Tools:
Window cleaner (store bought or homemade from water, vinegar, and isopropyl alcohol) in a spray bottle
bucket
Murphy’s oil soap or other wood cleaner
sponge
cleaning cloths (I use diapers)
old toothbrush
squeegee (optional)
These are the instructions for cleaning the insides of windows. If you have the kind of windows that let you clean the outside from inside the house, these instructions will work for you.
First, pull up blinds and move curtains out of the way. (You can wash these at the same time if you have the energy and know how to do it.) Use the sponge and soapy water to wash the wood around the windows. (Squeeze the sponge out well so water won’t leak down on the walls.) Use the toothbrush where needed. Clean the sill as well.
Then, spray the window cleaner on one pane at a time. Use one cloth to wash the window, then use the drier cloth to get up all of the moisture. Windows won’t streak if you keep polishing until they’re dry. Work on one pane at a time, spraying, wiping, and drying.
If you’re washing the outside of the windows from the inside, do all of the insides before starting on the outside.
MamaNana
February 4th, 2003 at 3:02 amA friend use to have a buisness doing window washing at grocery stores ( only one story ).
So I learned how to do my own outside windows the same way, and it’s soooo fast you can do them as often as you like.
First take the hose to your outside windows to get the heavy layer of dirt off. In a bucket put a squirt of regular dish~washing detergent ,about a 1/4 to 1/2 cup of 409 or Degreaser ( found at COSTCO or Smart & Final ) and fill with warm water.
Take a sponge~type mop , dip into to bucket and go up and down the window. Rinse with hose then take a squeege to the window , going up and down.
Make sure you wipe the squeege when needed with a dry towel.
The inside windows are a breeze but just go side to side, that way you can always tell which side the streaks are on.
Karen
February 28th, 2003 at 9:24 pmGreat Idea! A friend told me about The Messies, and now I am telling a friend.
Biggest problem, is starting in point A, and as trying to put something in point A to its proper location point B. I find something in point B that needs to be brought to point D …….I am then exhausted and never finished Point A B C D…….cos I am constantly distracting myself from place to place.
Stasia
November 13th, 2003 at 10:02 pmKaren -
You might want to try using boxes and as you find things in Point A that need to go to another point just put it in the box and this will help you stay on task and after that room is done take the items to the next room and find the ones that belong there - when you are all done your point A-D will be done. I use several boxes and this system works really well for our family.