I dislike the smell of vinegar, but this works. (3) Equally effective if you can stand the smell, “Dawnegar”. Rubbing the glass hard does not work as well! The idea is this substance lifts dirt off the jalousie and deposits it in the fibres of the towel, hence the light touch.įold and re-fold the towel to use a clean section after a 2 or 3 panes are cleaned. Wipe the windows using a very light touch. Spray a mist of waterless car wash or airplane wash onto a microfiber towel. It may leave some haze at the left and right edges sometimes but fast is a good thing. (2) The other best way: Waterless car wash, a microfiber towel and a light touch. Spray your 1:1 onto a microfiber towel, wipe the jalousie panes clean and that’s it! No matter if they are quite clean or completely filthy, the result is the same, extremely fast and perfect. No other method does this so well, so quickly or so easily. This water slows the evaporation from your towel so it can work its magic on the glass jalousies.īecause it dries with no cloudy hazing or streaking. The exact formula varies across different brands, but we can simplify the description and call it a can of 70% ethyl alcohol.įor windows you mix this in equal parts with water, making it 35% alcohol.

It is basically 70% alcohol, mostly ethyl alcohol, plus some methyl alcohol and carbonol, with additives that make it taste terrible, including the very poisonous propylene glycol, and around 30% water. Known in some parts of the world as methylated spirits, denatured alcohol is a very inexpensive alcohol, poisonous to ingest, sold by the gallon at hardware stores, without any of the taxes that you would get on whiskey or wine.ĭon’t worry if you see a metal can or plastic jug that says “clean burning fuel” as opposed to “cleans glass”. (1) The first best way: Denatured Alcohol, mixed 1:1 with water in a spray bottle, and some microfiber towels

I will start with the conclusion, so you do not have to read this whole article if you don’t want to. I live in Hawai’i where they are very popular, as they are good for allowing the trade winds keep the house cool.Ĭleaning these multiple panes of glass is hard work, so over the last few years I have tried as many different ways as I could think of to make it a less than diabolical job.

I have hundreds of jalousie panes to clean at home. This is the fourth rewrite of this old article, because research is ongoing.

How to remove jalousie window panes