Nothing can make an otherwise clean home look messy more than streaky windows and mirrors. Cleaning glass can be time-consuming, and sometimes when we’ve spent what felt like hours spraying, buffing and shining our windows and mirrors, we’re still left with streaks and stains.
However, find the right tools and use the correct methods, and you could have glass that sparkles for a lot less effort:
Always start cleaning at the top and work your way down:
Often, the cleaning solution that you’re using on your windows and mirrors can drip down, so it makes sense to start at the top and then you can wipe the solution away as you work your way down.
Pick an overcast day to wash your windows:
On a sunny day, the warm rays can begin drying the windows before you’ve even finished cleaning them, and before you know it, you’re having to redo them all to eliminate the streaks that have been left behind. Choose a cloudy day and you shouldn’t encounter this problem.
Use a Squeegee:
Squeegees are affordable and easily found in all good stores, and they make short work of cleaning windows and large mirrors. A long-handled Squeegee is especially helpful if you’re cleaning tall or large windows, and it works just as well for cleaning shower stalls, too.
Cotton swabs for those annoying corners:
Residue always builds up in the corners of windows and mirrors after you’ve cleaned them, no matter how good a job you do and removing it can be fiddly. However, use a cotton swab and you’ve got the perfect, affordable solution!
Got an old T-shirt or two?
If you’ve got a T-shirt that you no longer wear, you can use this to help you clean your windows and mirrors; with their level of absorbency and lack of lint, they’re great for the job and will save you from getting through rolls and rolls of paper towels.
Make your own cleaning solution:
Try mixing 1 cup of rubbing alcohol with 1 cup of water and a tablespoon of vinegar and transfer the solution to an empty spray bottle. This mix is not harmful to the environment or your health and can be used to give a sparkly shine to hard tiles, chrome, and other surfaces, too.
Use newspapers:
Newspaper is great for polishing glass surfaces, but if you don’t wear gloves while using it, you’ll get the print all over your hands. Go careful when using newspaper on wet windows and mirrors, but when used on glass that you’ve sprayed with a cleaning solution, it can help to make them gleam without streaking.
Grubby glass can be tackled by cleaning firms, too, so if you’re thinking of using the services of a professional cleaning company, simply add it to your list of tasks for them to complete.
