CLEANING WINDOWS

When using bleach or other harsh chemicals, you may want to consider wearing protective gloves. Also, never mix cleaning chemicals. If you clean with bleach or other harsh chemicals, be sure the area is well-rinsed and has air dryed before cleaning that area with another cleaner.

If you are going to clean your windows with Vinegar for the first time, you need to add an extra ingredient to help clean the residue left over from commercial products you have used in the past.
2 cups of water
1/4 cup white distilled vinegar
1/2 teaspoon of liquid dish soap
Combine in a spray bottle, spray on and wipe.

Normal dirt
Removed any waxy residue with the liquid soap formula, you can begin using a diluted white vinegar solution for normal dirt.
1 cup white distilled vinegar
1 cup water
Combine in a spray bottle, spray and wipe.

Very dirty
 Extra dirty windows, or windows with dried paint or hard-water mineral spots, try warming up full-strength white distilled vinegar and applying it directly to the windows.

What to wipe with?
To avoid streaks it’s important to dry the window as quickly as possible once you have cleaned it. Many normal cleaning cloths can leave a small flurry of lint. Paper towels are lint-free, but are too wasteful. Newspaper–it is lint-free, and the texture of the crumpled paper can work well on grime. But the ink smudges your white window frames or sills, you’ll need something else. Squeegees are good because you only need one towel to wipe and they really do conquer streaks once you have the technique mastered. Microfiber cleaning cloths work well on windows.