Cleaning Glass

Apr 18, 2011 12 Replies

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Rick Hughes 15 years ago

I recently bought a large 2nd hand greenhouse ...and after good advice here got all the glass home without a single breakage. Green house has now been erected ..... but before I refit all the glass, (>

100 panes) thinking about best way to clean it. As it's been in a greenhouse for a few years it's green, cruddy and probably brittle. It did get a wash down as each pane was taken out .... but certainly not clear glass at present.

Suggestions .... ?

I have a pressure washer ... but that may be a tad risky ?

Hot water & Jeyes fluid ?

Wife, bucket & sponge ?

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Jonathan Ward 15 years ago

Armillotox

Jonathan

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Nick Leverton 15 years ago

Angle grind..... oh. oh well, there are still 99 more panes ...

Nick

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The Natural Philosopher 15 years ago

pressure washer.

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tim.... 15 years ago

A lot of stuff will come off better with some brand of solvent, simple white spirit is usually strong enough.

tim

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Tabby 15 years ago

Hair not really abrasive enough, tongue clogs too quickly.

It should come off easily enough if you wet it with a little detergent in water & let it soak a couple of minutes before brushing off.

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Matty F 15 years ago

Cerium Oxide on a wet rag.

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dennis 15 years ago

If he puts clean glass in now he will need to shade it when the sun is out. It might be easier to leave it dirty until Oct/Nov. ;-)

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stuart noble 15 years ago

Or white spirit plus whiting (aka the original pink Windolene, hopefully still sold by a few backstreet ironmongers). Can't beat it IMO

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Matty F 15 years ago

It would be easier to clean the glass now before it's put on the glasshouse. Otherwise we'll be asked how to climb around on top of a glasshouse with a bucket and cloth.

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hugh 15 years ago

In message , Rick Hughes writes

Autoglym glass cleaner for cars. Gets all the crud off the windscreen.

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Terry Casey 15 years ago

Worthwhile looking at supermarket own brands - that's how I got my last couple of bottles of traditional 'Windolene'.

I think it's something simple like a mixture of white spirit and jewelers rouge, so you could mix your own if you can find the rouge, perhaps ...?

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Frank Erskine 15 years ago

Yesterday I bought a bottle of "original cream" Windolene from Wilkinsons. I believe it's discontinued now, so buy up stocks while you can :-)

According to the online safety data sheet, it contains kaolin.

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