UPVC Window Cleaner

[Steve Burrows]

Not the glass the actual plastic. They are black and normal soap and water wont bring them up. Any ideas on the best stuff to use?

Thanks Steve

[EricP]

Cif cream from the supermarket, or the proper stuff from the upvc suppliers, but these cleaners work by removing plastic, so you can't use them all that often.

[Mark Spice]

I've found those new Flash Erasers to work well on grubby uPVC. Whether or not they would be man enough for this job I couldn't say but they are less likely to remove plastic than Cif.

HTH

Mark

[AnthB]

My other half picked up the spray and wipes from B&Q the other day. Not very effective. The slightly grubby frames came up ok but the really grotty ones needed hot soapy water and a sponge scourer. I also tried the B&Q decorators wipes (which are supposed to remove glue deposits etc) and they were more effective than the PVC stuff. Particulary effective at removing the marks left where the windows overlap the actual frame.

Funnily enough the decorators wipes were amazing a removing the castrol gtx type lubricant that the previous owners had used on the moving parts of the windows and was totally gunked up. They cleaned that straight off.

As it is the frames never came up good as new but clean enough. I dont think the previous owners had ever cleaned them or had a window cleaner round for the windows either.

[Peter Johnson]

Sandtex do a uPVC restorer and a cleaner. Supposed to be fit for purpose but I've no experience of using them. Available from Crown Dec Centres.

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Aldi have uPVC cleaner for patio furniture and window frames for .99p

worth a try ?

RT

[David Lang]

Hi Steve

If you can find it in smaller quantities, a chemical called Traffic Film Remover works like magic.

Try Yellow Pages - Cleaning Machines - Industrial and find a company that specialises in high pressure cleaners.

Dave

[Lobster]

Aye - Flash cleans uPVC windows withoot scrartchin...

which will be meaningless to anyone who's not as old as me. (And to Mary 'televisually challenged' Fisher of course.)

David

[FreddieLIVES]

Get Thomson uPVC restorer from B&Q. Brilliant Stuff!! rub on with a damp cloth, wait a couple of mins and then buff it dry. The plastic is like new. Even cleans the sealant between windows and the doors.

I used it on my windows which (according to the neighbours) have been in 15 years.

It's a bit like T-Cut for cars.

Steve

[Steve Burrows]

Many thanks to you all. I will give some a go. When they fitted the windows they used some kind of chemical cleaner that was really strong smelling. No idea what it was but it could knock you out.

Thanks once again much appreciated

Steve

[Dave]

I have some of that at school. If you want, I can take a look at the name and post it here if you want. It smells that bad, I had to move it to an outside store room :-(

Dave