Mike Phillips
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Review: Pinnacle Advanced Glass Cleaner
First, here's what the copy on the Autogeeek.com store page says...
Advanced Glass Cleaner is a streak-free formula designed to remove even the heaviest contamination on both interior and exterior glass surfaces. Smoker's film, road grime, dirt, dust, and insects are quickly dissolved and removed for an advanced clean.
Pinnacle Advanced Glass Cleaner features:
• Ammonia free and safe for use on tinted windows
• Removes grime on interior and exterior glass surfaces
• Quickly removes smoker's film and other heavy contaminants
• Wipes away streak-free
16 oz.
The features read like everything you want in a glass cleaner. This is going to be tough because I thought I had written my best glass cleaner reviews when I wrote these two....
The photography work in this one is some of my best work in my opinion.
How to remove Smokers Film off inside of windshield - Review: BLACKFIRE Glass Cleaner
And this one is no slouch... only in this one I used the SCANGRIP Sunmatch light for my photography work...
Review: - Removing the happy face in Vinyl Fog by Mike Phillips
So - I have my work cut out for me.
Once I had the KIA Soul in the garage and cooled down for the review I did on the Pinnacle Advanced Insect Remover, because the glass was also dirty, figured might as well push through and test out this new glass cleaner on the car I already had in the garage.
Here's the passenger side window, you can see dead bugs and the traffic film outline from where the wipers DON'T reach.
Traffic film is an oily film that comes from the water the cars in FRONT of you SPRAY onto your car as you drive behind them in the rain. Here's my article on this topic. This first picture is from a book I wrote that is waiting in queue to be published on how to winterize your car.
Road Film - If you drive your car in the rain your car has road film
Here's where road film comes from....
Motor Oil, Transmission Fluid, Gear Oil and other fluids
These outlined areas show where fluids have dripped off engines and transmission, even radiators and accumulated to the point that the pavement has been permanently stained.
It's also on roads and highways...
The oil stain line that runs down the middle of the road...
Gosh hard to believe I wrote the above article over 5 years ago.... just one of hundreds of car detailing articles here on this forum. By the way... there's a LOT more pictures and information about road film and your CAR PAINT in this article,
--> Road Film - If you drive your car in the rain your car has road film
Now that you're up to speed with what road film is and where it comes from, back to this new glass cleaner from Pinnacle!
The film you see highlighted by the light shining on the glass is road film - an oily film of dirty water sprayed onto your car.
Here you can see the film in an arc pattern from where the wipers don't reach...
And plenty of dead bugs and their guts...
>you need lots of towels<
The real secret to cleaning glass is to have LOTS of clean glass towels.... if you DON'T have lots of glass towels and try to clean glass with only a FEW towels, what you end up doing is FIGHTING yourself because you end up cross-contaminating the glass you're trying to clean by wiping new glass with oily film and dead bugs already removed an on the towel.
Spray the glass cleaner onto the glass...
The art of capturing spray from a spray bottle when you're by yourself taking pictures....
Here you can see what I call a WET or HEAVY application of the glass cleaner on the windshield. If you read my articles on using cleaner/waxes (also called AIOs), you'll remember I recommend using these types of products, heavy or wet.
Instructions on the bottle say to wait for a minute.
Okay - it's been a minute.
Time to start wiping...
Now for the other side.... can't let Stephanie drive around with only one side of the windshield clean.
The art of capturing spray from a spray bottle when you're by yourself taking pictures....
Here's the OUTSIDE of the windshield after the first cleaning....
Yep... that's oily road film... and dirt and bug guts....
Now for a second cleaning to ensure ZERO STREAKS
Switching to a clean, dry glass towel...
Wiping....
Wiping....
And for comparison.... MUCH LESS oily road film on the second wiping towel than on the first wiping towel. That's a good sign, it means I probably know what I'm doing but it also shows that no matter how good you are at cleaning glass you NEED to do at least one secondary wipe.
Time to tackle the inside of the glass....
The film you see on the inside did NOT show up until after I cleaned the outside. That's a tip. Start on the outside and then move to the inside?
Why?
Because it's easier to clean the outside.
See the film? This is on the INSIDE of the windshield. Let's see if I can draw a smiley face into the film....
No problem... have to take a break here and go wash my finger, don't know what that film is but don't want it on my skin.... :laughing:
Spray glass cleaner onto glass...
Time to wipe.... everyone knows the old tip of wiping one direction on the outside and the opposite direction on the inside. But does anyone know which direction to wipe for each side?
(that's a question, answer correctly and I'll send you a free bottle of this glass cleaner to test out for yourself)
Oh just having fun cleaning glass with this picture - that's a square of glass cleaner drizzle on the inside of the windshield.
And this picture was taken after repeating the process to the entire inside of the windshield. I think you can clearly see the product works great!
Now that's a clear, clean window which also means this is now a SAFE car to drive!
Review
This new glass cleaner works great. It works great on the outside to clean off oily road film and it works great on the inside to clean off oily vinyl fog. The real secret to getting great results when using this glass cleaner or any glass cleaner is to have on hand plenty of clean glass towels and I'll leave a link below to get your stack of glass towels so you can do the job right the first time.
On Autogeek.com
Pinnacle Advanced Glass Cleaner
Pinnacle Advanced Glass Cleaner 128 oz.
