Cleaning Conservatory Windows

[sherrardk]

Has anyone got a fool-proof method for cleaning conservatory windows? All I seem to be doing is moving the smudges around.

[Tilly2]

Employ a window cleaner?

[ubasses]

One of these
https://www.diy.com/departments/karcher-wv-classic-window-vac/1266920_BQ.prd

[tonyav]

Try putting a couple of cap fulls of white vinegar in the water that you use, sherr.

[Captain2]

Agree with Tony re the vinegar; and dry with old newspapers.

(But I do prefer Tilly's answer)

[sherrardk]

I should clarify that I mean the insides - I use window cleaner spray and kitchen roll, the other windows are fine.

[kvalidir]

Pressure wash them, rub half a lemon over them or a cloth soaked in vinegar and pressure wash em again.

[tonyav]

Question AuthorI should clarify that I mean the insides -

Then wiping them over with White ( distilled ) vinegar and scrunched up newspaper will do the job, sherr.

Used it on car windows many times.

[tonyav]

Then wiping them over with White ( distilled ) vinegar

Should have added diluted in water.

[granny grump]

Be careful with a pressure washer sherradk GranddadG used one on the roof - it blew him backwards off the ladder and he ended up with 4 broken ribs two bleeds on the brain and had to have his scalp glued to stop the blood pumping out - fright of my life. Took him a long time to get over it but he's fine now

[Captain2]

Not recommended using a pressure washer inside the conservatory though. ;0)))

[vetuste_ennemi]

Use a window cleaner. I was one for fifteen years.

If you want to go DIY: drench windows with detergent mixture (Fairy Liquid will do, then wipe off with a squeejee (different sizes - how big are your windows?); dry off lower frame where the dirty water has accumulated with a cloth.

[vetuste_ennemi]

That's for the outsides. Insides are more difficult: tar (from fags, tho' less so these days); cooking deposits in kitchens etc. Same prescription,
more elbow work. Never use polishes like Windolene which become thick and eventually impenetrable layers (think brown furniture, beeswax and "patina").

[jennyjoan]

that's right vetuste - sista has always cleaned with the fairy liquid mixture and her windows are like diamonds.

[ABerrant]

I've never understood why people treat large sheets of glass differently to drinking glasses (and crockery); I never use Windolene or white vinegar & newspaper to wash the dishes which are often dirtier than windows ever become.

Warm, soapy water is perfect to remove grease and grime and then, because it is a flat surface, a squeegee to remove the suds.

[diddlydo]

Pure, ordinary tap water and microfibre cloths - use a wet one to wash the window, then wipe over with dry one. No chemicals and no elbow grease necessary.

[Gizmonster]

As suggested by ABerrant, I'd recommend that you DON'T use vinegar, windolene or other such products.
I'm a window cleaner and I can tell when a customer has attempted to clean their windows with a product such as this, as it leaves a residue on the windows. They might look nice and clean, but I can tell when I'm cleaning them, that there's some kind of residue on there - it takes me longer than normal to clean the window.
Find out from your window cleaner where he gets his window cleaning supplies from and go and treat yourself to a decent squeegee. Don't be tempted by the ones for a quid, they're useless - a decent squeegee will cost anything from a tenner upwards.
Use soapy water (the same strength that you'd use for washing the dishes) and apply sparingly onto the windows with a cloth or sponge. Get your squeegee and squeegee the water off from side to side. Don't try anything fancy - just go from side to side. When you reach the other side, dry your squeegee with a dry cloth and then squeegee again, further down the window from side to side, working your way down the window.
If you have a window cleaner, have you tried asking him if he'd clean inside?? I clean inside for some people ..... I'm easily bribed with the offer of a brew and biscuits, on top of the extra few quid that I'd charge for cleaning inside :P

[diddlydo]

Further to my previous post, window-cleaning products i.e. sprays etc are a complete con!

[Baldric]

///A pressure washer.///

Not a good idea inside a conservatory, see 22:25