[Closed] Best way of cleaning windscreens in the inside

Wet newspaper, then dry off with dry newspaper.

Give the inside of the windscreen a really good clean with a decent window cleaner and make sure you keep it clean and grease free and the heater will clear it in no time. Or get a Ford with a quick clear windscreen. They're the best thing on a car by a long way.

Most of the time I find a clean bar towel from the brewery of your choice seems to work pretty well, but when it comes to something that'll clean built-up haze it's a bit more tricky, Windolene seems as good as anything else out there.

dont know if it would work on the inside. but i had terrible roadfilm which resisted all attempts at removal
until i tried toothpast and washing up liquid resulted i a crystal clear screen

You should not need to clean it often.
Are you wiping off condensation when you get in?
I find a household glass cleaner, wiped and dried with newspaper works best, probably once a year.

the trick with normal 'window cleaner' is to use very sparingly, just a tiny squirt from a bit of distance so just a tiny bit goes on the glass. If you give it the big squirt from an inch away it'll smear all to buggery.

Newspaper

Thanks all. I'm intrigued with the toothpaste and washing up liquid approach - what mix do you use?

A damp sponge first and then a clean tea towel to rub the window dry. No smears.

Meths. Diluted 1:20 with warm water.

Meths. Smells nice as you drive away too. Probably melts the car dash and certainly will get you a funny look if you get stopped by the police... But no smears.

White vinegar works well

Autoglym glass polish. It leaves the glass completely clean - no residual grease, smears or anything. Once clean never I never touch the screen with anything - cloths etc - if there's mist then wait for the heater / AC / quick-clear etc to do its job.

It works great on the inside and outside - the only downside on the inside is if you use too much you end up with a white dusty powder on the dash - easily hoovered / brushed off though.

I use isopropyl alcohol, spray on a paper towel clean windows.

Jet wash.

Wot markwsf for said works for me too.

Car wash.
Windows down.
Boom...bang tidy..

DrP

I don't bother trying to clean our car one as guaranteed the wife will just hop in and give a condensed window a big ole wipe with a rag one morning...

[quote=kayak23 ]Jet wash.

After trying various methods over the years i decided to just not bother even trying with this car and has been quite a success.

Lots of window cleaner, a nice clean cloth, fold it up a bit and every 10 seconds or so refold it, and keep polishing till all the cleaner has evaporated.
That's how we clean 100+ pictures a day and it works well in the van,I assure you.

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reminds me the aircon (still) needs regassing.

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maybe you have cataracts. 🙂

Windolene and newspaper

Dry newspaper or blue roll. Anything you are going to squirt on doesn't make the dirt vanish - its just going to move dirt around until you finally get it off with dry paper so skip the moving it around bit.

The real trick is to able to see that you're achieving anything. Its in particular light conditions that you can see the dirt - low sun - headlights of other cars etc. Give it as good a clean as you can but keep the cleaning stuff in the car on your travels and do the job properly when you can actually see the dirt.

The outside of the screen usually benefits from a good clean too and you'd be surprised how much black gunk is on the wipers.

I was *proper* amazed by white vinegar and newspaper. Really easy, cheap and great result.

I'm sure this was done on here recently? Where else would I have learnt that the unstoppable smearing inside car Windscreens is a residue coming out of the flame retardant chemicals in the plastics?

Some sort of isopropyl was the consensus if I recall correctly?

Warm water, drop of vinegar & newspaper.

Isopropyl Alcohol didn't appear to have much effect.

ratio. just a blob of toothpast and a sqirt of fairy. plus elbow grease.
rinse off. jobs a good un

As pictonroad I have also read that a lot of the smear comes from volatiles in all the interior plastics.
Vinegar / newspaper for the win.

A microfibre cloth for wiping mist/condensation, means I only usually need to clean the passenger side. +1 for vinegar and newspaper.

It's plasticiser film. A regular wipe with a microfiber cloth keeps it away and that's easier if you do it when the windscreen is cold and slightly misted.

