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How do I get my windows clean?

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Nevercan · 14/09/2011 16:31

Help how do I get the windows and doors in my conservatory clean. I have tried various windows cleaners with a cloth or kitchen towel but they always look streaky and really disappointing..... My doors also have toddler paw prints all over them. Any tips please

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nightshade · 14/09/2011 16:34

teensy bit of fairy liquid in hot water and a cloth, add some vinegar to the water also. use a squidgy thingy to scrap water off, buff dry with kithchen roll.

window cleaners only smear chemicals over the windows, they don't actually clean dirt off.

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Bert2e · 14/09/2011 16:36

Totally what nightshade says!

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Nevercan · 14/09/2011 16:50

Thanks I will give it a go.

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Shinyshoes1 · 16/09/2011 15:33

vinegar, I worked in a chip shop with all those cabinets where the fish/pies/saveloys et al are kept. That's the only thing that would get the clean an non smeary.

I use white vinegar on my mirrors and windows indoors, but malt vinegar worked perfectly fine in the chip shop

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Graciescotland · 16/09/2011 15:42

I dry them with old newspaper, cheaper than kitchen roll ...

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WhereTheWildThingsWere · 16/09/2011 15:54

An e-cloth if they are grubby followed by a glass e-cloth, plain water = immaculate streak free windows.

Bought mine 5 years ago and they are still going strong.

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NormanTheForeman · 16/09/2011 15:59

I also use a teeny bit of fairy in hot water, and dry with a proper window scrim (I bought mine in Lakeland).

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Mandy2003 · 16/09/2011 20:44

I have a slightly different window problem - old style UPVC double glazed units on an upper floor with no outside access as its a flat (the windows only swing open from the top and only one side of the unit opens).

How would you clean them without falling out the window?!

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Nevercan · 16/09/2011 21:32

Get someone to hold your feet whilst you lean out Grin

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Nevercan · 16/09/2011 21:34

Where do you get an ecloth from? Supermarket?

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NormanTheForeman · 16/09/2011 21:36

Ecloths from Lakeland. Smile

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southeastastra · 16/09/2011 21:37

ecloths are great, you only need water

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NormanTheForeman · 16/09/2011 21:41

They are brilliant for cleaning the top of the cooker, sea!

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