One of the biggest challenges of keeping your home clean is window cleaning - and any type of glass you might have around really. If you own or rent a home with glass then you know all too well streaks and spots can appear on any glass surface. For someone trying to keep a home clean, those streaks can be unsightly and embarrassing. It can make your entire house look messy and they're visible from the outside.
There's no shortage of snake oil vendors and legitimate cleaners scrambling for your attention and trying to hock their wares. There are even many formulae on the internet that are freely distributed that are supposed to be safe, green alternatives to harsh chemicals. The question remains, what actually works?
Getting Mirrors Cleaned
If you haven't had a mirror streak and splotch on you after cleaning it, or cloud over right after wiping it down, then we want to know your secret. People deal with this on a regular basis and it can be extremely frustrating. Especially when you go at the mirror a second or third time and it looks worse. What do you use then? Paper towel? Terry cloth? A diaper? A tactical nuke? Threats and cursing?
For our daily dose of duh, the answer turns out to be just plain and simple, tap water. The Glass Association of North America recommends saturating a clean, lint-free cloth with warm tap water, wringing the cloth free of excess water, and wiping the mirror down. From there you simply dry and buff/polish the mirror with a second lint-free cloth.
It's actually quite amazing how well plain old water works but the secret is the lint free cloth. A lint free cloth works much better than paper towel and cloth and water costs far less than expensive cleaners that are actually water based anyway.
Fiberglass Shower Doors
If there was a chart detailing what everyone's favorite activities are, bathroom cleaning would by no stretch of the imagination, be anywhere near the top. Unpleasant as it may be though it is a necessary chore. Glass and fiberglass doors are highly prone to hard water staining, soap scum and other water related problems. A great way to keep them from building up these unsightly stains and scales is to just use a bath squeegee after your shower to take the water off the doors.
If your fiberglass doors are already stained or dirty then try a gentle cleaner like Cerama-Bryte (used for smooth cook surfaces). Then rinse off and buff the doors dry. Once you have them clean get a squeegee and a squeegee hook for the shower.
You don't need to win the arms race with thousands of cleaning chemicals at your disposal to get your glass clean. Just a little bit of time and effort and something as simple as plain water and a towel will work most often.
There's no shortage of snake oil vendors and legitimate cleaners scrambling for your attention and trying to hock their wares. There are even many formulae on the internet that are freely distributed that are supposed to be safe, green alternatives to harsh chemicals. The question remains, what actually works?
Getting Mirrors Cleaned
If you haven't had a mirror streak and splotch on you after cleaning it, or cloud over right after wiping it down, then we want to know your secret. People deal with this on a regular basis and it can be extremely frustrating. Especially when you go at the mirror a second or third time and it looks worse. What do you use then? Paper towel? Terry cloth? A diaper? A tactical nuke? Threats and cursing?
For our daily dose of duh, the answer turns out to be just plain and simple, tap water. The Glass Association of North America recommends saturating a clean, lint-free cloth with warm tap water, wringing the cloth free of excess water, and wiping the mirror down. From there you simply dry and buff/polish the mirror with a second lint-free cloth.
It's actually quite amazing how well plain old water works but the secret is the lint free cloth. A lint free cloth works much better than paper towel and cloth and water costs far less than expensive cleaners that are actually water based anyway.
Fiberglass Shower Doors
If there was a chart detailing what everyone's favorite activities are, bathroom cleaning would by no stretch of the imagination, be anywhere near the top. Unpleasant as it may be though it is a necessary chore. Glass and fiberglass doors are highly prone to hard water staining, soap scum and other water related problems. A great way to keep them from building up these unsightly stains and scales is to just use a bath squeegee after your shower to take the water off the doors.
If your fiberglass doors are already stained or dirty then try a gentle cleaner like Cerama-Bryte (used for smooth cook surfaces). Then rinse off and buff the doors dry. Once you have them clean get a squeegee and a squeegee hook for the shower.
You don't need to win the arms race with thousands of cleaning chemicals at your disposal to get your glass clean. Just a little bit of time and effort and something as simple as plain water and a towel will work most often.
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