Homemade Window Cleaner With Ammonia

Save time and money by making window cleaner at home.

Don't spend money on those expensive bottles of blue window cleaner. For less than 25 cents, make your own at home, using the same ingredients found in commercial window cleaner-water and ammonia. Your windows and mirrors will be sparkling clean in no time.

Things You'll Need

• 1/2 cup ammonia
• 1/2 cup vinegar
• 24 oz. spray bottle

Instructions

1. Pour 1/2 cup ammonia into your spray bottle.

2. Add 1/2 cup white vinegar to the ammonia. Fill the spray bottle with warm water.

3. Shake the spray bottle to mix your glass cleaner thoroughly.

Tips & Warnings

• Choose a cool, cloudy day to wash windows. Glass cleaner dries rapidly on hot days, leaving streaks behind.

• Use a rubber-edged squeegee instead of newspapers or paper towels for washing windows. Microfiber cloths made especially for cleaning glass work well too.

• Vinegar and water make an effective glass cleaner too, without odor and harshness of ammonia.

• Never mix ammonia with chlorine bleach. Mixing the two creates toxic gas.

• Ammonia irritates skin and eyes. Wear gloves when handling it and keep it out of the reach of children.

References

• Deseret News: Homemade Window Cleaner Is Inexpensive, Not Allergenic
• Tipnut: Homemade Window Cleaner Recipes and Tips

Resources

• University of Nebraska--Lincoln Extension Lancaster County: Tips for Cleaning Windows