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  • Fitzio
    Fitzio Posts: 2,199 Forumite
    Thanks PW.

    I did do a search for "clean windows", but I got hundreds of Fly Lady threads, so didn't know where to start looking! I will have a read through these.

    Cheers,
  • Have done a quick search for this, but couldn't find a thread for it!

    How does everybody clean their windows? I am so happy with my new method I thought I'd shout about it!

    I always used to use newspaper and vinegar, but was sick and tired of getting black smudgy newsprint all over the frames and to be honest, I just gave up and never cleaned my windows.

    I have now been using a wet ecloth (no detergent) and then polish with the ecloth polishing cloth. I love it! It takes me about 5 minutes to do the windows instead of half an hour, there is no mucky soggy newspaper and definitely no black smudges everywhere. It gets them really streak free. Even though I don't use detergent, it still gets them clean, it removes the greasy nose smudges from where the cats press up against the window!

    I actually keep an ecloth and a polishing cloth upstairs and one downstairs. They are also fab for cleaning the stainless hob. I never use detergent and it gets rid of greasy
    bacon fat without any effort or making that horrid white fat emulsion that you normally get.
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    Thanks - had never heard of ecloths before so just googled them. They sound excellent - particularly keen on the fact they can clean without chemicals - but pricey. Also, a bewildering choice! Which one do you use and what's the cheapest place to buy them?

    Sorry for turning your thread in a different direction - but too good an opportunity to miss.... :)
  • JoeyEmma
    JoeyEmma Posts: 913 Forumite
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    I think I got mine in B&Q and a second pack on sale at Lakeland. They are expensive, but they last for years and since I got them I've stopped buying separate kitchen cleaner and bathroom cleaner, plus I've saved on throw away cloths and sponges.They are meant to last 2-3 years and if you add up what you spend on products, in that time, I'd say they are a good investment.
  • LisbonLaura
    LisbonLaura Posts: 1,121 Forumite
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    Just one Q:-Are e-cloths better than oldfashioned smelly Windowlene? - ('Cos all the spray-in-a-bottle smear never was, for me).

    If they are, then I will tell my man as windows are now his job.

    Tho' I have to tell him every single time that the windows are dirty. Why can he not see it for himself??
  • JoeyEmma
    JoeyEmma Posts: 913 Forumite
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    I think so. Its just a wipe over with the normal ecloth and then a quick polish up with a clean dry polishing ecloth.

    They sell a special window cleaning ecloth pack, but to be honest, I think its a bit of a waste of money. The normal pack (I think they sell it as a kitchen/ bathroom pack) works just as well.
  • is this a microfibre cloth?
  • JoeyEmma
    JoeyEmma Posts: 913 Forumite
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    It is yes, but its slightly different (don't ask me how) as I have used normal microfibre cloths and never had the saame results.
  • I have been using microcloths for this job for ages and passed it on to everyone I know.It is amazingly easy for windows etc.Never tried ecloths though.
  • this site seems reasonable. Is it?
    http://www.e-cloth.com/home.asp?sid=1089369
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