wouldn't the newspaper ink get all over the window if you rub the glass with it?
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newspaper ink is waterproof. have you ever noticed you can still read the paper after it got rained on?
newpapers work fine but there is no magic behind using them.
newpapers work fine but there is no magic behind using them.
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I've had good luck with Stoners and a glass-specific microfiber. Eagle One 20/20 is good stuff too. I really only need the stuff for the inside of the windows. I use a quick detail spray after washing to keep the exterior of the glass looking shiny and streak-free.
Invisible Glass rocks!!
I have tried all the above in attempts to remove the haze from inside my car. What works best for me is, and I couldn't believe it, it a chamois donut. My six year old son calls it the "turkey butt", which it does resemble, but larger. Its chamois cloth cut up into a large donut shape and I simply rub it on the interior glass, no liquid of any kind, and dang if it don't work. Smoker's haze comes right off.
Found it at Target for $4.
Found it at Target for $4.
I can't believe I have missed out on Stoners Invisible Glass this long. I saw it advertised in a boat magazine or something and just tried it today. I can't believe how much better it is than regular windex.
I should have looked here first, but I didn't know what I was missing. If you still use Windex or an ordinary glass cleaner, try this stuff. I was amazed. Usually it takes me three attempts to get the haze off the inside of the windshield so that I don't have streaks. On the first application of IG it was gone.
I think it was about $3.50 at PepBoys.
I should have looked here first, but I didn't know what I was missing. If you still use Windex or an ordinary glass cleaner, try this stuff. I was amazed. Usually it takes me three attempts to get the haze off the inside of the windshield so that I don't have streaks. On the first application of IG it was gone.
I think it was about $3.50 at PepBoys.
Yep...good stuff!
I got some and tried it after reading this thread. It's as good as everyone says it is.
My windshield had just been cleaned with Windex.
Stoners got crud off the outside of the windshield that left black on the cleaning cloth. The glass looked a lot better afterwards.
Then I did the inside of the windshild. 9 year old car that has been well cared for, windshield looked like a normal just cleaned old windshield.
The Stoners stirred up some yukkie gooey stuff that spread around the windshield in a very thin layer. As I rubbed it dry, it disappeared. Winshield looked better, so I repeated two more times, each time less yuck showed. Each time the windhield got brighter and clearer. I think it's removing a thin layer of 9 years worth of plasticizer build up that regular windshield cleaner didn't touch.
Great stuff, but the name "Stoner" gives me the mental image of a burned out old hippie cleaning the windows on his VW Micro-Bus.
XS650,
Did you try it with a newspaper?
Did you try it with a newspaper?
No, I want to be sure I have clean glass before I try the newspaper so I can see if it leaves any film of it's own. Something has to be happening with that ink.
Have you used Stoners with newspaper on the film of yuck on the insides of windows?
The Stoners is impressive, the windshield looked pretty good when I started. Stoners still got a lot of crap off and did leave the glass nearly invisible.
I've only used the Invisible Glass product once (it worked great!) and that was with crumpled newspaper, both on the exterior and interior.
The crumpled newspaper left no film behind that I'm aware of...
When I was young, many, many moons ago, I would watch as the dealership would use gasoline and crumpled up newspaper to clean glass. At that time very economical, gas was cheap at less than .25 a gal and newspapers were a quarter on sundays if I remember correctly.
I use a product called sprayway on the inside of my windows w/mf towel and get great results, and for the outside I use Barkeepers freind w/newspaper.
http://www.properautocare.com/spglclae.html
http://www.properautocare.com/spglclae.html
Stoners Invisible Glass!!
i think it's called a "window mop" or something. i can't believe how well that thing works with no spray or anything.
when i'm doing a serious detailing i'll still use my window spray and a diaper, but follow it with the ol' turkey butt.
Someone else mentioned Sprayway. I have been using Sprayway Glass Cleaner since I worked in a graphics arts and printing shop in the early 70's. There we used the same stuff, only it said Sprayway Formula 40 "for the graphics arts industry" on the can and cost twice as much. Ingredients were the same. I buy it now at an Ace hardware store for about $2.30 a can. It is an alcohol-based glass cleaner. No streaks, sprays on as a foam, and smells a heck of a lot better than ammonia.
That's all they use at a Lexus dealership here in Dallas where a friend of mine is a technician. He gets used Lexus's reconditioned and ready for the "Lexus Certified Pre-Owned" market. (Or is that "Lexii"??)
That's all they use at a Lexus dealership here in Dallas where a friend of mine is a technician. He gets used Lexus's reconditioned and ready for the "Lexus Certified Pre-Owned" market. (Or is that "Lexii"??)
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