Spring Cleaning Challenge Day 2: Window Cleaning

Today’s cleaning challenge is getting your windows to a sparkling shine.

Now, if you have that many windows to clean in your home, Lord help you!

For the rest of us, let us get our tools.

The best supplies for this cleaning task are:

vacuum cleaner with a crevice tool
Q-tips
bucket
clean sponge
squeegees (with a extension pole if needed)
Dawn dish washing soap
Lint-free cloths (that have not been cleaned or dried with fabric softener-it will leave streaks)

The basic steps for this cleaning task are:

vacuum (with crevice tool) the window track, sills and frame to remove all dust, cobwebs, dead bugs, etc.
use Q-tip to get to hard to reach places the vacuum missed
add a couple gallons of water and a teaspoon of Dawn to your bucket
dip your sponge in the water, squeeze out excess water and scrub window
take your squeegee and wet it ( a dry squeegee will skip)
place squeegee at top upper corner and pull it steadily across the window
wipe your blade with your lint-free cloth, move about two-inches down and repeat with squeegee and cloth
wipe off any excess water