Endora

I remember one of my old school friends, moms, used to use wadded-up newspaper and a mixture of vinegar and water to clean windows.

Endora

Wild, I've never heard of it before. Learn something new everyday.

farmquilter

I just ordered from the link you provided. I have 23 windows in my 3-level farm house and want to do them quickly and not lug the usual supplies around.
Thank you for the link and review.

What all do you use the cloth on, other than windows and mirrors.

Onebyone

Well washing cloth diapers, using hot water, will use up water and power and cost as much as buying disposables in the long run. In the save the water areas that will be a priority. As for windows I had the new tilt windows installed. I can wash the inside and outside of the windows standing in front of the window. I wash one window a week so my windows stay clean all the time. The screens are easy to take off and DH sprays them clean every so often. All our windows are bare except the bedroom ones so they need to be clean or the whole room looks yucky.

Endora

I respectfully disagree. While I never kept track of laundering costs when I was using cloth diapers, my guess is it worked out to be pennies a load, and line-drying saved me even more. The only long-term expense I recall was buying rubber pants, and even then, those were pennies a pair. My guess is I never spent more than $100 - $200 per kid diapering them in cloth, and that would be on the high-side as to my guesstimate.

Karamarie

I had 2 dozen diapers and used them for both kids. Then used them for rags. Disposables were just coming out at that time - the kind you used pins to hold together.

Endora

Was that around the late 1960's?

Irishrose2

My daughter born in 1967 was the first to try to use disposables. Didn't work. Those early ones were bulky and she was a delicate little thing. Windows? I like good old Windex - name brand only. That's one place I don't use generics. Well washed dish towels aren't too linty, nor are Sparkle paper towels.

Mamia

I use invisible glass cleaner. Works great with a diaper.

maviskw

I disagree also. Water is still a renewable resource. Even so, I am careful about how much I use even is it comes out of my well and goes through the septic tank.

Doesn't anyone else use the rubber blade on the squeegee? I have two of them; a short one for small windows and a 16 inch one for my 3 X 8 foot patio window. (Was a door in a previous life.) The squeegee removes 99% of the water. Then I use a small towel to clean up the drips around the edges and across the bottom. Washing windows is so fast and easy this way. I think the hardware store is where you go for a squeegee. My small one is made by Tupperware, but I don't think they make them anymore.