How To Clean Your Windows

I remember the days growing up when my mom would clean the windows with some Glass Plus® and newspaper.  She did a pretty good job on them, but it created a lot of trash after she was done with all the windows in the house. 

When I was in high school I got a job washing cars at a prestigious country club in North Dallas.  I was taught to wash cars by the best!  Peter Nguyen could increase the value of your car by 30% with a $20 car wash!  Not really, but still… 

Here is the secret to cleaning windows:  USE WATER!  Don’t waste time and money using some glass cleaner or soap.  You need to go spend $10 on a chamois at Wally World and find the oldest crustiest (but clean) towel you have.  The towel is key!  Peter used to go to garage sales looking for old dingy towels to clean cars.  Nice, new, clean, puffy towels just don’t work.  You want the towels that would rub the skin off your back if you dried yourself off with it. 

Soak the clean chamois in water and wipe the window down.  Get in there with your finger nails on the stuff that’s really stuck.  After wiping every square inch of the glass take the towel to it.  Wipe either horizontal OR vertical.  Don’t go both ways until the window is completely dry.  And put some muscle into it for Pete’s sake.  Wipe it hard until the window is dry and move on to the next.  If your arms don’t hurt when you are done you didn’t do it right! 

Your windows will be clean and streak-free until next time! 

I am regretfully proud to say that my clean windows have killed more birds than I can count.  How many birds have your residential windows killed?