6 Pack Waffle Weave Microfiber Glass Towels
First, here's what the copy on the Autogeeek.com store page says...
Advanced Glass Cleaner is a streak-free formula designed to remove even the heaviest contamination on both interior and exterior glass surfaces. Smoker's film, road grime, dirt, dust, and insects are quickly dissolved and removed for an advanced clean.
Pinnacle Advanced Glass Cleaner features:
• Ammonia free and safe for use on tinted windows
• Removes grime on interior and exterior glass surfaces
• Quickly removes smoker's film and other heavy contaminants
• Wipes away streak-free
16 oz.
The features read like everything you want in a glass cleaner. This is going to be tough because I thought I had written my best glass cleaner reviews when I wrote these two....
The photography work in this one is some of my best work in my opinion.
How to remove Smokers Film off inside of windshield - Review: BLACKFIRE Glass Cleaner
And this one is no slouch... only in this one I used the SCANGRIP Sunmatch light for my photography work...
Review: - Removing the happy face in Vinyl Fog by Mike Phillips
So - I have my work cut out for me.
Once I had the KIA Soul in the garage and cooled down for the review I did on the Pinnacle Advanced Insect Remover, because the glass was also dirty, figured might as well push through and test out this new glass cleaner on the car I already had in the garage.
Here's the passenger side window, you can see dead bugs and the traffic film outline from where the wipers DON'T reach.
Traffic film is an oily film that comes from the water the cars in FRONT of you SPRAY onto your car as you drive behind them in the rain. Here's my article on this topic. This first picture is from a book I wrote that is waiting in queue to be published on how to winterize your car.
Road Film - If you drive your car in the rain your car has road film
Here's where road film comes from....
Motor Oil, Transmission Fluid, Gear Oil and other fluids
These outlined areas show where fluids have dripped off engines and transmission, even radiators and accumulated to the point that the pavement has been permanently stained.
It's also on roads and highways...
The oil stain line that runs down the middle of the road...
Gosh hard to believe I wrote the above article over 5 years ago.... just one of hundreds of car detailing articles here on this forum. By the way... there's a LOT more pictures and information about road film and your CAR PAINT in this article,
--> Road Film - If you drive your car in the rain your car has road film
Now that you're up to speed with what road film is and where it comes from, back to this new glass cleaner from Pinnacle!
The film you see highlighted by the light shining on the glass is road film - an oily film of dirty water sprayed onto your car.
Here you can see the film in an arc pattern from where the wipers don't reach...
And plenty of dead bugs and their guts...
>you need lots of towels<
The real secret to cleaning glass is to have LOTS of clean glass towels.... if you DON'T have lots of glass towels and try to clean glass with only a FEW towels, what you end up doing is FIGHTING yourself because you end up cross-contaminating the glass you're trying to clean by wiping new glass with oily film and dead bugs already removed an on the towel.
Spray the glass cleaner onto the glass...
The art of capturing spray from a spray bottle when you're by yourself taking pictures....
Here you can see what I call a WET or HEAVY application of the glass cleaner on the windshield. If you read my articles on using cleaner/waxes (also called AIOs), you'll remember I recommend using these types of products, heavy or wet.
Instructions on the bottle say to wait for a minute.
Okay - it's been a minute.
Time to start wiping...
Now for the other side.... can't let Stephanie drive around with only one side of the windshield clean.
The art of capturing spray from a spray bottle when you're by yourself taking pictures....
Here's the OUTSIDE of the windshield after the first cleaning....
Yep... that's oily road film... and dirt and bug guts....
Now for a second cleaning to ensure ZERO STREAKS
Switching to a clean, dry glass towel...
Wiping....
Wiping....
And for comparison.... MUCH LESS oily road film on the second wiping towel than on the first wiping towel. That's a good sign, it means I probably know what I'm doing but it also shows that no matter how good you are at cleaning glass you NEED to do at least one secondary wipe.
Time to tackle the inside of the glass....
The film you see on the inside did NOT show up until after I cleaned the outside. That's a tip. Start on the outside and then move to the inside?
Why?
Because it's easier to clean the outside.
See the film? This is on the INSIDE of the windshield. Let's see if I can draw a smiley face into the film....
No problem... have to take a break here and go wash my finger, don't know what that film is but don't want it on my skin.... :laughing:
Spray glass cleaner onto glass...
Time to wipe.... everyone knows the old tip of wiping one direction on the outside and the opposite direction on the inside. But does anyone know which direction to wipe for each side?
(that's a question, answer correctly and I'll send you a free bottle of this glass cleaner to test out for yourself)
Oh just having fun cleaning glass with this picture - that's a square of glass cleaner drizzle on the inside of the windshield.
And this picture was taken after repeating the process to the entire inside of the windshield. I think you can clearly see the product works great!
Now that's a clear, clean window which also means this is now a SAFE car to drive!
Review
This new glass cleaner works great. It works great on the outside to clean off oily road film and it works great on the inside to clean off oily vinyl fog. The real secret to getting great results when using this glass cleaner or any glass cleaner is to have on hand plenty of clean glass towels and I'll leave a link below to get your stack of glass towels so you can do the job right the first time.
On Autogeek.com
Pinnacle Advanced Glass Cleaner
Pinnacle Advanced Glass Cleaner 128 oz.
6 Pack Waffle Weave Microfiber Glass Towels
