How To Use A Magic Eraser To Clean The Inside Of Car Windows?

Yes and yes. Excellent suggestions! Only thing I might add is that if you have a lot of buildup from degassing of the plastics in the car like the dash and trim pieces, you’ll end up with an oily plastic byproduct coating it. Window cleaner usually won’t touch that, and isopropyl ends up making the scrubbing/buffing process for that 2nd towel take much longer than necessary because it’s not QUITE powerful enough. If that’s the case, using either a heavy-duty degreaser (Super Clean, etc) or a great dish soap (like Dawn, consumer or pro versions) will make really quick work of that film and it can be easily wiped away. I use acetone personally, because it’s even quicker and easier, but that’s a big risk because it can damage the trim permanently quite quickly, so thats a “use at your own risk” product for this. Also, i find that getting a windshield tool like they have at the auto parts store really helps a lot, and if you open the door and stand OUTSIDE the car while using it instead of sitting in one of the seats, the uncomfortable arm contortions are kept to a minimum. It’s way more comfortable in my opinion, especially when you’re doing detail work all day for a living like myself. Gotta keep your body in as good shape as possible for that job, as you well know in yours! Regardless, this is a GREAT guide to the basics, and I’m so glad to see someone promoting the two towel method and isopropyl alcohol. Those are mainstays in my line of work, and it’s refreshing to see someone get the correct information out.

I’ve tried so SO many things for the inside of a windshield before (including this method) and the only thing that works 100% of the time is treating it like you’re washing up a glass in your sink. Just use whatever detergent you use to do the dishes, warm water and a sponge. You don’t want the sponge sopping wet obviously but you do want enough detergent/water in it to cut through all the grime. Then you dry and buff with a microfiber towel. Absolutely zero streaks or haze every single time. I do like the towel on the dashboard idea though because when you’re doing the dry and buff step you can’t let it touch the dash.

I have found through long experience, NOT to use spray on cleaners of any type. I use one clean rag using hot water to clean and one clean rag to wipe dry. It takes several applications to “train” your window(s), but lasts for months. Microfiber rags are nice, but leave a thin film of microfiber particles when viewed in certain lights. Probably better than cotton rags though unless you have repeatedly used the cotton rags hundreds of times and used them only for washing windows. When in a car wash or detail shop, do NOT let them clean the insides of the windows or you will have to start over again in training your windows.

I have always tried to clean windows in good sunlight. You need to dry it quickly but at least you can see all the streaks. I use detergent for an initial wash, water with a drop of vinegar to rinse and prevent water marks. I used to use endless amounts of paper towels being careful to avoid scratching the glass but you can wash and dry microfibre cloths so I will give those a go. I notice you wore gloves! Great way to avoid grease from your fingers going onto the cloths and windows!! Thanks.

Two things I find work well for me: first, never clean your windows in the sun ANYTIME. Second, I live in northern Canada, so it gets pretty cold in winter. Even if it is pretty cold out, you can use -35° (winter) windshield washer fluid in a spray bottle to clean your interior windows, especially the windshield. Do not spray cold fluid onto a warm window as the different temperatures may cauase the glass to shatter; best to clean, then warm. I’ve been doing this for many years with no streaks either. One day I had to clean my semi’s cab windows, but there was no “glass cleaner” available. So, a clean windshield being a must, I just used the WW fluid. I’ve been doing it ever since. Cheers.

I’ve done this and it works great! Another great use of the alcohol in a spray bottle is insect killer. When the weather is nice and we sit on the porch in the evenings we each have a bottle! If a gnat or mosquito drifts by, spray it and it immediately drops to the ground. We also use it on stink bugs and other pests. I also have a bottle by the kitchen sink for any gnats or fruit flies. The only thing we have found that it damages is finished wood so we avoid that.

You have very pleasant presentation qualities 👍 I also like the additional contribution of the comments below, some good ones. I love clean windshield. I hate hate hate this job. So optimizing the effort is key. So consider also: -Clean the easier outside, prior to working so hard on that inside glass, -In the presence of any Sun heat at all, never use 90% alcohol – because it dissipates so quickly, almost no time to act as a solvent on nasties – also streaks always. The more common 50% or 70% are preferable because water in the alcohol provides more time to act as solvent on the nasties, before it evaps. -On inside glass, my in-flexible hands are always defeated by the diabolical angles of glass, reducing my pressure and contact surface area – I’m not Gumby (so I frequently have my wife do the inside). **But you’re wearing those clean, high friction gloves – those dramatically increase my ability to apply my cleaning cloth.