Window Washing Day 1

Well, I have triceps, did you know? They even hurt from typing.... They didn't call me 'little arms' for nothing...

So here are your window washing tips for the day

1. Windex and any other commercial window washing solution be it blue, orange or clear is a rip off. Not only do they not work very well, they make it harder for a window washer to do a good job because they make the water bead up on the window because there is actually a glass wax or oil in them... We just use dish soap to wash windows - it works easier than vinager because it lets the squeegee slide across the window.

2. Don't plant cute little shrubs right next to your house underneath a window. They won't be cute and little for long...

3. If you have those white spots on the window that won't wash off (calcium deposits from the water), don't waste your money on CLR or any other expensive cleaner that makes claims to remove lime and calcium build-up. They are rather toxic and they don't work well. Just cut a lemon in half and rub it over the spots. Leave it on for a couple of minutes and they will wash right off. Vinager won't work as well because table vinager is too diluted. (Pickling vinager might work - haven't tried it but it is stronger). This is my greatest window washing secret. There are people who scrub and scrub trying to get those spots off and buy CLR and still they don't come off. Lemon. Works everytime. I even used it on a window that had been clouded over for more than 10 years - so cloudy that you couldn't see through it. I had to really get it juicy and I let it soak for about 1/2 an hour and then it wiped right off and the window was sparkling clean...