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> > >>Also, re isop
ggull wrote:
> "CSM1" <nomoremail@nomail.com> wrote ...
> > "GEO" <Me@home.here> wrote ...
> > > "ggull" <ggullSPAM@NOTrcn.com>
> > >
> > >>"Terry Yamada" <tyamada@wans.net> wrote
> > >>> The best way to clean the glass is by using steam, if you don't
have
> > >>> steam try Windex with a lint free cloth.
> > >
> > >>ummm... how do you apply the steam? hold it over a teakettle?
or is
> > >>there
> > >>some specialized glass-cleaning steamer?
>
> By an odd coincidence, this morning's paper had a little tidbit (with
> picture) of the Steam Penguin -- "electric steam cleaner ... clean
windows,
> glass, and tiles. 'I'llnever do windows the old way'" at
> www.discountcellar.com, fwiw.
>
> I really have to keep better informed on household cleaning trends
.
>
recommended elsewhere on the thread -- I've
> > >>found
> > >>the drugstore variety can lead to streaking. A very pure variety
can be
> > >>found at pro photography shops, one brand name is "Eclipse optic
> cleaning
> > >>system". Also, paper towels seem to be made with incredible
amounts of
> > >>soluble goop .. the same photo store will sell you fancy lab
grade
> > >>"PecPad"
> > >>wipes. Or the lint free, carefully laundered and rinsed cloth.
> > >
> > > I remeber a few years ago, in an audio equipment magazine
(Audio),
> > > a retired chemist recommended vodka for cleaning tape heads. I
wonder
> > > if it could be used to clean the inside of the glass. As he said,
you
> > > know what you can do with the left over vodka.
> > >
> > Vodka is alcohol. It is one half alcohol and one half water. (100
proof)
> > You can buy at a liquor store 180 proof alcohol, one brand was
EverClear.
> > Pure Alcohol is 200 proof.
> >
> > You can buy at a drug store 91% Isopropyl Alcohol. Ordinary Rubbing
> Alcohol
> > is 50-70%. which means that it is mostly water.
>
> I don't think it's the alcohol/water ratio that's really important
for
> streak-free cleaning, but the tiny fraction-of-a-percent impurities,
like
> hardness in water.
> In chem lab, we used to do a final rinse or two with distilled water
to get
> really clean glassware. Come to think of it, that might be another
> possibility (*distilled* H2O, not spring water, defintely not mineral
water
>
.
The steam cleaner I am refering to is all of the Euro Steam cleaners as
seen on the TV shopping channels. I purchased one about 3 years ago
and realy love the way it cleans glass and my microwave oven. The
latest ones are cheeper and more compact and have more attachments.
The Steam cleaning method with an old t-shirt leaves no streaks as do
the other cleaners (alcohol/windex).
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