+1 for the vinegar and newspaper, outstanding and cheap.

Isopropyl Alcohol didn't appear to have much effect.

Well it works for me, sprayed on blue roll then rubbed on the window.

White vinegar is also good but it stinks a fair bit. Things like windowlene/autglym glas polish work but its a harder job than isopropyl alcohol for the same effect.

Surely the newspaper trick leaves ink smears everywhere?(Going off the fact when you handle them it goes all over your hands) Are you lot soaking the newspaper in the vinegar or just using it sparingly?

I wouldn't use newspaper, you end up with ink on your hands and it'll end up getting on the headlining too.

But use any product sparingly.

+ AutoGlym glass cleaner. Doesn't cost too much, works.

Always surprised how much filthy gunk comes off an apparently clean screen.

White Vinegar is an brilliant cleaner and general descaler. Does smell a bit but goes away after a short while. My top tip is to clean the windscreen outdoors ideally in sunlight as if done indoors there are always marks you can't see. As we drive a lot in the city it's depressing how dirty the inside of the screen gets, diabolical air quality and pollution.

Surely the newspaper trick leaves ink smears everywhere?(Going off the fact when you handle them it goes all over your hands) Are you lot soaking the newspaper in the vinegar or just using it sparingly?

The carbon in the newsprint works as an abrasive. Newsprint isn't bleached either, just washed and then roughly rinsed. As a result a lot of detergent is left in the paper from manufacturing which breaks down grease. The other glass cleaning trick is to fill the vessel with some rice & agitate it vigorously, though this is somewhat impractical with a car. (My ex was a glass blower, we had a lot of glass to clean)

As we drive a lot in the city it's depressing how dirty the inside of the screen gets, diabolical air quality and pollution.

You're not really helping you know!

Microfibre towel/cloth for finishing.

As an aside - I've had the windscreen replaced on a couple of cars - one at about 175,000 and one at 200,000 mile. Blimey. It's like night and day! 😀

Only downside is you loose the "Abba starburst video" effect in low sun & night time traffic.

I have been trying for two years to get rid of a bloom that appears on the inside of my windscreen when its cold and damp. Even IPA wouldn't shift it, it looked like it had gone only to magically reappear a few seconds later. I've just tried meths and newspaper and hey presto, I do believe its finally gone. Good old STW..

Persian cat dipped in white vinegar. Levers no shears and the claws can scrape off as NY d TT icky bits

The only thing that has, and ever has, worked is Windowlene (or the more expensive autoglym fast glass - but why) and elbow grease. The elbow grease bit is [b]important[/b].

I use old ripped up bedsheets, the cold smooth type (not the fluffy cotton type), spray windowlene on the screen (I do it in blocks of 1ft from bottom to top, moving across the windscreen) and scrub f****ng hard with the cloth. You need to scrub until [b]no trace[/b] is left on the screen. You will notice the cloth turns quite black - that's all the sh**.

It will be factory spotless. You then shouldn't need to clean the inside of your windscreen again if you do it properly, indefinitely, until some moron touches it. Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, wipe condensation off of it. Sit in your car and wait out the 5-10 minutes for the screen to clear when it's cold outside.

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Windowlene or cheap own brand supermarket alternative, and newspaper. As above the trick is to mist from a distance and then wipe it to dry with the paper so as not to smear. Will require a little effort. Then, once this is done never, ever touch the glass...ever. To this end, having moved away from ford and lost the heated demister thing I now have a bag full of silica gel beads that I leave on the dash overnight to absorb any moisture in the air to avoid having to wait 5 mins for the glass to demist while I am in a frantic hurry to get the kids dropped off (not a euphemism)

Romanians ftw.

I now have a bag full of silica gel beads that I leave on the dash overnight to absorb any moisture in the air to avoid having to wait 5 mins for the glass to demist while I am in a frantic hurry to get the kids dropped off (not a euphemism)