Advice Please. I have windows that were sprayed with some type of awning cleaner and hard water. Both Muriatic and CC550 take the cloudiness away. Neither one better than the other. There are noticeable spots left after the application. Using Glass Scrub or A-1 Hardwater Stain Remover and 000 steel wool we can remove them up to 90%. However it requires an INTENSE amount of pressure to make this work. Takes a very long time so the price will be astronomical. Is there any other chemical I can try to make life easier for my cleaners and keep the price down for the customer? Thank you in advance.
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Hey Don! - Have you tried One Restore? - https://windowcleaner.com/eaco-chem-onerestore
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I’m in love with One-Restore. It’s much less odorous than others and works very well. I use everything you did on some show doors and One-Restore wiped it off like it was nothing.
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Yeah, I’d say OneRestore is definitely that catch-all Chem that I carry on the truck at all times. Very effective and safer than many chemicals that work this good. For tough hard water stain especially, OneRestore will be my choice more often than not.
Just make sure to use PPE.
PPE? … just joking
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I’d go with Mr Hard Water and a variable speed buffer. I like it because it has zero acids in it and it works.
I order Diamond magic I’ll let you know how it works
I had a job I did a few years ago that had gunk splattered on the windows that had hardened somewhat. I wet it real good, scraped with fresh razor on the spots, then bronze wool and Diamond Magic. I re-cleaned as normal with scrubber and squeegee and it came out perfect. It seems that what ever was sprayed or splattered needed the hardened surface of the spots to be hit with a razor first to break the hardened shell as it were(?), then the DM with elbow grease did the rest of it nicely.
Updated I got the Diamond magic man it works magic it got the spot out you should order it and try it worth every dollar
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I like diamond magic as well, but I haven’t used it as much since I started using One Restore. When I DID use diamond magic, I had to get every square inch of the glass or it didn’t look “even”. What I did was but a cordless corner sander and replaced the sanding pads with white 3M scotchbrite pads cut to the same shape as the sanding pads, applied the diamond magic and turned the sander on and went to work. I could do a basic double hung sash in about 2 minutes with about a quarter size amount of diamond magic. The point/tip on the pads is perfect for digging into corners and covering large surface areas, and it’s easy to go over certain areas again to remove spots missed because you just put another drop on the pad, rub it over the area; and it’s gone.
