Here is a low cost way to clean windshields and windows. I used to clean office/residential windows during my college days. Windex with a paper towel will not cut it with the fumes from dashboard plastics/cigarette smoke/general pollution. Here is my recipe for a clean windshield and prolong wipers.
Use a 5 gallon bucket with a gallon of de-ionized water (available at your grocer, look at the label, or distilled water). Squirt a little dawn (the blue stuff) in the bucket. Put about 3-4 capfuls of Unger "easy glide" in the bucket (available at Home Depot). Use a "mop" or window scrubber "available at ACE or HD". Soak the mop in the bucket and then get rid of the excess water so that it is not dripping. Scrub the inside of the windshield, then use a good squeegee, starting from the top and A pillar, working towards the middle of the windshield. Have a shop rag or paper towel on the dash to catch the drips.
There should not be any "halos" or swirls on the glass. Once the inside and outside are clean, Use distilled water, a commercial windshield cleaner, and a squirt of Unger or Dawn in the reservoir. Commercial window soap like Unger, will lubricate your wipers (which are basically squeegees) and clean off the debris.
PM me and I will give you the source for soaps.
Here are some pictures of the tools needed. Less than 20 bucks at ACE hardware.
Use a 5 gallon bucket with a gallon of de-ionized water (available at your grocer, look at the label, or distilled water). Squirt a little dawn (the blue stuff) in the bucket. Put about 3-4 capfuls of Unger "easy glide" in the bucket (available at Home Depot). Use a "mop" or window scrubber "available at ACE or HD". Soak the mop in the bucket and then get rid of the excess water so that it is not dripping. Scrub the inside of the windshield, then use a good squeegee, starting from the top and A pillar, working towards the middle of the windshield. Have a shop rag or paper towel on the dash to catch the drips.
There should not be any "halos" or swirls on the glass. Once the inside and outside are clean, Use distilled water, a commercial windshield cleaner, and a squirt of Unger or Dawn in the reservoir. Commercial window soap like Unger, will lubricate your wipers (which are basically squeegees) and clean off the debris.
PM me and I will give you the source for soaps.
Here are some pictures of the tools needed. Less than 20 bucks at ACE hardware.