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It is really hard to photograph smudges on the windows, but they were there! I just used a spray bottle of water and a dry window cloth, it seems to do the job pretty well.
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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 ( (definitely the dirtiest)
Dirty window #3 ( (definitely the dirtiest)
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Dirty window #4
Dirty window #4
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Close up of #4
Close up of #4
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Spray bottle with water and rag
Spray bottle with water and rag
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Action shot of me cleaning the window with water
Action shot of me cleaning the window with water
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After of #1
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After of #2
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After of #3
After of #3
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After of #4
After of #4
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Cleaned the windows today. Hopefully the pictures are good enough, I struggled taking them. I used water and norwex enviro and window cloth to clean them.
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cleaning cloths
cleaning cloths
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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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action shot washing
action shot washing
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action shot drying
action shot drying
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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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Ash Jackson wrote:To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are that you must clean four windows, inside and out.

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


  • I cleaned four windows, inside and out, using clean water, a cotton towel, a squeegee, and a microfiber cloth. My glass cleaner was warm water carried in a bucket.
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    Note: Cleaning car windows is included in the "Wash vehicle exterior" badge bit

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    Note: This BB was intended for house windows but since that wasn't specified clearly enough, this passes.  Thanks for inadvertantly finding this gap, it's been fixed for the future.  Car windows are part of the cleaning a vehicle exterior BB.

     
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    I used vinegar in a spray bottle to clean my windows. Spray it on, scrub it with a rag, and buff it dry with a towel. I added pictures of a fifth window because the first window is fogged inside and hard to tell if it’s clean.
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    My cleaner
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    Cleaned windows! We have huge windows, so one of these could probably count as all four but I was cleaning them all anyway.

    Cleaning solution was my usual 1:5 white vinegar to water. I hadn't used vinegar on glass before and I was pleasantly surprised how well it worked if you buff it dry!

    I did a first pass with warm water in a mop bucket and a squeegee (not pictured) to get most of the grime off. The bucket had to refilled several times because it was so sludgy - lots of construction happening nearby. Then wiping off the trim/edges with cotton cloths and more warm water. Then a final wipe down and buffing with a microfiber cloth and vinegar solution to get the streaks off inside and out.
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    window #1
    window #1
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    window #2
    window #2
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    window #3
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    window #4
    window #4
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    bonus balcony door
    bonus balcony door
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    For my glass cleaner, I mixed 1 cup of vinegar, 1 cup of isopropyl alcohol, some lemon essential oil, and whatever water I could fit to fill the bottle up to the top. I also made up a tub of soapy water using Oasis dish soap. To clean the windows, I sponged and squeegeed the outside and then used the glass cleaner spray with a rag to polish both the inside and outside and get rid of the streaks from the squeegee.



    Here is Window 1:



    Window 2:



    Window 3:



    Window 4:

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    Note: What’s the streak to the left of the ADT sticker on finished window #3.

     
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    Good catch. The streak on window #3 is on the inside of the double-paned window. I scrubbed the window three more times inside and out to make sure but there is nothing I can do about those streaks. Here is a different window that doesn't have gunk inside.
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