. Dash & Glass Cleaner instead of the IPA, and a WW microfiber cloth as the drying towel instead of paper towels on the Camaro, but otherwise the steps were exactly the same.
So It appears (to me) that it didn't matter what glass cleaning product I used, that as long as I followed the 3 steps, the windows came out perfect.
Just some food for thought.
