Rickochet

Wow, bringing back memories.... I worked in outside sales for a family-owned construction products business back in the 90's. A friend of mine who was also outside sales for the company was notorious for refusing to clean his company truck... nobody would ride with him out to various job sites, it was so filthy.

One hot summer afternoon, one of my contractor customers came into the store after having a productive day fishing at a nearby lake... asked me if I wanted a "mess of fish." I walked out to the parking lot to admire his take, and my fellow outside sales buddy's truck was parked right next to his, and his windows down. I grabbed a fish out of his ice cooler and tossed it behind his seat. LOL

Two days later he comes into the store first thing that morning. "I'll be out for a few hours, gotta go get my truck cleaned out. My god it smells awful. Smells like tuna, got every cat in the neighborhood chasing me!"

I literally spit the coffee out of my mouth. LMAO!

Fun times.

    FauxAmish Try Invisible Glass a spray cleaner available at most auto stores. Best I have ever found. And I use newspaper with it.

    Going to the auto store today. Will check it out. As far as using newspaper, our's is so small now it isn't big enough to wipe your arse much less do a vehicle. I have some microfiber towels I will try.

        Rickochet

        I used to use one microfiber towel to swipe away the cleaner and a dry one to make sure I got the residue, the streaks drive me barshit crazy and that did the trick for me.

          Some had already suggested, use diluted white vinegar. Wet a clean rag with the diluted solution ( I think it was 1/3 of white vinegar and 2/3 of water with a dash of salt ). Wipe the class with the wet rag and then use kitchen paper towel to clean up.

          Change the paper towel regularly. I used to fold it twice and change the surface contacting the glass after a few wipes ( don't be afraid of using double or even triple layers, I like the paper towel to feel like a thick pad in my hands .
          Keep the windows open for awhile after cleaning unless you love the smell of vinegar.

          I second using Invisible Glass. That used with a microfiber towel does the trick for me. Nice and clear with no streaks. You can find it at all the auto supply stores as well as Wally World.

          The one I keep coming back to is "Sparkle." It's a purple colored liquid that comes in a trigger spray pump plastic bottle. I use it with paper towels. The key is to have a clean paper towel to sort of polish the glass immediately after wiping off what you scrubbed the window grime with. There is a sort of film that you must polish off before it completely dries. After seeing posts above, I will try the Invisible Glass. I'm always looking for something better but so far, I keep coming back to Sparkle. One benefit is there is no ammonia smell.

          FauxAmish

          What's funny is at work we have the invisible glass wipes...and they arwntbthat great unless you go over it/dry it with newspaper.

          The spray would be good with newspapers.

            Simple Green will cut most of the grease, cover up the dashboard if you use spray, I would wet a clean rag with the Simple Green and wipe on, the wipe off with paper towel.
            The Sprayway Glass Cleaner from Costco works fine, that's what I use for light duty cleaning. I wipe down the interior with it and works fine.
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            garyt1957

            Except for the ink might rub off onto the glass, sometimes .
            I use kitchen paper towels and lots of it. Or some old facial towel which I saved over the years, great for this and other jobs in the garage.

              After complaining about my streaking windows to my wife she went into the utility room and brought out something called a Krystal Klear cloth. It is a very thin material about 16" square. She said to just wet it with water, wring it out and clean the windshied and let it dry. Bingo, my windshield is streak free and crystal clear. She said she has been using these for years on our houseboat which has a bunch of large windows. Now she tells me. 🤦