Regularly cleaning your car’s windshield is important because good visibility in all circumstances is essential. Carglass gives you some effective tips for maintaining the inside and outside of your windshield.
Why clean a car windshield?
On the road, the windshield of vehicles quickly becomes dirty for various reasons: polluted air, oil particles sent by the engines of other vehicles or insects that crash on the glass. All of these elements leave streaks that make your windshield dirty. It is therefore recommended to regularly clean the windscreen of your car, but also the rear window and the side windows.
How to equip yourself to have an always clean windshield?
To properly clean the windows of a vehicle, several solutions are available. Opt for example for a specific product sold in automotive centers. Ammonia-based, just spray it on the inside and outside of the windows and rub with a soft cloth.
Complete cleaning kits are also available and include all the necessary equipment: brush, washing mitt, product, squeegee.
Between two cleaning operations, it is important to put a quality washer fluid in the reservoir and to check the good condition of the blades and wiper arms.
It is also possible to keep the windscreen clean by having Carglass apply a rainproof treatment.
This is a hydrophobic solution that disperses the water that falls on the glass. Its water-repellent effect is particularly appreciated when it rains heavily, but it also facilitates cleaning . The application is carried out in 30 minutes using microfiber cloths, with the guarantee of a clean windshield.
What natural tips for cleaning the windshield?
Carglass has collected natural and seemingly effective solutions for you on the Internet. You just have to spend a little time preparing them.
– According to Internet users, one of the best formulas for homemade cleaners is newspaper soaked in ammonia water or methylated spirit: vigorously rub the traces then dry the surface with a clean cloth.
– A variant is to dilute three doses of white vinegar in a dose of water, to which you add eight drops of lemon essential oil and a tablespoon of dishwashing liquid. Then spray your windows with this mixture. Rub with crumpled up newspaper, before wiping with a soft, dry cloth.
– Another natural formula found on the web is to mix half a glass of baking soda with a quarter of a glass of hot water. Then using a sponge soaked in the solution, simply wipe over the entire surface of the windows, before rinsing thoroughly with clean water.
