Cleaning Automotive Glass

[MMissile]

Best spray cleaner I've used, was in the glass-shops.

 

[LO23M8B]

This isn't for the haze but I wash mine with 91% alcohol once or twice and take a new razor blade over the entire glass and wash again once or twice with the alcohol and wax it. It comes out real nice. ps don't use a blade on rear window defroster lines. lol

 

[matthon]

Also, the Rain-X on my windshield, after a few hundred mile trip, my blades began to rub off on the windshield and vibrate as they were dragged across.

New blades seemed to cure it, but only got a slight drizzle in of use.

 

[harrisonm]

I want to clean the drivers side window as it has scratches from debris getting between the window and the cat whiskers? Kim

I have never used these products, but I have had good luck with Eastwood stuff in the past. One is for deeper scratches.
Pro Glass Polishing Kit | Eastwood Auto

Eastwood Glass Polishing Kit for Deep Scratches

 

[dirty white boy]

being a truck driver ive cleaned many many windshields, when nothing else will cut the oil n bug guts slime that builds up over time, when windex or viniger ant getting it done,.... coke cola!! works every time!

 

[44070dart]

My inside hazes up after I use Windex and I wipe it down with a clean micro cloth and it comes out good. Them rainx. I also wipe my wiper blades with alcohol cotton balls, and the junk that comes off is surprising. I replace them once a year before winter. Got a new windshield last year on my daily. The thing looked like it went through a sand blaster, and was a pain for my old eyes at night.

 

[jos51700]

The last couple windshields I did, they were hazed and I'd clean 'em and they would haze again. I think it's something evaporating from the Chinesium gaskets, which I can smell breaking down, whereas the old gaskets didn't smell hardly at all. It seems to collect visibly in the corners but smears and makes 'em an absolute ***** to clean.

I just got a gasket for my D250 and the gasket smells like a Harbor Freight tire section. I'm looking for a non-Chinese alternative.

 

[JDMopar]

being a truck driver ive cleaned many many windshields, when nothing else will cut the oil n bug guts slime that builds up over time, when windex or viniger ant getting it done,.... coke cola!! works every time!

Late September of 2005, I was headed to Texas in a big convoy of bucket trucks to work after Hurricane Rita. We ran thru Love Bugs somewhere in Louisiana. I bought a 16 oz Coke and sprayed it on the windshield and it cleaned them nasty little bastards right off there!

 

[MidnightSwinger]

Hot water,dawn dish soap and a real sponge, not a rag or towel. You want a soap solution, 2cups,not a bucket of water. Buff the glass with the sponge/solution, rinse/wipe clean and dry. Now window cleaner with newspaper. I do this once a month to keep the crud off the windows in a minivan with 4 kids.

 

[fishmens67]

You want a soap solution,

Just like washing dishes, let the suds do the work.

 

[MidnightSwinger]

Just like washing dishes, let the suds do the work.

Absolutely, and I’ve found that dawn brand specifically is more effective than most others.