How to wash windows without streaks at home?

Clean windows - means a well-groomed and bright house. Want to learn how to wash windows to perfect cleanliness without spending too much time and effort? We will tell you about how to solve this problem at home. For each task, we will describe the necessary materials, detergents and give some important tips for your note.

If you do not use special cleaning wipes, then you will need to wash:

• a sponge or rag from coarse linen (you can choose microfiber or nylon);
• a bucket or basin in which there will be a washing solution;
• the cleaning agent or solution itself;
• absorbent cleaning cloth;
• You can also use a special scraper with a silicone nozzle to remove excess moisture.

A variety of appliances can be used to clean windows. Folk remedies are the most economical option, since you can find everything you need in your kitchen.

Popular among hostesses are:

• Ammonia will wash plastic windows without leaving streaks. It will also perfectly remove nicotine film from frames. Take 100 ml of ammonia (you can use alcohol with a flavor) and dissolve in a bucket of cold water. No unpleasant odors in the apartment can not do, so after washing the windows you need to ventilate the room.
• Windows can be cleaned perfectly using ordinary 9% table vinegar. Use 4 tbsp. l vinegar and 2 liters of cold water. Vinegar will not only wash your windows to shine. Thanks to the pungent odor, it perfectly protects the house from insects penetrating from the street.

• You can use starch to wash stained windows. Prepare the following solution: 2 tbsp. l Dissolve starch in 2 liters of water. Starch should be well mixed. With the resulting mixture, wash the window with a sponge or a piece of cloth.
• Potatoes. If there are a lot of dried spots on the window, wipe the window with half the potatoes, and then simply remove the remaining dirt with a dry rag from microfiber. Stains and dirt will be removed. Then wash with clear water or water with vinegar until shine.

• Chalk in the form of a powder. 3 tbsp. l such a powder must be diluted in a glass of water or vodka. Rub the resulting thick paste on the surface of the window and leave to dry. After we remove the chalk from the surface with a napkin or microfiber. The vodka in the resulting paste is perfectly fatty and will clean the window without streaks.
• Bow. Stains from flies can be removed with fiberglass half of the bulb. Then it only remains to rinse the surface with water and wipe it with a dry cloth.
• Salt will allow you to clean the window from dirt no worse than special tools. A few tablespoons of salt must be diluted in a glass of water and wiped with a solution of the window using microfiber.

• Glycerol. You can wash the window and protect it from further pollution by using ordinary glycerin from the pharmacy mixed with liquid soap. Glycerin can also be diluted with water (100 grams of glycerin and 50 grams of water) and ammonia (a small amount). A film forms on the surface of the window, which protects the window from scratches and dirt.
• Kerosene. To achieve shine of windows, you can use kerosene. A tablespoon of kerosene must be diluted in 3 liters of water.
• Nylon tights can be used to clean windows instead of special microfiber rags. Among other things, they will achieve a glass shine.

• The window can be washed with a solution of potassium permanganate, and blue, giving the glass a bluish tint. It is important not to overdo it with the powder, so that the solution is light, translucent.
• Wipers. Modern supermarkets offer many special glass washing products. They are available in the form of sprays, which are distributed over the entire surface of the window using a dispenser, a powder that must be dissolved in water, gels and pastes, which are applied to the window with a rag or sponge.

If you want to wash the glass quickly and effortlessly, as well as avoid stains, Use some tips:

• To begin, wipe the window with a sponge to shake off the dust.
• Walk on the surface of the glass with a rag soaked in a special solution (you can use the folk remedies listed above, or special sprays, powders, gels, pastes, wipes for cleaning glasses). If the apartment has large panoramic windows or you wash the balcony windows, then you can use a special spray gun.

• Further, the product is removed from the glass surface with a special rubber scraper. For large windows, choose wide scrapers. Move from top to bottom by slightly turning the scraper to the side.
• Then the glass must be polished. The last step is especially important if you want the windows to be washed without streaks and glistened. Dry the glass with a crumpled newspaper (you can also use a piece of suede, nylon stockings or tights, a special napkin).

Now let's talk about powerful tools that will allow you to get rid of dried spots and pollution at home:

• Pour 4 liters of warm water into a bucket and add 100 ml of ammonia and white vinegar, pour a small amount of blue and 2 tbsp. l starch. The resulting solution must be applied to the window with a rag or spray, then wipe the window with a napkin or sponge. A solution with ammonia also perfectly cleans the glass of glue.
• You can remove black spots from insects by wiping the contaminated area with half the bulb. This method will help to clean the window from stains without much effort.
• If you need to wash the window after a fire and remove soot, first remove the soot with a broom or dry cloth. After that, wash the window with water and a cleaning agent (both a special spray for cleaning glasses and a bathroom cleaner will do). Plastic windows can be washed from soot with chemical alcohol, solvent, gasoline and other alcohol-containing agents.

