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Old May 3, 2013 | 08:47 AM
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As the title says, what do yous bufty guys use on the windows as I bought autogylm fast glass I think its called and its shite to say the least. Just smears n leaves marks. I've got tons of microfibres clothes brand new, tried lil squirts and lots of chemical and still all milky n dirty.

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Old May 3, 2013 | 11:48 AM
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I just use a bottle of Asda window cleaner lol
Does the job. I use kitchen roll to clean and a quick buff over with a glass/microfibre cloth to get rid of the very slight smears.
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Old May 3, 2013 | 11:53 AM
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I use Autolym glass polish leave it on for 5 mins then buff off brilliant stuff
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Old May 3, 2013 | 11:53 AM
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try the autogylm glass polish rather than the fast glass spray.
its a bit more work but better results.
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Old May 3, 2013 | 08:39 PM
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also try and do it out of direct sunlight as i find it dries to quick and thats why it smears
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Old May 3, 2013 | 08:53 PM
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Go over it 3 or 4 times with glass cleaner and keep turnign the cloth, then a thin, and I mean THIN polish with some AG glass polish, will look top notch after that.

I find that the windows on my shitter mondeo look great then you roll them down and back up and they smear. Only way to sort it really is to take glass out, clean the bit you cant get to, and all the seals at the same time.
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Old May 3, 2013 | 09:35 PM
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Just normal Mr Muscle furniture polish wiped off with news paper! Works a treat
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Fast glass is a good product,but its all down to technque.

Find a good quality microfibre,dont use one that you have used on the dash with other products on it.

Some people swear by using paper towels but i cant get on with them for some reason.

Best way i have found is to spray a couple of squirts onto the cloth not the window,now how much you use depends on a lot of things including the air temp and how dirty the window is.

Then flip the microfibre towel over and buff with the dry side ( this is were a crap cloth with leave fibres)
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when I was fitting screens and door glasses etc I simply used paper towels and a budget trade screen cleaner, something like 25 litres for £10
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BLACKFIRE Heavy Cut Aluminum Polish + polishing pad

saw it on a restoration site and the windscreen was like new.
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Old May 4, 2013 | 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by RichieST
Go over it 3 or 4 times with glass cleaner and keep turnign the cloth, then a thin, and I mean THIN polish with some AG glass polish, will look top notch after that.

I find that the windows on my shitter mondeo look great then you roll them down and back up and they smear. Only way to sort it really is to take glass out, clean the bit you cant get to, and all the seals at the same time.

use a cocktail stick,push it down between the seal and glass and run it along.you'll be surprised the amount of shit behind there. i often clean behind there,sometimes open it with a cocktail stick then get a microfibre with some g101 on it and feed it in and run that under the seal aswell. seems to work for me.
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Originally Posted by Cossiemainful
BLACKFIRE Heavy Cut Aluminum Polish + polishing pad

saw it on a restoration site and the windscreen was like new.
I would love to see that done on the inside windscreen
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Old May 4, 2013 | 10:37 PM
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Thanks for the tips fellas!

I used Poorboys QD+ on my car earlier n that cleaned the outside glass pretty well. Just with the damp MF cloth. Didn't spray the windows as its bit of a waste of paint polish lol.
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