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Default Cleaning Wipes: The Greatest Innovation of My Adult Life?

On 6/16/2017 11:51 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-06-16 11:29 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>>>
>>> €œOh sure, I remember window-cleaning hell all too well, and so do
>>> you. Of course, at the time, I didnt fully know how horrible it
>>> was. Now I do, thanks to the innovation of Window Wipes: disposable
>>> moist towelettes for cleaning glass.

>>
>> I'm going to try them. I dislike cleaning windows and I'm not very
>> good at it. In the past couple of weeks I did the windows in the
>> family room twice and when the afternoon sun hits them I still see
>> streaks.

>
> Afternoon sun? One of the first rules of window cleaning is not to do
> it on sunny days.


Can't always count on dull days. Sure, you're supposed to wash them
when the sun moves away.

> I really hate washing windows, but based on the number
> of times I have ended up having to them, it appears that my wife hates
> it even more than I do. We have 13 windows on the first floor and
> another 6 on the second floor.


I never counted the number of windows. Heck, you've seen pics of the
back of my house. It's practically a wall of glass.

I bought a Windex Outdoor Window washing kit with an extension rod.
There is no way I can reach the top of the windows to wash them. There
are bushes in front of all of them except on the patio. Those are
taller than I am, too. I'm not about to stand on a ladder to wash
windows. The extension rod makes washing windows so much easier.

> I tend to tackle them all the same day so
> it makes for a longer day of cleaning. I suppose I could break it into
> shorter jobs by doing one room at a time, but what would probably happen
> would be that I would do one room one day and it might be a month
> before I get psyched up to the the next one.


I'm not that terribly concerned about washing the windows. I like to be
able to see birds at the bird bath and hummingbirds at the feeder. But
I sure don't worry about having crystal clear windows all the time.

Jill