How to clean car windows?
Alvaro Avilés
14 August 2019
4 min.
Car windows are the lens through which we see when we drive, so cleaning them often becomes a necessity. Here’s how to do it.
Summer is a very delicate season for our car, since the high temperatures shown on thermometers mean that we must take the utmost care with the maintenance of our car. In addition, we must place special emphasis on all those elements that can directly affect safety at the wheel.
Therefore, looking at this more closely, the windscreen is one of the elements we never pay attention to, even though we need to take care of its cleanliness and its durability. So, at Top10motor we are going to give you some tips on how to clean car windows:
To clean car windows, windscreen wipers are not always enough
90% of the information we receive when we drive comes in through our eyes, so the windscreen must always be clean to give us a clear view of what is in front of us.
In addition, most modern cars have cameras so that their ADAS work correctly, so if they are covered in dirt, they may not function properly. Summer is when they get dirtiest due to dust or insects.
Therefore, it is very important to always keep the correct level of windscreen washer fluid. However, if the whole glass is covered in insect remains, the windscreen washer jets won’t be much help. So, read our report on how to remove insects from the car to learn how to do it properly.
On the other hand, we often believe that the typical summer downpour will clean the car and, therefore, the windscreen. However, most of the time the opposite happens, and it gets even dirtier.
If we want to clean it properly, something effective is to dampen a towel with water and soap or with household glass cleaner and let it act overnight. If you have parked the car under a tree and a flock of pigeons has done their business on your windscreen, it is advisable to use sodium bicarbonate on a microfibre cloth.
Earth and dust are the enemies of car windows
The dryness of the environment in summer also means that in summer there is more dust and sand suspended in the air. The cracks in the asphalt also expand, so the dust in them is lifted up with every car that passes over them. Moreover, if you leave the car at the beach, the most likely outcome when you return to it is that it has turned into a sandcastle on wheels.
In these situations, the last thing we should do is switch on the windscreen wipers, since besides creating mud, we may scratch the car’s glass. Therefore, the ideal solution in this case is to keep a bottle of water in the boot to clean it before setting off.
High temperatures and temperature changes also cause summer to be the time of year when the most windscreens break. If we have a small chip that we don’t give much importance to, it can become irreparable if we suffer an impact. If you reach this point of no return, you will need to take the car to a workshop specialising in glass repairs, such as Carglass.
Therefore, we hope we have helped you with these tips on how to keep car windows clean, and that, if you don’t already, it becomes one of the points you check regularly. If you want to know more about this topic, don’t miss the tips on how to protect your car and windscreen from rain from our colleagues at Highmotor.
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