Window cleaning scrim

My window cleaner uses water drop of washing up liquid,a wet thingy on handle then window wiper to get of the soapy water and dries with chami leather .

My mom used water with white vinegar, a cloth and dried the window with wad of newspaper.

My mother used ammonia in water.

Better to use white vinegar....no dangerous chemicals. Better for the user and better for the environment.
It has many uses with great results.

Many years ago a professional window cleaner told me to use a bucket of water with a little ammonia added. Use a cloth to clean and then newspaper to dry. Works a treat. Only downside is the smell of ammonia as you add it to the water, but it doesn't last.

FranP I used to use Method shower spray and it's good. But nothing comes close to white vinegar.
My shower screen is like new and it's fourteen years old. White vinegar is truly amazing.

NotAGran55

I recently bought a vey big scrim on eBay, cut it into 4 pieces. Perfect to clean windows with a spray of white vinegar and water.
A linen tea towel should work too I would have thought.

I use a spray bottle of white vinegar and water followed by a microfiber cloth, this is for interior windows though as we have a window cleaner for the outside windows which get dirtier. We bought a Karcher window cleaner a while back but it leaves awful streaks and was a waste of money.

I use my granddaughters old muslin cloths to buff up my windows and mirrors after I've cleaned them, it gets rid of the streaks

I use washing up liquid and water. Small squirt of Elbow Grease if any dirty marks/fingerprints. Quick rinse with cloth and tap water.
Karcher window vac to suck up the wet. Kitchen roll if it misses any edges. Best thing ever my Karcher for windows, glass shower screens, mirror wardrobes, plastic panels, glass patio doors etc

FranP
I use Method shower cleaner on my shower screen. You are supposed to be able to spray and leave but I do polish it off with a soft cloth.

No problems with windows but any advice for one of my shower screens gratefully received

Newspaper is really effective, but messy and leaves black marks aim our white plastic frames and sills. And we rarely have a newspaper in the house these days. I look out for old linen tea towels in charity shops, et cetera. They do work really well.

I use hot water with vinegar or methalated spirits either on its own or after first washing very dirty windows with hot water and washing up liquid then polish the panes dry with crumpled up newspaper.

No streaks at all, unless you make the mistake of cleaning windows when the sun is shining directly on them.

I always use just wet newspaper then dry newspaper. Quick, no smears.

Same as your window cleaner. Used a scrim cloth for years.

I use some large, old, well, washed linen napkins to polish my windows.

Stoke48.......good old fashioned newspaper, brings them up lovely.

For the outside I have a window cleaner and he just uses the clean water method. He just brushes over the windows with a brush on the end of a hose thing, then leaves it and it drips sparkling clean.

(I should add that we have a window cleaner for the outsides and he just uses water with detergent and a squeegee, but inside we seem to need the degreasing fluid to stop smearing).

I have a couple of very old linen tea towels that have started going into holes and use these after the squeegee. I don't use water but a cleaning fluid that we buy in big bottles and dilute in a spray bottle. You can get long handles for the tools:
www.green-bear.co.uk/window-cleaning-products.html

I too have aqua cleaned windows.
Clean inside with white vinegar....no streaks. Lovely sparkling windows.

Yes! It's amazing.

Allira

My MIL used to give me pieces of scrim, she worked in the towels and linens department of a big store. They lasted for years but I had to throw them out in the end.

Our window cleaner uses a brush attached to a water system with distilled water.
It's just the insides which spoil the effect, everything I've tried ends up with a smeary finish.

The best thing was tea with a non-fibre cloth but a lot of elbow grease was required.

Our window cleaner uses the same method as yours.
The first time he came, and I saw how wet he left the windows, I couldn't really believe that they could dry naturally without leaving marks, but they did. It still amazes me.

J52

Washing up liquid, white vinegar to wash with a cloth and dried off with newspaper is my method. The Times works particularly well.

My mother used newspaper! I'd forgotten that.

My MIL used to give me pieces of scrim, she worked in the towels and linens department of a big store. They lasted for years but I had to throw them out in the end.

Our window cleaner uses a brush attached to a water system with distilled water.
It's just the insides which spoil the effect, everything I've tried ends up with a smeary finish.

The best thing was tea with a non-fibre cloth but a lot of elbow grease was required.

Washing up liquid, white vinegar to wash with a cloth and dried off with newspaper is my method. The Times works particularly well.

The secret to no streaks is to clean the windows using white vinegar.
It's amazing for cleaning shower doors too.