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Old May 21, 2005 | 06:11 AM
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Buy a new or used car from a dealer and the inside of the windscreen is crystal clear.

Clean the screen yourself and get streaks and smears.

I have tried:

Newspaper
Vinegar
Iso-Propul alcolhol
Nail varnish remover
Windolene
Nilfisk
Mr. Sheen
and a wheel-barrow full of other stuff all with the same bad result.

So, guys, what's yor secret...?

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Old May 21, 2005 | 07:38 AM
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Griot's Garage has the best window cleaner I've used. It gets the windows squeaky clean. It comes in liquid form, but I use the wipes, so you don't get any overspray on the dash, etc.:
http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?&SKU=H11192

And their lint free towels also work great:
http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?SKUupsell=14910

For the most part, their products aren't cheap, but it's a great place for specialty car care products like these.
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Old May 21, 2005 | 09:00 AM
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Stoner glass cleaner works wonders. Totally streak free!!! Remember to use a good terry cloth
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Old May 21, 2005 | 09:14 AM
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Meguiars NXT glass cleaner & Stoner's Invisible glass are good. Aerosol regulations prohibit shipping for Stoner's to the UK though, unless you can get it locally.
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Old May 21, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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Stoner Invisible Glass for the inside.

RejeX for the outside glass.
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Old May 21, 2005 | 04:11 PM
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i used windex or lens cleaner from some optical shops. also bought a large size cleaning cloth from them. used a glass wizard for hard to reach areas.
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Old Aug 13, 2005 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by alohalc' date='May 22 2005, 01:11 AM
i used windex or lens cleaner from some optical shops.? also bought a large size cleaning cloth from them.? used a glass wizard for hard to reach areas.
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The best is Autoglym windscreen cleaner takes off flies, insects etc and leaves no smears, excellant product.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 01:18 AM
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I have tried many different cleaning prducts but the biggest break through came when I recently found some microfibre cloths designed specifically for glass. They have a much tighter weave and they work incredibly well.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 01:55 AM
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Mr Muscle glass cleaner and some good quality paper towel, streak free results.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by stream' date='May 21 2005, 11:38 AM
Griot's Garage has the best window cleaner I've used.? It gets the windows squeaky clean.? It comes in liquid form, but I use the wipes, so you don't get any overspray on the dash, etc.:
http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?&SKU=H11192

And their lint free towels also work great:
http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?SKUupsell=14910

For the most part, their products aren't cheap, but it's a great place for specialty car care products like these.
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Once again Stream hits the nail on the head!! The only thing I can add is I recently added Griot's Garage microfiber windsheild towels to "buff" galss after cleaning wipes and lint free towels. Really get them clean and s-t-r-e-a-k free.
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