Glass cleaners, their types and uses

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

An experienced housewife knows how important the cleanliness of glass and mirrors in the house is. Any modern renovation, unsurpassed interior design will spoil the dirt and stains on windows, mirrors, glass surfaces. Even the most modest, but clean house with shining windows speaks of the hospitality of those who live in it.

Therefore, it is so important for beginner housewives to successfully choose a glass and mirror cleaner - one that satisfies in quality and price, and is also affordable and easy to use to achieve the main goal - radiant cleanliness.

It is important to always remember

Even if your windows are heavily soiled, you don't need to use baking soda, cleaning powders for baths, disinfecting gels for toilets as a glass cleaner. All this chemistry helps a lot when cleaning the relevant premises, and when washing glasses and especially mirrors, it can do much harm. Such products contain abrasive particles, chlorine and other harmful substances. back sideIt is better not to wash mirrors even with ordinary water, but to wipe them with a dry cloth. To obtain a high-quality result, you need to be able to properly prepare the material at hand.

To remove old dirt, it is better to choose a dense sponge, then a soft lint-free cloth is fine, and for the last step you need a large microfiber cloth, paper towels or soft clean paper. Newspapers are often used for this. But printing ink is not permanent and leaves black marks on wet glass, white window frames and work gloves.

Removal of heavy dirt

Exterior glass windows, cabinet doors in the kitchen, mirrors in the bathroom are the most polluted. First you need to remove dust, grease, stains, stains from toothpaste, cream, hairspray and other things. Here you need warm water, a sponge and glass cleaner. They are widely represented in the departments of household chemicals. Cif and Clin products have proven themselves well.

Natural and environmentally friendly, and therefore more expensive products - L. O. C from Amway and Frosch Glass Cleaner. Many housewives at the first stage of removing heavy soiling use their favorite washing gels for dishes, which is convenient, economical and very effective. A little gel is placed on a damp dense sponge, then dried spots and drops are thoroughly washed away with it until they are completely removed.

Cold water plus

After applying the gels, they, together with the wiped off dirt, must be washed off with running cold water, often rinsing the sponge or napkin out oflint free fabric. For light soiling, washing with warm or cold water is mandatory as the first cleaning step. After that, you can use the glass cleaner in the sprayers of the above brands. If you regularly keep clean, then these preparations, as well as a clean, dry microfiber cloth, are enough to keep glass surfaces in perfect condition. Typically, glass cleaners that clean well and leave no streaks include vinegar, ammonia, and various alcohol compounds.

Successful options - purchase, as a rule, is not cheap. And almost all of them contain dyes, preservatives, all kinds of fragrances, and this is unacceptable for allergy sufferers. Therefore, experienced, thrifty housewives who care about the he alth of their families and who are concerned about environmental pollution are increasingly refusing household chemicals, and prefer to use boiled water with the addition of natural and affordable products as a glass cleaner: vinegar, vodka, ammonia or citric acid. Based on these components, you can prepare a mixture at home, pour it into a spray bottle, and then use it for cleaning without harm to he alth. Ammonia or citric acid is enough one tablespoon per liter of boiled water. And vinegar or vodka (ethyl alcohol) is diluted in a ratio of one to two.

To make it shine

To make the glass and mirror surface shine, it is important to rub them thoroughly with a dry microfiber cloth or papertowels. How to do it qualitatively? It is desirable that during the washing of windows there was no direct sunlight. The glare from them interferes with work. And the constant exposure of the sun to the mirror, even periodically, is generally contraindicated for amalgam - a special coating of aluminum and silver, which, in fact, makes ordinary glass a mirror. To restore shine to dull surfaces, again, you can purchase a special glass and mirror cleaner, or you can use effective grandmother's recipes.

Tooth powder with ammonia in a ratio of one to one thin layer is applied to the mirror surface, and after drying, removed with a dry rag. Then the mirror is rubbed with a special soft cloth or paper towel. As an alternative to recently expensive microfiber napkins, resourceful housewives began to use unsuitable nylon tights (tight top). The effect of this is no worse. Surprisingly, a solution of water and blue, water and milk returns shine, even steep brewing of ordinary green tea. As you can see, there are many ways - you choose. And let everything shine in your house, giving a good mood and increasing well-being!