Window Cleaning

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 31, 1916

A good way to dispose of the window cleaning in the home is to do the windows of one or two rooms each week. The work may be done in a very few minutes with a kerosene solution, with wood alcohol, or with ammonia.

The use of soap and water on windows makes difficult polishing.

Add one tablespoonful of kerosene to one quart of warm water. Wet a cloth in it, wring tightly, and wipe the window clean. Dry and polish with soft cloth or paper.

The use of ammonia or alcohol, pure, makes the most brilliant windows. As evaporation is rapid, it is a waste of the liquids to use large cloths when moistening the glass. For the same reason polishing must be done very quickly. One pane should be finished before another is begun. If the window is large, it is well to finish a part at a time. Both alcohol and ammonia will mar the finish of the woodwork of the window, and one using them should be careful in this particular.—Selected.