Spring Cleaning: Five tips to clean your windows

07/04/2017 13:51 by cclark

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With warm spring days, jumping homeowners the chance to throw open their windows and ventilate your home after a long winter. The windows offer a clear view of the awakening of spring beauty outside? If they are dirty, the answer is certainly not.

Add the window in the list of spring cleaning tasks. With some basic tools, cleaning solutions and the right techniques, it is easy to get your glass windows with gas.

Here are five tips to keep in mind that you clean your windows.

1. The cleaning solution is important. There are a number of options for cleaning solutions. Storage racks are filled with cleaning prefabricated products, which can be sprayed on their wiped window or applied with a brush or cloth. The important thing is that the cleaning solution does not leave behind streaks or residue. You can make your own cleaning solution, which saves money and reduces the amount of chemicals used at home. In 1/4 cup of white vinegar and two cups of water hot. Some cleaners recommend adding a teaspoon of liquid detergent products because the foam create more cleaning power.

2. The importance of proper tools. There are a variety of ways to use the cleaning solution, rags, brushes and sponge same newspaper and remove. Take a tip from the pros: use squeegee. This gives you the cleanest zero and makes quick work of cleaning solution to remove.

3. It is in the prior art. Apply the cleaning solution with a sponge or spray bottle, then use the squeegee to remove it before it had a chance to dry. Working from top to bottom, the career of squeegee on one side of the glass window on the other side. Use a clean cloth to wipe the blade after each pass. Then to wipe with a clean cloth, the drops left behind.

4. Clean both sides of the glass. Make that the clearest view the exterior and window washing. Many of the new sliding windows have a tilt function to clean the outside glass in the safety of your home. Some window styles such as sliding window, you can delete the profile glass slide for easy cleaning. If you a ladder climb the outside of the window to clean out all safety precautions in mind keep to scale.

5. Do not forget the details. While you spend the whole time in order to clean the glass, the work is not yet finished. Clean using the runways and window frames a wet / dry. This is an especially important step if you are sliding windows or sliding doors, as accumulation on the slopes can open the window harder and close. For stubborn stains, use a soft brush to loosen dirt and grab a toothbrush to reach inaccessible areas. Use to clean a non-abrasive window sills and trim around windows mild solution.

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