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Old 09-08-09, 12:45 PM
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Default How do you guys clean the inside of rear window?

I know its can't only be me having a tough time...

How do you guys clean the rear window from inside the car? The top portion is easy, but the bottom half is impossible to clean...I can't reach the very bottom.
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this is your friend: Microfiber Easy Reach Mini Mop i own this and love it
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+1. This is definitely a must have product with the heavy slope of most windshields and rear windows these days.
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I just use a clean, damp absorber. It does make for a tight squeeze towards the center brake light and the corners.
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Originally Posted by JVT
I know its can't only be me having a tough time...

How do you guys clean the rear window from inside the car? The top portion is easy, but the bottom half is impossible to clean...I can't reach the very bottom.
Impossible and it hurts my back until I got.......



Okay that was a bit dramatic but you get the point, it's a really helpful product. The mini-mop works so much better in my experience than any hand application I could do. Let me know if you have any other questions.

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I use the Stoners window cleaner wand thing sold at Target. Works excellently
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Take a spatula from your kitchen and wrap your mf glass towel around it. Works like a charm
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^^I foresee a problem for people who don't actually own the spatula they're using Chris
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Ghetto school... $1 store has them. Use the pot scrubbers with the little soap older built into handle. You don't need to fill the soap dish up or fill with anything. You just want the scrubber and handle. Dip in water or spray with Windex and then clean away. The little "abrasive" surface on sponge part cleans without putting much effort in.
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Originally Posted by AlexusAnja
Ghetto school... $1 store has them. Use the pot scrubbers with the little soap older built into handle. You don't need to fill the soap dish up or fill with anything. You just want the scrubber and handle. Dip in water or spray with Windex and then clean away. The little "abrasive" surface on sponge part cleans without putting much effort in.
This is fine so long as you don't have tinted windows. Regular Windex has ammonia in it that will turn tint purple - I've seen it happen many times over regular use. Also, the "abrasive" surface will scratch tint if pressed too hard. The tools mentioned above work great. I've also used a MF wrapped around an old paint brush (dry, of course) with a little Invisible Glass on it. Worked well, and gives you some flexibility at the same time for those hard to reach areas.

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How does your rear windows ever get dirty? I've never had to clean mine except for the one time my car was taken to a car wash without my consent and the damn people left streaks.

On another note, I need to get one of these wands as I do have a small percent of customers with little kids that dirty the rear windows.
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Originally Posted by PorSiempre
^^When you drive with any of the windows down, road soot and grime blows into the car and accumulates over time leaving windows and other surface areas dirty.
Cigarette ash as well
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Thank you all!
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