Cleaning Glass Windows With Steel Wool
Lubricate the glass with a spritz of window cleaner windex and buff away the stains with a wad of super fine steel wool.
Cleaning glass windows with steel wool. On the moh s scale glass receives a rating of 5 5. Well i thought 0000 steel wool didn t scratch glass. I was cleaning a townhouse that had some pretty old windows. I noticed the scratches when i was checking the glass for errors.
It sounds crazy but rubbing steel wool on your windshield won t hurt it. Steel wool for tough stains if you need to remove tree sap adhesive residue or other tenacious stains from your windows try 0000 4 ought steel wool. Lubricate the glass with a spritz of window cleaner windex and buff away the stains with a wad of super fine steel wool. Just like furniture makers use extra fine steel wool to rub out the surface of the wood after each coat of stain it polishes glass the same way.
Some of them had pretty good water staining so i grabbed some steel wool and went to town. Anyone else had this happen. It can scratch your windows. Therefore these scrubbing pads in theory will not scratch glass either.
Therefore steel wool in theory will not scratch glass. You should give your windows a quick clean before you apply the vinegar mixture especially if there are a lots of stains on the outside windows. Steel wool for tough stains if you need to remove tree sap adhesive residue or other tenacious stains from your windows try 0000 4 ought steel wool. While you d expect that steel wool would scratch the glass it s exactly the opposite.
Green scrubbing pads are made from polyester which is even softer. Laminated windshield glass is higher on the mohs scale of hardness than steel wool.