How to Save Money and Go Green with DIY Glass and Window Cleaner

Commercial glass and window cleaners are expensive and full of unnecessary chemicals, but you can save money and limit your impact on the environment by making your own simple, eco-friendly glass and window cleaner.

Conventional glass and window cleaners typically use ammonia as one of the main ingredients, which is a skin, lung and eye irritant and is particularly harmful for children with asthma.

Making your own all natural glass and window cleaner is better for the planet, better for your wallet and better for your health, as well as the health of your family and your animal companions.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Distilled White Vinegar
• Water
• Reusable Spray Bottle
• Dish Soap (first time only)

1. Mix one part distilled white vinegar with two parts water in a reusable spray bottle. This makes an all-natural, eco-friendly glass and window cleaner that will leave a clean, streak-free shine on all of your glass surfaces and windows.

2. Spray the eco-friendly distilled white vinegar and water mixture on your glass surfaces and windows and clean as usual.

3. Commercial glass and window cleaners leave behind a waxy build up; therefore, once you have decided to go green and clean your windows with this all-natural, eco-friendly glass and window cleaner, you will need to add a couple of drops of dish soap to your distilled white vinegar and water mixture. This will remove the waxy build up so that you can have a streak-free shine.

Tips & Warnings

• Including the dish soap in your first mixture is an important step. If you don't do this, your glass surfaces and windows will have tons of streaks from the waxy build up the commercial cleaners left behind.

Resources

• ehow Going Green Guide

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on 8/31/2009 This DIY glass cleaner should be especially good for areas with hard water spots.