Window Washing: Eliminating Nose Prints, Handprints, and Misc. Goo

Windows do not stay clean at my house.  They are always smudged.   I yell.  I plead.  I shake my finger.  I am ignored.

Here are The Culprits:

After a few years of buying window cleaner at the store, I finally learned a better way...a cheaper way...a less chemical way.  It doesn't leave streaks.  It doesn't leave paper towel lint.  It is the way professional window cleaners do it.  (My Father-In Law asked one.) 

Here's what you need:

A bucket

Liquid dish soap

Water

Squeegee 

Window Scrubber (Found in the car washing area at Wal-mart)

An old bath towel

Here is what you do:

1. Fill your bucket with soap and water.

2. Dip your scrubber in and scrub the window all over.

3. Dip your fingertips in water and rub along the blade of the squeegee.  This will make the squeegee glide smoothly down the window.

4. Start at the top on one side and in one stroke and with moderate pressure, drag the squeegee down the window.

5. Wipe the excess water off the blade of the squeegee with one swipe of the towel.

6. Squeegee the other side.

7. Clean-up any excess dripping water with a swipe of the towel along the edges of the window. 

8. Repeat, repeat, repeat.....