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Model specific boards => Golf mk8 => Topic started by: valentino on 08 December 2022, 14:05
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Ive tried lots of different cleaning bands. Also using a small amount of white vinegar in water. tried using micro fibre cloths. Especially this weather, inside of the windscreen always seem to be smeary . Its very annoying, any tips welcome .
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Autoglym Fast Glass works for me.
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I use one of these extendable pads along with a bottle of isopropyl to clean grease/smears/residues
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/sponges-brushes-and-buckets/halfords-long-reach-windscreen-cleaner-147052.html
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Thanks for the tips
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I've been using Meguiar's Perfect Clarity Glass Cleaner. Very good, would recommend.
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AutoGlym Fast Glass with paper towels. Microfibre doesn't work that well on glass.
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AutoGlym Fast Glass with paper towels. Microfibre doesn't work that well on glass.
Forgot to add on my post I use paper towels 👍
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This’ll be a typically unfashionable opinion but…
I don’t use chemicals very often at all.
36 years of cleaning cars, some of that time obsessively, some of that time by trade in my younger life, has taught me much.
I use water.
Have you seen those cleaning cloth sets you can get for shower screens? I mean the proper ones not the cheapo supermarket ones (which might actually work just as well) that consist of a slightly rough microfibre to cut through water marks and absorb moisture and a smoother glass polishing cloth?
They are great for cleaning windscreens. Not flawless, so you need to use them quite often, but don’t leave smears unlike any other glass polish I’ve ever used.
A white vinegar product with paper towels for initial grime removal periodically and then semi-regular use of shower glass cloths keeps the winter smears at bay.
I’ll very slightly dampen the screen usually with the drying towel I’ve just used for the car wash, then just follow the instructions for the cloths.
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I use this product, absolutely brilliant stuff, the best glass cleaner I’ve used by a long way, out does all the expensive brands with ease in my opinion, and cheap too! https://www.diy.com/departments/method-mint-mirror-glass-cleaning-spray-828ml/258796_BQ.prd
Plant based, so no harsh chemicals.
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Thanks for all the tips, some good things to try
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Ive tried so many products and cloths and still not found THE solution.
If they are really bad i used one of those magic sponges (squeezed out of course) with towels over the dash and then wipe with a damp microfiber. Then use blue roll and a cleaning spray like Megs Perfect Clarity or Gtech G6.
Will try the Method spray though and give that a whirl.
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Method is really good glass cleaner. Works a treat for me.
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Thanks, have ordered the Method glass cleaner, along with the Halfords extendable window cleaner. Fingers crossed that all the frustrations of misty, streaky windscreen will disappear
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Thanks, have ordered the Method glass cleaner, along with the Halfords extendable window cleaner. Fingers crossed that all the frustrations of misty, streaky windscreen will disappear
Personally I’d use a good handful of lint free blue roll instead of the Halfords thingy, I can’t imagine the pad would dry the glass very well, and that may cause smearing, maybe use the pad for the initial cleaning then give it a second light mist and finish with blue roll.
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I used to nick some methanol and acetone from work. Acetone to clean most of the plasticiser, then methanol for the last streaks. Just had to be careful not to get it on plastics. I’ve switched to using KKD glass cleaner. It’s fantastic.