• To clear plastic glass from foil or glue after installation, you can use a solvent or ammonia. You can also use a dishwashing detergent. It must be applied to the sponge and thoroughly foamed. Then apply the resulting foam to the surface of the window and wait 10 minutes. After rinse with plain water and wash the window with ordinary detergent to get rid of stains.
• If you want the windows to shine, then a solution of 2 tbsp is perfect for this l vinegar diluted in a bucket of water. The windows will be washed without streaks and with the desired sheen.

Take note: to properly wipe stains on the glass without damaging the surface and leaving stains, it is better to wash the windows in circular motions from top to bottom.

If your house has wooden frames and a windowsill, it is better to wash them with liquid soap or dishwashing liquid diluted in a bucket of water. Hard abrasive products can damage the paint, and they are undesirable for washing such windows. Soda is also not recommended for washing wooden window sills and frames. Do not forget to treat metal hardware with oil after washing the frame.

Plastic frames and windowsill. To wash the frame and window sill, you can use:

• ordinary sponge or rag;
• a toothbrush to remove dirt from crevices;
• hard brushes are perfect for rough window sills;
• melamine sponge for heavily soiled plastic surfaces. The melamine sponge emits foam upon contact with water. No additional cleaning agents are required. However, melamine is toxic, so use it with caution and only on surfaces that do not have contact with food.

It is better not to use a metal scraper so as not to scratch the surface. For light soiling on plastic, it is better to use liquid or laundry soap. Dilute the soap in a bucket of water and wash the frame with an ordinary rag. As an alternative to soap, you can use another alcohol-based cleaner. It is better to do without solvents and alkalis.

Plastic frames and window sills turn yellow over time. You can achieve the whiteness of plastic in the following ways:

• Soda. To get rid of yellowness and stubborn spots on the windowsill, soda is perfect. To prepare the solution, use a small amount of soda diluted in water. The solution should be soft so as not to damage the plastic surface. If the surface of the plastic has old spots, then you can use soda and 9 percent vinegar.At first it is necessary to pour soda on the polluted places, and then walk on the surface with a sponge soaked in vinegar. The stains will be removed and the white surface will be effectively cleaned. Then wash the frames and windowsill with an ordinary rag and cold water.

• Powder for white things perfectly bleaches plastic. The powder must be diluted in a small amount of hot water (to get a thick mixture). The resulting paste must be applied to the surface, if necessary, leave to act for 10-15 minutes, then wipe with a hard sponge and rinse with plenty of warm water. After that, wipe the plastic surface dry with a paper towel or towel. Instead of powder for white linen, you can use white chalk, powdered, pieces of remnants or tooth powder. The action algorithm will be the same.

• Special means. To clean plastic from stubborn stains and rust quickly and simply will help numerous special cleaning products from the store. Powder and aggressive detergents must be used with care so as not to damage the surface of the plastic. Laminated plastic can be washed by any means without fear. As a rule, a cleaning spray must be applied and left on the surface for several minutes. 15 minutes after applying the product, removing stains will not be difficult. The product must be thoroughly washed off the surface. If necessary, the room can be ventilated.
• Also, to remove greasy stains from the windowsill, you can use degreasing agents for the kitchen. Significant dirt, rust and difficult stains to clean will help Domestos for the bathroom. We apply the product to the surface, leave it to act for 20 minutes, and then thoroughly rinse with water.

When using aggressive toxic agents (these include most potent stain removers), cleaning should only be done with rubber gloves and a respirator to protect hands and respiratory tract. Ventilate the room at the end of work. After the window has dried, it is necessary to apply a little engine oil to the metal fittings, treat the rubber seal with silicone grease.

Use caution with cleaning powders (allowed for laminated plastic) and detergents containing gasoline, thinner, or acid. All these tools destroy the surface of the plastic.

It is quite difficult to wash the gap under the frame, in which, as a rule, a lot of dirt and dust accumulates. You can use an old toothbrush to clean the gap. It will not only thoroughly wash the gap, penetrating into inaccessible places, but also has a soft bristle that is not enough to damage the plastic.

Dried stains from paint, primer, concrete contact, cement are not always removed with a normal damp cloth. Therefore, strong detergents are often required to clean the windowsill and frame. So that the cleaning does not take too much time, you must act in the correct order:

1. Before starting cleaning, it is better to remove all the plugs in order to wash the cracks in which a large amount of dirt accumulates after repair.
2. Then brush off any dust from the windowsill, frames and panels with a brush or a piece of dry cloth.
3. Remove stains with a stiff brush, not a rag. Stains from paint, glue or cement are removed by means containing abrasive substances. They are applied for 15-20 minutes, and then removed from the surface with plenty of water, you can add laundry soap.

To wash the primer, it must first be soaked. For this, alcohol or polyurethane foam is suitable.On the stain from the primer, you can apply its own solution and quickly wipe it with a dry rag. Then wash the surface with a damp cloth.

The primer can be soaked with wet rags. They must be put on the primer stains for a few minutes. And after removing with special tools and a sponge, it will not require much effort. It is better to use an abrasive sponge. It will not damage the plastic.

Instead of a sponge, you can use a special scraper, placing it at a slight angle to the surface. If dirt still remains at the spot, it can be removed with a powder solution.

