Window Cleaning Help

Today I drive 80 west in southern Florida around 6 pm and when I went over 27 I had a billion bugs start filling my windshield. As the sun went down and cars headlights started getting brighter. My visibility decreased to the point where I could not see. So I pulled in a marathon and cleaned it best I could. Wasn't perfect. So. I wanna know. How do you vets clean up so your not drivin blind. A otr guy helped me once with his own squigee and he had a mix of deiesel and something else he would spray on the windshield and scrub a bit and it worked like magic. What was that oh so magical stuff he had and is it worth it to buy my own long scrubber for my windshield and Windows. Help me be safer guys if appreciate it. Keep on trucking

I use plain windex. Spray it on and give it a min to sit and then wash like normal it worked pretty good for me last summer

I have my own scrubber squeegee with a collapsible handle. I think it came from Walmart. I sometimes use it at the fuel island when theirs is too thrashed.

I'd like to know that secret formula though.

Ohh it's love bug season in fl. Well my friends I will give you the best solution that an ol timer taught me and it works. After you clean your windows thoroughly apply paste car wax to them, let dry, and remove dried wax from windshield with microfiber cloth. Won't prevent all but makes cleaning windshield a breeze. Note only use paste in the can wax!

I've never had any problems with the standard bucket and squeegee at the pumps. Granted, sometimes you have to do multiple coats and/or scrub a little harder/longer, but it always gets the job done. When the bugs are really bad, you can't just give it a few cursory wipes. You've really gotta get into it. But it will work.

Dial dish soap... Put some on the squeegee and use the water from the bucket... Cleans the window really good

Dial dish soap... Put some on the squeegee and use the water from the bucket... Cleans the window really good

Yeah, I was gonna say soap of some sort seems to make a big difference. Just using windshield washer fluid or plain water doesn't cut it very well. You'll be scrubbing for a while.

After you clean your windows thoroughly apply paste car wax to them, let dry, and remove dried wax from windshield with microfiber cloth. Won't prevent all but makes cleaning windshield a breeze. Note only use paste in the can wax!

That would concern me a bit. You'd have to do a great job of getting it off there afterward. I'd be worried that it might somehow become cloudy or hazy in the right conditions making it really hard to see. Might not ever be a problem, but that was my first thought. Maybe Rain-X would be an alternative.

Dial dish soap... Put some on the squeegee and use the water from the bucket... Cleans the window really good

Yeah, I was gonna say soap of some sort seems to make a big difference. Just using windshield washer fluid or plain water doesn't cut it very well. You'll be scrubbing for a while.

After you clean your windows thoroughly apply paste car wax to them, let dry, and remove dried wax from windshield with microfiber cloth. Won't prevent all but makes cleaning windshield a breeze. Note only use paste in the can wax!

That would concern me a bit. You'd have to do a great job of getting it off there afterward. I'd be worried that it might somehow become cloudy or hazy in the right conditions making it really hard to see. Might not ever be a problem, but that was my first thought. Maybe Rain-X would be an alternative.

Brett please google cleaning windshield with paste wax. I think you will find many expert car detailers use this method to clean windows. Also the properties I rain x are a liquid form of wax . Applied improperly the results will be the same, glare and foggy windshield.

Brett please google cleaning windshield with paste wax. I think you will find many expert car detailers use this method to clean windows. Also the properties I rain x are a liquid form of wax . Applied improperly the results will be the same, glare and foggy windshield.

Yeah, I had never heard of that. It just automatically concerns me if someone suggests using something on the windshield or mirrors that wasn't designed for it. Unforeseen consequences and all.

Back in the day (1970's) I used to clean and then protect my windows with paste wax. Never had a problem with seeing afterwards. Works as well if not better than Rain-X.

Ernie