This may be old hat but I just found out about it and wanted to pass it on. Car detailers swear by using newsprint to clean glass windows. I tried it yesterday on a vehicle and it cleaned it so good the tape barely stuck to the glass. No fuzz or residue of any kind.
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Ricky....newsprint leaves a film of ink on the windows!
Posted by Jill Marie Welsh (Member # 1912) on :
I knew an old lady who cleaned her windows with vinegar and old newspaper. Just seems eaier to use Windex and paper towels! love...jill
Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :
I get roll ends from the local print shop no ink no smear...they give em to me.. no smear
Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
Yup, I been using that method since hector was a pup but now I've found that by using newspaper and Rapid-Clear it not only cleans the glass but lasts a real long time too Posted by Kelsey Dum (Member # 6101) on :
I would have thought that the ink would've smeared, but the newspaper works great. I found out after I started letting the bum down the street clean my windshield every once in a while. He always has newspaper and seems to work great.
Posted by Bill Lynch (Member # 3815) on :
Ask Heloise...newsprint is great
Posted by ScooterX (Member # 2023) on :
the trikk is to scrunch up (ball up) the newspaper and use it that way. (i only mention it, because i once saw somebody with a little piece of folded newspaper, and its not very effective that way.)
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Another vote for scrunched up newspaper and vinegar here.
Mom and Dad used to clean windows with that combo back in the 50's. It is still the best way as far as I am concerned. That is how Shirl and I still clean windows at home and in the vehicles.
Just to keep Roger happy though......
If I am going to apply vinyl to glass I clean with Rapid Tac and use cheap "No Name" paper towels, because THAT works too.
Then apply dry!!!!!!! LOL
(OK..I pi$$ed him off about the dry app, but he can handle it!!!)
Edited to add..Had the car "detailed" in Mexico this past winter..Car was cleaner and nicer than when it was bought new...what did the guys use for windows?? Vinegar in a spray bottle and scrunched up newspaper!!!
[ August 03, 2006, 07:54 PM: Message edited by: Dave Grundy ]
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
I have also been told that a potato, cut in half and then rub the exposed area to your car window a few times and wipe off is as effective as RainX for repelling water.
Try it at your own risk...if nothing else, you can at least eat the potato - just pick off the bugs first.
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Todd..aren't vehicles equipped with windshield wipers to keep the rain off??? Posted by roger bailey (Member # 556) on :
Good one Dave, and no, you didn't **** me off.
Roger
Posted by Jack Bass (Member # 6695) on :
coke works good to.. not pepsi..
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
Todd,
That's for when you are sizing and gilding your car and don't want the Gold on your windshield. If you Gold leaf your entire car body, you can take a $500 beater and turn it into a... $50,000 beater.
Posted by Jen Goodwin (Member # 3757) on :
I find huffing and buffing with a dry paper towel after cleaning (with a good glass cleaner and razor blade) works like charm. Spotless glass! (and I clean alot of glass!)
[ August 04, 2006, 02:29 PM: Message edited by: Jen Goodwin ]
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