If you need to wash stains from cement, then it is better to wait until they dry, only then proceed to cleaning the windowsill. Cement can first be carefully scraped off with a special scraper. Care must be taken not to damage the surface of the plastic. Then wash the residues with a special tool for cleaning surfaces from cement, primers, adhesives and other building materials. These include Dopomat, Hodrupa A, Szop (also cleans rust).

Severe contamination from the plastic windowsill can be removed with a solvent (acetone, turpentine, ethyl acetate, alcohol). But you need to resort to them in a pinch, as there is a risk of damaging the surface of the plastic.

"Mister Muscle" - A fairly effective tool that you just need to apply to the glass surface and wipe with a sponge. Then wash the glass clean with clean water. The tool will wash dirty window sills and frames to a shine.

Table Vinegar - Take a high concentration vinegar solution. With it, you can remove complex spots from the primer, but you must work in a respirator or mask. After cleaning, wipe the surface with a dry rag or paper towel.

To let fresh clean air enter the room in summer, rather than dust and dirt from the street, wash the mosquito net in time. A darkened mosquito net is a signal to action.

All you need to wash the mesh is ammonia (or another detergent with chlorine), rubber gloves, a water hose, tarpaulin or a thick film, a stiff brush and a microfiber rag, and another absorbent cloth will do. It is better to wash the mesh from the hose with a mild pressure of water.

Procedure:

1. To get started, remove mosquito nets from the windows and prepare them for cleaning. Place the mosquito net on a protective film or any other waterproof material (for example, tarpaulin) so as not to damage it during washing.
2. Prepare a solution of water and ammonia in a proportion of 3: 1. Mix the solution only in rubber gloves to protect the skin of the hands.
3. With a small stream of water, remove dirt from the window mesh. Remember to turn it over and rinse it on the other side. So you wash away the settled dirt and dust.
4. Take a stiff brush and dip into the solution. Start cleaning the mesh from top to bottom. Try to rinse the brush in the solution as often as possible.
5. Rinse the frame thoroughly with water.
6. Next, rinse the net with clean water from the hose from top to bottom to wash off any remaining dirt. Check for stains on the grid. If necessary, rinse the net again with water from the hose.
7. Shake off the remaining water on the net by lightly tapping the net on the ground.
8. Wipe the clean mesh with a dry absorbent cloth and leave to dry in the fresh air.

Now a clean and dry mosquito net can be returned to its place. It is better to wash it, after removing it from the window, so as not to stain yourself and the furniture around.

Washing windows from the outside is a rather difficult task. If it is not so difficult for those who live on the lower floors, then for residents of apartments washing the balcony windows outside is a real problem. However, there are several ways to make the process easier.

To get started, prepare all the necessary materials:

• sponges (it is better to choose not too hard so as not to damage the plastic or paint of the wooden frames) and microfiber;
• two buckets (for detergent and for clean warm water);
• a mop with a brush (or a double-sided mop with a brush and a scraper);
• ladder;
• scraper with a rubber nozzle so as not to damage the window.

Do not use window cleaners based on acid, alkali or other aggressive substances. They destroy the protective film on the surface of the glass, which is a filter of direct ultraviolet rays. Alcohol-based products are more suitable. It is also perfect for washing windows from the outside with a soap solution or liquid ammonia solution (1 tbsp. Per 2 liters of warm water).

It is safest to simply pull out the glass from the wooden frame or the plastic window from the grooves and calmly wash the windows of the house. If this is not possible, and you live on a high floor, it is better to turn to the services of special cleaning companies.

Operating procedure:

• Use a double-sided mop for washing (a sponge on one side and a brush on the other). It is also better to use a mop with a handle, the length of which can be changed.
• Wash the window with detergent using a mop and sponge.
• Remove excess moisture with a silicone scraper (other side of the squeegee).
• Wind a clean, dry cloth over the squeegee and dry the surface of the window until it shines.
• Most often, windows are washed in the warm season, and in winter only from the inside.

But if you need to wash the balcony window at minus outside temperature, remove the ice, then you can do this using a few tips:

• It is better to wash the balcony window first from the inside, and then from the outside. Then external spots will be easier to notice and wash.
• Wash the frames first, and then proceed to wash the glass itself.
• Dissolve 2 tbsp in 1 liter of water. l salt. Apply the solution to the icy window with a mop. You will see how the ice begins to melt.
• After making sure that the ice has completely disappeared, wipe the window with a dry cloth.

Often washing windows is accompanied by accidents. To avoid falls, poisoning and other troubles during cleaning, do not forget to follow the precautionary rules:

• Do not wash windows while standing on a slippery surface. No need to stand on the windowsill.
• If you are standing on a chair, armchair, or table - they must be stable, in no case do not swing and creak.
• If you wash the frame outside, make sure that someone insures you at this time.
• Do not wash the windows with rough brushes, otherwise you will find inevitable scratches on the windows.
• Do not use aggressive products such as solvents or chlorine to clean plastic windows. They only corrode the protective layer on the PVC windows and lead to yellow plastic.
• Never mix ammonia and bleach in a solution. This mixture is toxic and very harmful to health.

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