Don't Forget About Those Christmas Gel Clings In Your Window, But If You Do Here's What To Do.

Last year we just ignored some of our Christmas decorations in our living room windows. Our two year old daughter really got a kick out of looking at them and moving them around in the windows. By mid July when the temperatures really started to heat up Santa and his reindeer finally decided to make a run for it right down our windows. That's what remained of the jolly old fat man and his sleigh on the left side of the window.

When I attempted to pull Santa and his friends off of the window they wouldn't come off, and just smeared around on the glass making an even bigger mess. So, hears what I had to do to make my windows shine again. First, you will need a razor scraper. You can pick one up at just about any store. Even the razor won't take it all off. Once I had scraped my windows it kind of looked like someone had just smeared Jello all over my windows. 

Next, I had to use an all-purpose cleaner to take that remaining film off of my windows. I would've preferred to use "Goo Gone" a very light citrus based degreaser, but I used "Tough & Tender" made by Melaleuca because that is all I had on hand. I had to liberally spray down the glass, and again take my scraper to the glass and wipe it dry getting of as much film as I could each time. It took me about five times of doing this to fully remove all of the left over gunk.

Once I had finally removed all of the sticky mess from my windows it was time to make them shine again. If you don't want to make your own solution a little Windex and paper towels will work just fine. If you have a scrubber and squeegee it will be a whole lot easier. The solution I used was about a gallon of water, a squirt of Dawn dish soap (this makes the squeegee move smoothly across the glass) and a splash of an additive called Glass Gleam 4 to leave that no-streak finish. If you don't have the Glass Gleam 4 though it's OK just make sure you get all the drips and edges really dry and they should look great. 

Now it's time for the last step. Take that Windex or homemade solution and get those window really wet. Take precautions and put down some rags on the sills and floor so any drips don't turn into stains. Now one last time take your scrapper and get any remaining film that might still be on those windows. Next take your scrubber and get those windows wet one last time and then squeegee them off and buff out and streaks or drips until those windows shine again. If you are using Windex and paper towels just spray, scrape,spray and wipe dry and you should be good to go.

Now it's time for you to go clean those windows, but if you happen to live in the Batavia, Geneva, or St. Charles area feel free to give us a call and we will be happy to take care of those windows for you. 

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