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Spray bottle mixture: Roughly 2 cups water, 2 tbsp of vinegar, and several drops of lemon essential oils; cleaned the front windows. It's tough to see the difference, but it worked. With five kids, I'm sure it won't last long.
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Window cleaning mixture
Window cleaning mixture
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After only one window...and just the outside!
After only one window...and just the outside!
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Always a pleasure to have clean windows again I cleaned them from both the inside as the outside.
For the glass cleaner I dissolved some bar soap into hot water using a soap shaker. I also added some home made vinegar so the windows become stripe less clean.
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Cleaning equipment
Cleaning equipment
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Dirty window 1
Dirty window 1
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Dirty window 2
Dirty window 2
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Dirty window 3
Dirty window 3
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Dirty window 4
Dirty window 4
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Cleaning action
Cleaning action
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Cleaning action
Cleaning action
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Cleaning action
Cleaning action
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Clean window 1
Clean window 1
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Clean window 2
Clean window 2
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Clean window 3
Clean window 3
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Clean window 4
Clean window 4
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To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are that you must clean four windows, inside and out.

To document this BB, post pictures or a 2-minute video depicting the following:

•  Before: Four Dirty Windows
•  Action 1: Your glass cleaner, with a description
•  Action 2: You cleaning windows
•  After: Four Clean Windows!

I am using 2 tbsp vinegar in a bottle of water, squeegees, fiber cloths and paper towels to clean 4 windows.
I used the fiber cloth to clean the windows after spraying them with the mixture.  The squeegee worked a
little on the big windows but I mainly cleaned them with the cloths and dried them with paper towels.  All
the other windows were washed with the cloths and dried with paper towels.
All the pictures of the dirty windows are from the outside.  The clean window pictures of windows 2 - 4
are from the inside to show they are clean.  It was getting darker so it wasn't so obvious from the outside.

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window 1 dirty
window 1 dirty
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window 2 dirty
window 2 dirty
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window 3 dirty
window 3 dirty
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window 4 dirty
window 4 dirty
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vinegar, water, cloths and squeegees to clean windows
vinegar, water, cloths and squeegees to clean windows
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me cleaning window with squeegee
me cleaning window with squeegee
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window 1 clean
window 1 clean
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window 2 clean from better perspective to see how clean
window 2 clean from better perspective to see how clean
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window 3 clean from better perspective to see how clean
window 3 clean from better perspective to see how clean
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window 4 clean from better perspective to see how clean
window 4 clean from better perspective to see how clean
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I cleaned Windows!

The cleaner is 1 cup of water, 1 cup alcohol, 2 tbs white vinegar.


4 dirty windows



Before the rag I cleaned some of the larger gunk off with a hose and dried banana leaves.
4 sweet action shots cleaning windows



4 clean windows


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I used 3 things to clean the windows: a homemade diluted vinegar spray with paper towels, a Norwex microfiber cloth to wipe the sills/grime, and a Norwex window cloth to shine the windows. All the windows really needed this cleaning!

**Note: The window #3 - Oops I labeled them wrong (the before picture is after and the after picture is before)
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Window cleaning equipmenr
Window cleaning equipmenr
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Cleaning in progress
Cleaning in progress
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Window 1 needs cleaning
Window 1 needs cleaning
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Window 1 cleaned
Window 1 cleaned
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Window 2 needs cleaning
Window 2 needs cleaning
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Cleaned window 2
Cleaned window 2
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Window 3 needs cleaning
Window 3 needs cleaning
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Window 3 cleaned
Window 3 cleaned
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Window 4 from the outside to be cleabed
Window 4 from the outside to be cleabed
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Beautifully cleaned
Beautifully cleaned
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Okay, my first badge bit!

I tried digging up a dandelion earlier, but I broke the crappy hand-fork while I was trying.  The dandelion looked happy amongst my wild strawberries anyway, so maybe it's just as well.

"The man whose moon deity isn't male is destined to be dominated by his wife." -- Old Hindu saying.

"Sparkly windows!  They windaes hivnae been sae clean in a long while!" -- Gran.

Did I pass?

- Jojo
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Water from the tap; supermarket vinegar; lavender oil. I more or less filled the bowl with water, added 3 soup spoons of vinegar, and 10 drops of lavender oil, which smelled just about right.
Water from the tap; supermarket vinegar; lavender oil. I more or less filled the bowl with water, added 3 soup spoons of vinegar, and 10 drops of lavender oil, which smelled just about right.
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Washing cloth; drying cloth; buffing cloth (Gran's old pants. I am fearless. Is there anything more Permie than this?)
Washing cloth; drying cloth; buffing cloth (Gran's old pants. I am fearless. Is there anything more Permie than this?)
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Window 1, dirty.
Window 1, dirty.
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Window 1, clean.
Window 1, clean.
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Window 2, dirty, inverted for external cleaning.
Window 2, dirty, inverted for external cleaning.
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Window 2, clean.
Window 2, clean.
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Window 3, dirty, inverted for cleaning. I managed not to fall out.
Window 3, dirty, inverted for cleaning. I managed not to fall out.
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Window 3, clean.
Window 3, clean.
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Collateral cleanliness from external frame of window 3!
Collateral cleanliness from external frame of window 3!
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Window 4, dirty.
Window 4, dirty.
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Window 4, work in progress, mit cleansing Wasser.
Window 4, work in progress, mit cleansing Wasser.
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Window 4, spic and span.
Window 4, spic and span.
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Turns out the windows weren't all that dirty!
Turns out the windows weren't all that dirty!
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I cleaned 4 windows inside and out. I used filtered water in a spray bottle and a clean white cotton cloth.
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1 dirty
1 dirty
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2 dirty
2 dirty
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3 dirty
3 dirty
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4 dirty
4 dirty
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Cleaning supplies
Cleaning supplies
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Cleaning in progress
Cleaning in progress
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1 clean
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2 clean
2 clean
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3 clean
3 clean
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4 clean
4 clean
 
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