Cleaning outside windows

catoutthebag

What is the best method and product?

I have a large sliding style one in my apartment leading to a balcony and it's got filthy.

I have a sponge and car ice scraper :rotfl:

what product and method do I deploy?

Would management company be doing this or me? I can't access the other windows as I'm top/2nd floor.

HiToAll

catoutthebag wrote: »

What is the best method and product?

I have a large sliding style one in my apartment leading to a balcony and it's got filthy.

I have a sponge and car ice scraper :rotfl:

what product and method do I deploy?

Would management company be doing this or me? I can't access the other windows as I'm top/2nd floor.

telephone and number of a local window cleaning company,

Ebe_Scrooge

Easiest way to clean windows - assuming you don't want to pay a window-cleaner - is a bucket full of warm soapy water, a sponge or cloth, and a squeegee. You Tube has loads of videos from professional window cleaners on how to use a squeegee effectively so that you don't end up with streaks, and you can buy a squeegee from loads of places - places like pound shops, Wilkos etc. are the cheapest.

Smiley_Dan

Inward opening windows... but a bit expensive ;-)

cattie

Whenever I've cleaned windows it's been with a chamois leather then a squeegee, followed by drying off with a scrim. Using warm soapy water with some vinegar added should bring good results & no need for expensive 'window' products.

red_imps_2003

Most of the above options are sensible. Warm soapy water and a squeegee. If there are any streaks left behind that you are unhappy with, glass polishing cloths (very smooth microfibre ones) are excellent. I use them all over the house for cleaning mirrors, glass surfaces (e.g. TV stand), shiny chrome surfaces (tap, kettle, bins). They are amazing. They also work indoors without the need for any soap (just dampen them a bit). Would recommend cleaning exterior windows with soapy water first, though; they are only meant for cleaning streaks, not bird poop and dirt deposited by rain. I use them on the inside of windows rather than Windolene and suchlike but they would work equally well externally if you can reach the glass.

Hoploz

A lot of UPVC windows have a clip on their hinges enabling the opening section to slide across so you can get your arm through to clean the outsides.

What do the neighbours do? Often flats have a window cleaner paid for from the service charges. In another block I owned I had a window cleaner and he used to do some of the other flats privately and we all paid him separately. He would let us know when he was coming so we could stick a post it note on the inside so he'd know which windows to clean!

vansboy

Stardrops multi purpose cleaner from Wilkinsons, £1 and a sponge from ther, 30p. mix some into a sprayer, then rinse off, and do the frames as well. Buff with newspaper scrunched up, to dry.

Then Mer car polish from Halfords, £11.99. Glass and upvc frames are both treated with this.

VB

Aylesbury_Duck

Another vote for buffing with scrunched up dry newspaper after cleaning. Works a treat.