Need recommendations on the best overall glass cleaner available. Everything I've used is a dismal failure.

Living near tge ocean I get a buildup of salt spray and other types of "muck".
Whatever I use causes streaks and worse yet a haze.

HELP ME LOL

 

I have a friend that works at a Lime stone quarry and every day his red truck is covered with lime dust and every day he cleans his windows with a spray bottle full of vinegar. I asked him if he dilutes it and he said you could. I do not use it and had no reason to but you asked the question. FYI it seems to be a process that is used by many.

 

Thanks for the tip Gus!!!

 

Purchased Perfect Glass at Home Depot today. Applied with microfiber cloth and performed outstandingly !!! $4 bucks

 

Dont know anything about perfect glass, glad it works good.
I do know that you want to avoid any cleaner with ammonia coming in contact with window tinting. (All that "purple" tint you see out there is what happens when you use the ammonia products on tint.)

I'm old school so I still grab Windex for exterior cleaning, but shift to "Invisible Glass" for inside stuff.

V
Oh and a Pacific Northwesterner (IE we live in the rain) tip for your wiper fluid... Try 20/10..

 

I have always had great success with the glass cleaner from Griot's Garage. They also have a terrific triangular shaped pad/cleaner to easily clean the interior of the windshield. Gets right down in all the corners with no issue at all. Their stuff works great!

 

SWMBO got Sprayway glass cleaner from Costco, it works really well and it's ammonia free and all green and planet friendly.

 

My wife has owned a cleaning company for 30 years,doing residential homes as well as commercial buildings, doctors and dentists offices, etc. Over the course of 3 decades, she's tried EVERYTHING to clean glass and mirrors! Here's what she says works best. Clean the glass (or bathroom mirror) first with your favorite glass cleaner, such as Windex, InvisibleGlass, Perfect Glass, Sparkle, vinegar & water mix, etc. Caution - When cleaning the tinted side of tinted windows ... make sure whatever glass cleaner you use contains no ammonia (which is Sparkle’s claim to fame). After you have thoroughly cleaned the glass with your favorite glass cleaner and paper towels, wipe it dry. Then, take 2 clean micro-fiber clothes and dampen one with water. Use the damp one and wipe the glass all over.Then take the dry one and dry the glass completely. Stand back and look for any smears, streaks or haze. If you see any, I’ll buy you a beer! Better yet, my WIFE will buy you a beer!

 

As a quick follow-up ... when using micro-fiber clothes for glass or mirror cleaning, my wife always keeps them separate when doing laundry. She always washes the micro-fiber clothes by themselves and washes them with 1/4 to 1/2 cup of white vinegar - nothing else. She never washes them with any kind of laundry soap product because any soap residue that remains in the micro-fiber clothes after washing will then leave streaks, smears or haze - all of which come from soap!

 

Does she pour the vinegar in the washing machine?

 

Yes. She puts the dirty micro-fibers into the washing machine and puts the vinegar right in on top of them - just as you'd do with regular laundry soap. After washing them in vinegar, she washes them again with nothing but the water the washing machine puts in ... just to be 100% sure there's no soap residue in the micro-fibers. I'm telling you ... it's magic. The windows and mirrors in our house and our cars always look great. No streaks, no smears, no haze!

 

I have used a clay bar on my glass before to get out the gritty stuff then use Stoner Invisible Glass (aresol, not squeeze) and have had excellent results.

Any cloths you use, microfiber or otherwise should not be used with fabric softener when washing.

 

@Plums, any chance that you can pick up Snide's 3 posts here and drop something into the FAQ/How To section?

Blurry glass is one of my worst problems.

Hence, Old Landrovers, where I can just fold down the screen.

But XJ at night in rain with oncoming lights... Hope for the best.

 

@snide72

... your information has now been given a place in history as a sticky in the General Tech Help and Detailing sections as it applies to all vehicles

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/g...erience-90413/

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/d...erience-90416/


@translator

... it would really help with the glare if you avoid incidents like

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/o...ight=superglue

 

Many thanks plums.

PS, I don't plan on having incidents, they just seem to happen!