Prime the surface.
Cleaning windows with fine steel wool.
But lesser known superfine steel wool or grade 0000 steel wool has many useful applications.
Continue until the entire window is clean.
Start with the outside of the top pane then the inside of the top pane then the outside of the bottom pane and so on.
Laminated windshield glass is higher on the mohs scale of hardness than steel wool.
Therefore these scrubbing pads in theory will not scratch glass either.
Steel wool removes the grime without scratching the glass.
Everybody we ve told about this little detailing trick seemed really surprised that steel wool does not scratch glass.
It sounds crazy but rubbing steel wool on your windshield won t hurt it.
On the moh s scale glass receives a rating of 5 5.
Steel receives a lower rating of between 4 and 4 5.
Just like furniture makers use extra fine steel wool to rub out the surface of the wood after each coat of stain it polishes glass the same way.
Green scrubbing pads are made from polyester which is even softer.
Steel wool for tough stains if you need to remove tree sap adhesive residue or other tenacious stains from your windows try 0000 4 ought steel wool.
Therefore steel wool in theory will not scratch glass.
Lubricate the glass with a spritz of window cleaner windex and buff away the stains with a wad of super fine steel wool.