Cleaning mirrors and glass?

Addle · 07-02-2019 08:40PM #1

I don't know where the appropriate place to post this is...

What is the best way to clean glass and mirrors inside a house?
I use a squeegee and washer for windows and that's fine, but I feel like I'm missing a trick on the glass in my doors and kitchen units.
Some of the panels contain stained glass or are frosted.
Is there a special sort of cloth I should use to wipe glass and mirrors?

4ensic15 · 07-02-2019 08:40PM

Addle wrote: »

I don't know where the appropriate place to post this is...

What is the best way to clean glass and mirrors inside a house?
I use a squeegee and washer for windows and that's fine, but I feel like I'm missing a trick on the glass in my doors and kitchen units.
Some of the panels contain stained glass or are frosted.
Is there a special sort of cloth I should use to wipe glass and mirrors?

Vinegar and newspaper is the way to do it.

Addle · 07-02-2019 08:45PM

But will that mark the frosted glass?
And smell?
I don't want my house smelling like a chipper!

fatbhoy · 07-02-2019 08:47PM

Windolene, of course. :rolleyes:

the_syco · 08-02-2019 02:01AM

Addle wrote: »

I use a squeegee and washer for windows and that's fine, but I feel like I'm missing a trick on the glass in my doors and kitchen units.
Some of the panels contain stained glass or are frosted.
Is there a special sort of cloth I should use to wipe glass and mirrors?

If this is for the inside of the oven; baking soda and then vinegar does a good job on baked in stains.

Dakotabigone · 08-02-2019 02:23AM

Mirrors generally don’t get dirty unless you have bodily fluids being flung, fired or discharged at them.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 08-02-2019 02:27AM

Damp short hair/pile microfiber cloth, followed by drying with a dry short hair/pile microfiber cloth. There's no better outcome. Forget all the rest, they are rubbish.

dancingqueen · 08-02-2019 03:15PM

Vinegar doesn't leave a smell - you can get a white vinegar spray by Stardrops in EuroGiant or Mr Price for 1.50 and it's brilliant. I have also gotten window/mirror wipes cheaply in these kinds of shops for day to day wiping. You can often get particles of toothpaste on mirrors and indeed condensation. I second the microfibre cloth - I don't buy newspaper but my mother always used it when I was growing up and it is also very good.

Addle · 08-02-2019 03:23PM

My bathroom mirror gets grubby.
Mirror over fireplace gets v dusty.

dancingqueen · 08-02-2019 03:48PM

Addle wrote: »

My bathroom mirror gets grubby.
Mirror over fireplace gets v dusty.

Quick spritz of vinegar spray and a microfibre cloth would work on both

Gumbo · 08-02-2019 04:03PM

Try truwash.

Been using it for the last month in the house and in the car. Brilliant.

https://www.martinservices.ie/truwash2.html

HiGlo · 08-02-2019 04:19PM

Will Poor Numismatist wrote: »

Damp short hair/pile microfiber cloth, followed by drying with a dry short hair/pile microfiber cloth. There's no better outcome. Forget all the rest, they are rubbish.

This is pretty much what I do...... Use a damp facecloth to wipe down mirrors and then dry with a hand towel. No smears, marks, anything.... Just perfect, clean mirrors.

Cleaning mirrors and glass?

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