An experienced landlady knows how important the cleanliness of glass and mirrors in a house is. Any modern repair, an unsurpassed interior design will spoil the dirt and stains on windows, mirrors, glass surfaces. Even the most modest but clean house with shining glass speaks about the hospitality of those who live in it.
Therefore, it is so important for novice housewives to successfully choose a tool for washing glasses and mirrors - such that they satisfy in quality and price, and are also accessible and convenient to use to achieve the main goal - radiant cleanliness.
Important to remember always
Even if your windows are heavily soiled, you don’t need to use soda, bath powder, or toilet gel to clean your glass. All this chemistry helps a lot when cleaning the rooms, and when washing glasses and especially mirrors, it can do much harm. Such products contain abrasive particles, chlorine and other harmful substances. It is better not to wash the back side of the mirror even with ordinary water, but to wipe it with a dry rag. To obtain a high-quality result, you need to be able to properly prepare improvised material.
To remove old dirt, it is better to choose a dense sponge, then a soft, lint-free cloth is perfect, and for the last step you need a large microfiber cloth, paper towels or soft, clean paper. Often newspapers are used for this. But the ink is not resistant, and black marks remain on wet glass, white window frames and work gloves.
Strong contamination removal
Exterior glass windows, cabinet doors in the kitchen, bathroom mirrors are subject to the greatest pollution. First you need to remove dust, grease, stains, stains from toothpaste, cream, hairspray and more. Here you need warm water, a sponge and glass cleaner. They are widely represented in the departments of household chemicals. Well-proven products of the brands Cif and Clin.
Natural and environmentally friendly, and therefore more expensive products - LOC from Amwey and Frosch Glass Cleaner. Many housewives at the first stage of removing strong contaminants use their favorite washing gel for dishes, which is convenient, economical and very effective. A little gel is placed on a moist, dense sponge, then the dried spots and drops are thoroughly washed with it until they are completely removed.
Cold water plus
After applying the gels, they must be washed off with rubbed mud with running cold water, often rinsing a sponge or napkin from a lint-free cloth. For minor contaminants, washing with warm or cold water is mandatory as the first cleaning step. After that, you can use a tool for washing glasses in sprayers of the above brands. If you regularly monitor cleanliness, then these preparations, as well as a clean, dry microfiber cloth, are enough to maintain glass surfaces in perfect condition. Typically, a glass cleaner that cleans well and does not leave streaks includes vinegar, ammonia, and various alcohol compounds.
Good options - buying, as a rule, is not cheap. And almost all of them contain dyes, preservatives, all kinds of perfumes, and this is unacceptable for allergy sufferers. Therefore, experienced, thrifty housewives who care about the health of their families, and who are concerned about environmental pollution, are increasingly abandoning household chemicals, and they prefer to use boiled water with the addition of natural and affordable products: vinegar, vodka, as a glass cleaner. ammonia or citric acid. Based on these components, you can prepare a mixture at home, pour it into a spray bottle, and then use it when cleaning without harming your health. For ammonia or citric acid, one tablespoon per liter of boiled water is enough. And vinegar or vodka (ethyl alcohol) is diluted in a proportion of one to two.
To shine
To make the glass and mirror surface shine, it is important to carefully rub them with a dry microfiber cloth or paper towels. How to do it qualitatively? It is advisable that there is no direct sunlight during window cleaning . Glare from them interfere with work. A constant hit of the sun on the mirror, even periodic, is generally contraindicated for amalgam - a special coating of aluminum and silver, which, in fact, makes ordinary glass a mirror. To return the shine to dull surfaces, again, you can buy a special tool for washing glasses and mirrors, or you can use effective grandmother's recipes.
Tooth powder with ammonia in a proportion of one to one thin layer is applied to the mirror surface, and after drying is removed with a dry cloth. Then the mirror is rubbed with a special soft cloth or paper towel. As an alternative to recently expensive microfiber wipes, resourceful housewives began to use unsuitable nylon tights (tight top). The effect of this is no worse. Surprisingly returns the brilliance of a solution of water and blue, water and milk, even the steep tea leaves of ordinary green tea. As you can see, there are many ways - you choose. And let everything shine in your house, giving a good mood and enhancing well-being!