We're about to depart on a ten-day trip along the east coast, crossing the Chesapeake Bay, and ending up in Kentucky for the PGA Championship. DH has never been in this area, and I think the Chesapeake Bridge/Tunnel system is the 8th wonder of the world.To ensure that he can see all there is to see, I want to start every morning with a very clean windshield and front windows. I have a small ladder, extendable scrubber and squeegee and a collapsable bucket. Question is, what cleaner is best to use? I'm assuming there'll be lots of bug bodies, etc. and I've heard vinegar/water is a good solution...but anyone have a not-so-secret weapon?

First super clean the windshield with 000 steel wool with windex or some other wetting solution. This gets rid of all the small teenie tiny bits of crud and leaves your windshield smooth and clean. It also removes any water spots on the windshield. Then use a glass cleaner found at Costco and other auto/grocery stores called http://www.amazon.com/Sprayway-Glass-Cleaner-6-Cans/dp/B000AP585M Sprayway. Great stuff. The best I have ever used.

2 gal. water (warm is best), 2-3 drops of Dawn Dishwashing Liquid, 3 - 4 squirts of Jet Dry liquid that you use in a dishwasher. Mix it good, use your scrubber to put it on and then use the squeegee. No rinsing is necessary.

I use Stoner brand glass cleaner called "Invisible Glass", by far the best cleaner I've used. Use newspaper if you can, better than paper towels.

I use this when stopped on glass.I use both products for everything. The concentrated Wash lasts a long time.I use a 1/2 capful of this in a spray bottle when traveling.Suicidal bugsy's come off easy, no glare, no streaks and lazy easy for me.

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randallb
Explorer
Jul 29, 2014
Buy two cheap, $9.00, 1 gallon sprayers. Clear, clean water in one and concentrated windshield washer fluid mixed @ 1.5 times the recommended mix. When you get in at night saturate the windshield with the washer fluid and then scrub with a bug scrubber on an extension pole. Spray off with clean water and then squeegee. It worked for me and does not take long.
Randy
blw2
Explorer
Jul 27, 2014
I had some glas cleaner given to me once in a car care products kit. Autoglass something or another..... maybe by armor all. I have to say that was the best glass cleaner I've ever used!

The other avice i have is Rain-X. Once properly applied to a clean windshield, it makes keeping it clean much easier!
dennyR
Explorer
Jul 27, 2014
Hot soapy water with steel wool works great for me. Cheap too!
BigSkyBob
Explorer
Jul 27, 2014
2bzy2c wrote:
First super clean the windshield with 000 steel wool with windex or some other
wetting solution. This gets rid of all the small teenie tiny bits of crud and leaves your windshield smooth and clean. It also removes any water spots on the windshield. Then use a glass cleaner found at Costco and other auto/grocery stores called http://www.amazon.com/Sprayway-Glass-Cleaner-6-Cans/dp/B000AP585M Sprayway. Great stuff. The best I have ever used.

I think 0000 steel wool is recommended for cleaning glass instead of 000.
vic46
Explorer
Jul 27, 2014
AK49er wrote:
I use Stoner brand glass cleaner called "Invisible Glass", by far the best cleaner I've used. Use newspaper if you can, better than paper towels.

Just found this goop at Canadian Tire. This stuff is awesome to the nth degree. Little trick! Clean the outside glass with horizontal strokes and the inside with vertical strokes, or vis versa. Any streaks are then easily identified as either inside or outside.
2bzy2c
Explorer II
Jul 27, 2014
Ive used 000 with good results. 0000 would probably be better, but the 000 is better at the hard water stains.
mustang652
Explorer
Jul 27, 2014
I've seen some good suggestions to modify how I clean the windshield, especially the Dawn and Jet Dry, but to be honest, I'd never use 000 (triple 0) steel wool, especially when wet. Maybe there something there I just don't get, but most of the 000 I've seen, is too course for glass. For major pre-trip cleaning I start with dry 0000 (quadruple 0) then follow up with the spray Rain X. Picked up on the dry 0000 steel wool when I was involved with showing a classic in local car shows.
lunch_surfer
Explorer
Jul 26, 2014
Protect-All waterless wash and Tech-Shine. I will compare my windshield with anyone's........

Can't beat the combo!
hooligan
Explorer
Jul 26, 2014
2bzy2c wrote:
First super clean the windshield with 000 steel wool with windex or some other wetting solution.

.....
I think he meant 0000 steel wool. This is the finest grade.

Super clean windshield
Takemeanywhere
Explorer
Jul 26, 2014
Wow! Options galore! I appreciate all the suggestions. I'm going to start with the really clean window (steel wool+) suggestion, then do the dawn, jet dry deal to finish. Going to save my used dryer sheets and will probably try every method over time.

Again, many thanks for the ideas. I'll let you know how it comes out.

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