Getting interior windshield glass clean sucks.... LOL

Ahhh - the kryptonite of anyone that likes a clean car. The @#$%^& interior windshield. I know, I know. Its hard to clean since the interior "out-gasses" stuff that collects on the inside glass. Your breath, boogers, sweat, leather gasses, plastic shmeckis, whatever. I know. Its NOT enough just to do a quick wipe with glass cleaner & paper towel.

That said, even trying various methods that come from gurus and smart people, in the morning when sunlight peeks through the garage windows and hits my windshield at the right angle, I am often shocked at how "filmy" or streaky what normally appears as clean glass really is. Ive confirmed its the inside glass thats filmy/streaky/shitty. I was like... This drives me insane. So, what I *think* might have at least gotten me off the edge of the cliff was:

Cleaning the interior glass (again) using a weave micro towel and distilled/water vinegar mix(like 1:10 ratio). Then, a Sprayaway glass cleaner treatment which still left some hazing. Then, A quality waterless wash with HARD rubbing & subsequent buffing seems to have removed the hazing & towel fibers. Mostly. I dont see the hazing and streaking now. At least, I hope I dont.

I just cant believe how dumb I am or hard this is. . And, it has to be done fairly often as the interior glass will always collect "junk" on it. Oy Vey. I think Im OK now....

It is kinda crazy that glass is still such a pain in the a** to clean. The only tip (and yeah, it's hardly even a tip) I can offer is that the cooler the glass, the easier it is to clean. Note: "er" as in "easier" - not easy. Still a pain in the a**.

Mikey240 wrote

Ahhh - the kryptonite of anyone that likes a clean car. The @#$%^& interior windshield. I know, I know. Its hard to clean since the interior "out-gasses" stuff that collects on the inside glass. Your breath, boogers, sweat, leather gasses, plastic shmeckis, whatever. I know. Its NOT enough just to do a quick wipe with glass cleaner & paper towel.

That said, even trying various methods that come from gurus and smart people, in the morning when sunlight peeks through the garage windows and hits my windshield at the right angle, I am often shocked at how "filmy" or streaky what normally appears as clean glass really is. Ive confirmed its the inside glass thats filmy/streaky/shitty. I was like... This drives me insane. So, what I *think* might have at least gotten me off the edge of the cliff was:

Cleaning the interior glass (again) using a weave micro towel and distilled/water vinegar mix(like 1:10 ratio). Then, a Sprayaway glass cleaner treatment which still left some hazing. Then, A quality waterless wash with HARD rubbing & subsequent buffing seems to have removed the hazing & towel fibers. Mostly. I dont see the hazing and streaking now. At least, I hope I dont.

I just cant believe how dumb I am or hard this is. . And, it has to be done fairly often as the interior glass will always collect "junk" on it. Oy Vey. I think Im OK now....

I actually bought the invisible glass cleaner spray and their window cleaning tool (the triangle on a handle). It works pretty well especially along the bottom part of the windshield where my fingers can't even reach.

N1rve wrote

I actually bought the invisible glass cleaner spray and their window cleaning tool (the triangle on a handle). It works pretty well especially along the bottom part of the windshield where my fingers can't even reach.

Yep,

This stuff works great. And you can use the tool with other cleaners to similar effect.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01C6PE73C?th=1

Yep - all good advice here guys. I just wanted to vent.

I do have that invisible glass tool also. Ive heard that isopropyl alcohol can help with the hazing.

Mikey240 wrote

Yep - all good advice here guys. I just wanted to vent.

I do have that invisible glass tool also. Ive heard that isopropyl alcohol can help with the hazing.

I would be careful with the alcohol if you have tint as it could damage the film over time. You need to dilute it. That's why I just use invisible glass cleaner as it's tint safe.

Another vote for Invisible Glass cleaner. I’m really impressed how well it works. The biggest problem, as already mentioned, is reaching all areas of the interior windshield. The triangle thing on a stick helps, but it doesn’t always work well because it doesn’t conform to the curve of the windshield. But it is a great one step solution.

I do this:

Are you running a set of dedicated towels as well

While all other car washing stuff (aside from wheel towels) get thrown in the washer, I hand wash my glass towels separately to avoid any contamination as well

mobildynamics wrote

Are you running a set of dedicated towels as well

While all other car washing stuff (aside from wheel towels) get thrown in the washer, I hand wash my glass towels separately to avoid any contamination as well

I use any old microfiber as the wet towel, and one of these towels as the dry towel. They are dedicated to washing the car, but not to glass only.

The rear window on this car is torture to clean

mobildynamics wrote

Are you running a set of dedicated towels as well

While all other car washing stuff (aside from wheel towels) get thrown in the washer, I hand wash my glass towels separately to avoid any contamination as well

Good call. I wash them all together. Perhaps I’ll stop doing that.

I also find the windshield and rear windows the most difficult parts of the car to clean.

Echoing earlier comments -- I also use a reacher tool to make it a little easier. These help apply pressure uniformly. For glass cleaning, I use Nextzett's "Scheiben Klar Windscreen" solution and a glass-specific microfiber towel.

For places the reacher tool can't get -- the corners of the windshield and parts right against the edges, particularly where the dash meets the windsheild -- I use a wooden paint stirrer and push the microfiber with that.

The best time to clean the windshield is when you have a low sun i.e., sunset or sunrise. Somehow, you'll see things in that light that are easily missed when light is coming from overhead.

Charles

Mech Spec wrote

This stuff works great. And you can use the tool with other cleaners to similar effect.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01C6PE73C?th=1

+1 on the Invisible Glass tool. Works best with extra socks.

Outside cleaning is easy.
Inside glass is PITA.
For chemicals, this has worked well for me:
HTH,
a

Rear window in-side: I only reluctantly use cleansing agents and by no way alcohol and pressure. No one could tell me what might or will not happen with the metal wirings thereon.

afadeev wrote

+1 on the Invisible Glass tool. Works best with extra socks.

Outside cleaning is easy.
Inside glass is PITA.
For chemicals, this has worked well for me:

HTH,
a

You must have some pretty big feet for socks to fit over that triangle LOL.

That's probably your issue.......time for new towels and just handwash them....
I don't do a separate load of glass towels....as IMO, there is the potential for contamination due to what sometimes may lurk between the inner:outer drum of a laundry washer that you just don't see.

Mikey240 wrote

Good call. I wash them all together. Perhaps I’ll stop doing that.

I don't understand why some of you think cleaning the rear window is a PITA. Cleaning glass should be a simple process,,apply product, wipe off with a towel. But nooo...ya gotta apply a special product, let it sit, wipe off with brand new "towel", then apply another product and wipe off with another new towel. Think I'll round up all my window towels and throw them in the washer with just plain water and go from there

afadeev wrote

+1 on the Invisible Glass tool. Works best with extra socks.

Outside cleaning is easy.
Inside glass is PITA.
For chemicals, this has worked well for me:

HTH,
a

I followed this out of spec YouTube instructions.

3 step process with quality glass towels. Worked perfectly the 1st time.

Has anyone tried this method?

Once you clean the glass well with a cleaner. I've found that using a new or freshly washed micro fiber towel gets the off gassed plastic (which i call SHMOOTZ) off with out any more cleaning product. But the towel collects the SHMOOTZ fast, and contaminates the towel, making it greasy. Re- using a shmootzed towel spreads it over the glass again. Once a week using a clean micro fiber to de-shmootz is the least effort way to keep it off. I'm no expert, just what has worked for me

overnightparts wrote

Has anyone tried this method?

I'm going to try this method