After you’ve detailed your car’s exterior and you have it looking slick and shiny, your car’s interior looks outstanding. You’ve even cleaned and dressed your car’s engine and wheels. How about your windows?

No matter how good your car looks, having smudgy, dirty windows will definitely detract from a great looking detailing job.

Fortunately, it’s not hard to achieve a showroom shine on your own if you know the correct products and the right techniques.

There are a number of glass cleaners on the market, get a professional quality window cleaner for top results. Do not use ammonia based window cleaners on tinted windows.

If you are a smoker or people smoke regularly in your car, you will also need to clean the nicotine film build up that sometimes happens on car windows. Multiple applications of a high quality glass cleaner may be the answer to correct and remove a heavy buildup.

Select a high quality microfiber and waffle weave towel for the cleaning process as well which is an integral part of the process.

Utilize the waffle weave first to work the product into the window and follow up with the soft microfiber to buff to a shine. Use the glass cleaner you have chosen in a small area at a time. Dry and buff with a microfiber towel using small circles and turning the microfiber over continously to achieve the desired results.

Once the glass is dry do one last pass to make sure and you will eliminate any smudges or streaks. You will now have truly sparkling and streak free windows.

Always keep these towels separate from your other microfibers and towels that are solely used for other uses for your detailing needs.

Additionally, many car detailers use old newspaper to dry clean automotive glass, which has the effect of polishing the window. The composition of the ink and newspaper buffs and shines the window, though it looks much more professional to use the correct products and will result in a much better finish.

Tags: Detailing Tutorials //