I'd been procrastinating cleaning my living room windows for weeks because I hadn't found a method that really works and is easy! I face west which means tons of afternoon sunshine so I knew I'd have to confront my fears or resolve to looking at the spotty mess my windows have become from the torrential down pours we've had this year.
I have tried washing them with a vinegar and water solution and drying them with paper towels because this was supposed alleviate the streaks and lint. All I ended up with was shredded newspaper! Then there was the soapy water and squeegee. Honestly, I don't know how those window washers do it. Clearly the squeegee I used was not of the same caliber because it didn't even make complete contact with the window leaving wet spots.
One night recently, I was flipping through a magazine or watching the tube when I saw an ad for new Windex product. It looked just like a Swiffer so I guess you don't have to ask what I did next. Yep, you guessed it. I grabbed a wet Swiffer from under my kitchen sink and rigged up that bad boy and headed out onto the balcony. My upright mop was working like a charm, lifting the dirt off of my window until I realized something. What in the world was I going to use to dry them. Before the windows had time to dry and ran back to the kitchen and grabbed a dry Swiffer but that was a bad idea. It wasn't absorbing a darn thing! My next thought was a paper towel...put that on and ended up with a shredded mess though it did absorb some of the water. Next, I thought, how about 2 paper towels so I doubled up to no avail. Hmmm...then it came to me! I always dry my wine glasses with a microfiber cloth and also use them to clean the glass surfaces and mirrors in my home. Yes, people, that's right... I put the microfiber cloth onto the Swiffer pole ( no , not stripper pole) and proceeded to dry my windows to a streak free finish!
Though it sounds like a long drawn out process, I was done in a matter of minutes!
So long squeegee! I got streak free windows with a wet Swiffer and a microfiber cloth!
If you have a window cleaning method that works like a charm, I wanna hear about it!
Cheers!
Marie
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