Glass cleaning

[LeFrisp]

Peeps
I have just spent two of the most frustrating hours of my life, I have been trying to clean glass with Lion dilutable glass cleaner. What a PITA. more streaks than Erica Rowe ( showing my age there).
It got me thinking Whats the best way. One framer I know has a Bath with a shower head set up and simply washed them and dries and polishes with clean T towels

how do you clean yours?

[Dermot]

Wipe the edges first and then clean from the middle out, dont draw the wipe back into the middle.

[Roboframer]

I have been trying to clean glass with Lion dilutable glass cleaner.

The pink stuff?

I ordered some of that just to try it, but forgot to order my normal stuff, so that's all I have at the mo' and I'm having no problems at all.

I sometimes spray the glass and I sometimes spray the cloth, 'the cloth' is a bundle of cheap microfibre cloths that I first clean with and then turn over to dry with.

[Teresa]

The one and only good thing about Wessex is their glass cleaner. best cloth to use are flannelette sheets loads available at any charity shop,

[Nigel Nobody]

I use methylated spirits and water. About 1:5.
Works perfectly and costs very little!

[LeFrisp]

The pink stuff?

Aye thats it. Had a devil of a job with streaks. read teh lable again and it warns against using hard water as may cause streaks, I used Asda bottled and I have no idea what the PH of that is, this could be the problem...

I use methylated spirits and water. About 1:5.

Hmmm got me thinking I have about 10L of isopropanol, which seems to be an active ingredient in the pink stuff. Its an alcohol and evaporates like a demon. Anyone know if diluting it will work?

[Nigel Nobody]

"Anyone know if diluting it will work?"

If I had some, I would try diluting it and get back to you!

[danchip1]

hello

i use LION glass and mirror cleaner which comes in an aerosol can and have no complaints.
spray on sparingly and polish with one cloth then buff with another.

The stuff i use as a cloth is white and has loads of tiny perferations in, I reckon its prob some artificial fibre but works a treat. I bought it from an industrial cleaning supplies outlet

[WelshFramer]

I use the Lion pink stuff and have no problems. I dilute it with pH neutral spring water (it's all we have) and it works brilliantly with paper towels.

I could imagine that really hard water might dry streaky. Want to buy some bottles of Welsh spring water?

[LeFrisp]

Im just popping out to stock up with some essential supplies Bread milk Cheese and Wine and whisky
I will add 2 L of deionised water and a new sprayer and try both the pink stuff and the isopropanol diluted and see which works the best.

[Dave]

I use the pink stuff diluetd with de ionised water, absolutely fine. I use one duster to apply and clean the glass, a second to polish the glass, and a microfibre to give a final polish. It is the longest part of the assembly process, and a real pain at times.

Dave

[markw]

Microfibre cloth - very little cleaning fluid. The microfibre cloths I have at the moment are so good that plain water will work. Regular washing of the cloths to keep them clean - and a bit of elbow grease. I also find that cleaning glass on a ribbed rubber mat stops the glass slipping and allows you to put a bit more effort into the process. I have found over the years that you occasionally get bad batches of glass and it can be a real pig to clean whatever techniques, cleaners or effort you apply.

[guzzijim]

Im just popping out to stock up with some essential supplies Bread milk Cheese and Wine and whisky
.

The Whisky should solve your problem; just make sure you have enough! My local brew is Bladnoch, the distillery was closed may years ago but was bought by a wealthy whiskey enthusiast from Ireland, and they’ve just started bottling the 8 year old.

Jim

[silvercleave]

Jim, you must be a scottish heathen to use whiskey to clean glass with?

Water even thins it toooo much,

Ian

[LeFrisp]

Jim, you must be a scottish heathen to use whiskey to clean glass with?

OCHT Ian
You should never drink whisky without water,,, nor water without whisky......
There is only one glass that is going to see whisky and it not flat and 2mm thick I can tell you ...
Tonight I shall inhale some Bruichladdich Rocks Its 46% and fair clears yer sinus's....
Wish me luck

[Roboframer]

One of the best and simplest tips I ever got from TFG was my glass cleaninng surface - a piece of 4x3ft 3mm MDF covered with ines of domed clear frame bumpers.

It's best to paint the MDF black and also to glue the bumpers on as they come off too easy otherwise, I use lines of wood glue 3" APART and put the bumpers about 3" apart on each line - staggered. I have one corner where the bumpers are closer together, for smaller peices of glass. It doesn't move at all when you clean it and it's kept well away from the surface and therefore is very flumb friendly, or should I say - unfriendly.

[Not your average framer]

I solved this problem long ago!

1. DON'T BUY GLASS WHICH IS MADE IN CHINA. (Made in China = Junk). You get what you pay for!

2. Most glass cleaners are usually not at their best in cold environments. The perfomance of most chemical cleaners can be affected by temperature, humidity, or pressure.

[guzzijim]

"DON'T BUY GLASS WHICH IS MADE IN CHINA." how can I tell?

[Roboframer]

It's easy - you can see right through it.

[guzzijim]

Ha ! and there was me thinking you might need squinty eyes to see through it, I was going to substitute ‘squinty’ for another word more suited to far eastern eyes, but Phil the Greek came unstuck using that word.

In truth how would you know if it was of Chinese origin.