Tips on interior windshield cleaning

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kleraudio

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Hey everyone,

I just did all my windows and they all turned out great.... or so i thought. My interior windshield looked great until the sun hit it directly and the streaks were pretty nasty. Does anyone have any tips or tricks on eliminating the streaks on the interior windshield?



Thanks



Jim
 
If you can find them both, the Meguiar's NXT Glass Cleaner and the Duo-Fiber Glass Towel are a hard combination to beat. There's enough towel there to do all your windows inside and out and it only takes a small amount of product so use sparingly.
 
I was just in a pinch, and I used the new NXT Speed Detailer on the inside windshield of my work car. A light spritz and a quick wipe down with 2 microfiber towel (one for the product, one for final buff). Definately worth a try.
 
Go over it again with another MF towel and a little water. The water will clean up the streaks, and won't leave any new ones behind.
 
This is gonna sound odd, but I can't seem to get any product not to streak so last time I used VM. 2 dabs will do the entire interior of the windshield. Easier than glass cleaner by far, especially since the windshield can be awkward to clean on the inside. No streaks and it worked great!
 
Inspecting glass can seem like a never ending task. Different lighting indoors, outdoors, different types of light and at different times of day can show you areas you thought were perfectly clean.



Regarding such situations with interior glass, you might identify a spot by looking at the glass from the outside, go to wipe it from the inside, go back and check and still see the spot :mad:. So, I now just identify the spot, take a piece of blue painter's tape and "mark" it on the glass with it, wipe the interior glass, remove the tape and I always get it. :)
 
Thanks for the replies everyone! Im gonna try that water and MF trick, hopefully that works. I hate my interior windshield :-)



Jim
 
Autoglym's Glass Polish is great for interior glass. It is a solvent based polish unlike liquid spray cleaners and it really cuts the vinyl haze build-up. I apply a few dabs on a paper towel and spread it across the windshield. It dries almost instantly and buffs off with a clean mf to the clearest streak-free windows I have ever seen.
 
Also, use up-down or right-left motion for interior glass and the opposite for exterior glass (I use right-left interior, up-down exterior). Doing so will allow you to see where the streaks/smudges are.



Follow the initial wipe with another clean towel. The second towel will pick up the remaining cleaner, dirt, streaks, etc.
 
I no longer worry about streaks. Not since I got a Megs duo-fiber towel and their NXT Glass cleaner. This combo simply doesn't leave streaks. Not a one on my vehicles. The towel is a combination of cotton and microfiber and pulls everything off the glass leaving them spotless and streak-less. I love this towel. I made the mistake of showing it to my wife so now I'm cleaning the windows in the house ;)
 
I wouldn't use any chemical cleaner.



My method is to use hot tap water and saturate a bug sponge. Wash the window and quickly dry and buff with wadded up newpapers.
 
I can understand the preference for just water to clean glass. I also use water if I can, since there is nothing to worry about as far as streaking with just water and MF.
 
I've found that chemical glass cleaners leave a behind a little residue. It'll cause a slight haze to form later on.



Besides that, they don't perform any better than hot water and wadded up newspapers.



hennyh said:
I wouldn't use any chemical cleaner.



My method is to use hot tap water and saturate a bug sponge. Wash the window and quickly dry and buff with wadded up newpapers.
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