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Joe Masters wrote:
> I just moved into a downtown city apartment that has nice, big
> windows... with a weird white film on them. It looks as if someone
> tried to clean the windows with something odd (hairspray?
> sticky-tire-spray?) and now it's dried and hardened itself to the
> windows. I have read extensively in this group and Googled, and I've
> tried the following things to clean it:
>
> (1) Windex
> (2) Solution of water/vinegar/soap
> (3) Solution of hot water and vinegar
> (4) Mineral Spirits
> (5) Goof-Off
> (6) Window Razor Blade (good at removing the bird poop, didn't do a
> thing to the film)
>
> It's definitely a film on the window -- I can feel it on the outside as
> a sort of sticky, filmy stuff (although it's lost a bit of the
> "sticky"). And it's not on every inch of the window; there are places
> where it's thicker, and little holes in it where you can see straight
> through.
>
> Does anyone have any other cleaning advice? If I've to, I will get new
> panes, but I am 40' off the ground, so that might be really expensive.
>
> --joe
>
My car windshield used to get a film. I have not seen it since a nearby
plant closed. I resorted to an electric tool with an expensive buffing
compound for auto glass. Then I found the Bon Ami would do the same
thing cheaper. Then I found that newsprint would get it off if I
applied a couple of drops of 1 part vinegar, 2 parts ammonia, 8 parts water.
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Re: Cleaning white film from windows -- tried everything!
