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The Best Window Cleaner
A little dab of this and that from your kitchen cupboard will provide you with the best window cleaner!
Around Earth Day 1990, many newspapers offered recipes for non-toxic cleaning with the basics we all have in our kitchen cupboards, and the recipe was just plain vinegar and water with the option of drying the windows with old newspapers.
People by the thousands tried this but ended up swearing off cleaning with homemade recipes because the formula left streaks on their windows. Unfortunately, the commercial products they had used for so many years had left a wax buildup and vinegar alone wouldn’t do the job of removing the residue.
The good news though: Adding a dab of dish soap to the vinegar and water will remove the buildup.
THE BEST WINDOW CLEANER
Make a great all-purpose window cleaner by combining 1/4 cup vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon liquid soap or detergent, and 2 cups of water in a spray bottle. Shake to blend and spray on your windows!
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add your comment »Not washing your windows is real bad Feng Shui. Also my Native Elders were always going on about the importance of clean windows. (So you can see what is going on in your life, so that you don't miss opportunities, so that get the best light into your home thereby raising the vibration of it, etc etc).
Clean your windows and see your health improve and wealth start to return to your home.
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My mother had a home with 25 on the main level & she swore by newspaper. (I never use newspaper & don't even read one, unless it is delivered to my hotel room! I don't use it when moving either, it leaves ink/print on items. I lived near an airport & windows had to be cleaned because of jet fuel residue. I always found that using some warm soapy water first, worked no matter what is used following.
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I agree with Steven about not washing windows! I always say that's what sheers and blinds are for.
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Newsprint is TOXIC!
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The best scenario I have come up with is not washing my windows at all :)
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I never mix acids (vinegar) and alkalines (dish soap)to make cleaning solutions. This was the advice of my high school chemistry teacher, since acids and alkalines neutralize each other and reduce their individual effectiveness. So, how is it that vinegar + dishsoap makes "the best" glass cleaner?
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I use dish soap & water to get off the 'dirt' ... then vinegar and water to shine up the panes. There is something in newsprint which repels dirt (a cleaning lady told me this over 20 yrs ago ... it's never failed me) And that's MY system!
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I've found a new product to use for window cleaning: not to mention laundry detergent, general cleaning, etc. It's the soap nut, which comes from the soap berry tree. I made up a bucket of water with the soapnuts, took a washcloth and sqeegee and washed my windows. Tried this last week and was totally amazed at how clean they came out. You can google soap nuts and find out more about em. I found mine at Naturoli.
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Do note that microfiber cloths are petroleum based. I don't like newsprint myself, but find that an old wool sweater that's shrunken in the wash makes an amazing rag for this type of thing. I've tried both the alcohol & the vinegar, & both work. Both disinfect too. A 50 to 50 ratio of alcohol seems awfully high, and also much costlier than necessary. I'd go with vinegar myself, if that's the case. Also, rubbing alcohol versus regular grain (vodka or whatever, do use a clear one): rubbing's cheaper due to having a toxic chemical added so it's not drinkable, and therefore not as highly taxed. I use regular grain because of this. Yet for cleaning, I may be apt to sway more, but am leery still. Those chemicals can be absorbed so easily and in many ways. And that really makes vinegar cheaper.
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I use alcohol and water in a 50-50 mix. I spray it on and use a white glass scrubber (like the scotchbrite only in white for glass). Then I use a squeegee. The alcohol leaves no streaks and is a disinfectant too.
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