Windolene

[mark]

I'm trying to get some of the Windolene that dries white on glass. This is to act as curtains whilst I refurb the room. Seems that the supermarkets don't do it. Does it still exist?

mark

[George]

it sure does.

Anyway go to a chandlers for it.

[Stuart Noble]

The bigger ones still sell it round here

[John Evans]

This is something I could do with but haven't seen in the shops. What is it called - is it Windolene xyz or is it another make? .

[George]

Just plain old WINDOLENE, the Home&Bargain stores do it as do any chandlers possibly poundland?

[Mogga]

I couldn't find any when I wanted some last. The guardian did very nicely though. :)

[Anne Jackson]

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I would use epsom salts, applied with a damp cloth.

It dries out like 'frost patterns'. Mum used to do it in the summertime, when we were wee, and we could never work out how Jack Frost could be around when the weather was so hot.

[Rod]

But you're supposed to use whiting for that, aren't you?

(You have to look for it on porpoise.)

[Owain]

Any horticultural / green house place should have glass whitening - it's used to protect plants from sunlight.

Builders merchants should have it for house/shopfitting but I can't think what it's called to hunt for it on screwfix

Owain

(Hopefully back after a sabbatical, using Thunderbird on Ubuntu)

[mark]

Thanks folks. Now that I know that it exists I shall make a more determined search. Where would I get epson salts, I quite like that idea!

mark

[Martin Pentreath]

Speaking as someone who doesn't close the curtains in the living room even when I'm living in it, I have to say I'm curious as to why people are so coy about what they get to up to when they're in there decorating! Maybe your approach decorating is much more interesting than mine?

Cheers!

Martin

[Cicero]

================================== The whiting is used as a safety measure to make sure the glass is visible.

Cic.

[mark]

I don't want people looking round when I am not there. The house will unoccupied until I've renovated, decorated and generally made it habitable. I have tools etc., that may breach the temptation threshold of those that shouldn't be looking in the window. I'm not coy!

mark

[Owain]

Epsom salts.

Epson salts are used for cleaning printheads ...

Owain

[Dave]

How does that work?

Does it work on Epson's?

Dave

[Rod]

Actually, people used to recommend US window cleaner Windex for Epson print heads. (Contains ammonia and other things - can't remember what.)

[Martin Pentreath]

Fair enough, although disappointingly non-scandalous. If someone was tempted to steal the motley old collection of paint-stained junk that makes up my decorating toolkit they would likely be desperate enough to steal the windows out of their frames anyway.

[Anne Jackson]

Well, I discovered a long time ago that paint cleans much more easily from skin than it does from clothes... I leave you to draw your own conclusions! ;-))

[Anne Jackson]

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Epsom, dear! Think 'horse racing' not 'printers'!

Try Boots - or any other half-decent chemist?

[George]

In that case put old curtains up when you leave.