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scherry2
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hard water stains

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Help!This Indiana water is so hard, its harder than sh*t to get spots off the glass, anybody have any Ideas as to how to really clean glass? I've tried windex and mom's old standard of vinager and water. any suggestions?
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Re: hard water stains (scherry2)

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You wash your car outside in the sun don't you?I did that a few times and had the same proplem. Try drying the windows first as soon as your finished rinsing. Or pull the car into the garage or under some shade. Use the Absorber towel, it works fast! I just take it up to our town fire station and wash it in the garage. It's a great perk to have in the winter, too.
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Re: hard water stains (scherry2)

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Try Soft Scrub cream cleanser...great for getting stubborn stuff off...I used it and it took a ton of junk off...http://www.softscrub.comAvailable at most any retailer or grocery store.
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quote:Get some of this stuff. It is suppose to be the best out there. http://www.sacskyranch.com/rejex.htm I seen this in Car and Driver and it works great on rims too. Good stuff.. Yeah, it's called Rain-X.
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Re: hard water stains (Lancer)

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quote:You wash your car outside in the sun don't you?I did that a few times and had the same proplem. Try drying the windows first as soon as your finished rinsing. Or pull the car into the garage or under some shade. Use the Absorber towelguilty as charged I'll try the soft scrub first then the rejex thanks for the help my spider-vibe thanks you
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Geez, I don't know about the soft SCRUB . Might you eventually find some very fine scratches on your glass? I know it works well on ceramic, but your windshield? I'm undecided.
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tried soft scrub. I didn't rub hard and used a wet (not damp) sponge and it worked great. from now on its clean the windows in the garage for sure.
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I use windex, but in the aerosol foam!It works great..... http://www.windexglasscleaner.com/windex_aerosol.asp
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HMMMMM might have to try it thanks.
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Best stuff on the market, hands down, is Invisible Glass!http://www.invisibleglass.com/
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quote:Stoners.... Whew kinda wondered where this post was going there for a minute.
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quote:Geez, I don't know about the soft SCRUB . Might you eventually find some very fine scratches on your glass? I know it works well on ceramic, but your windshield? I'm undecided. It's just a name. It's perfectly safe for glass. I soft scrub my windows about once a month. Works great on getting off stubborn dirt, tar, and bugs. Certainly isn't a replacement for polishing, but works pretty damn good!
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Re: hard water stains (scherry2)

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Save your money. The glass shops around the country use liquid toilet bowl cleaner. It is the best and it is the cheapest. They use it when they make tempered glass for shower doors. Before the tempered process they cut the holes and really make a mess. The only thing that cleans off heated water stains is the bowl cleaner. Try it on those hard water stains on your shower doors at home for all of the skeptics out there.
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