Who else uses Newspaper to detail windows

[Blktint]

Just wondering if I am the only one that cleans windows inside and out with glass cleaner after all film has been installed. I picked up this trick at a detail shop, supposedly it is soft on glass, absorbs better and doesn't leave streaks. Works great for me.

Customers sometimes look confused when I do it. Maybe they think the budget doesn't call for towels.

[mikebrook_07]

I've heard it works great but I've never tried it

[micro-edge]

I seen a glass guy doing it awhile back but ive never tried it

[Naples Tint Company]

I've had to re-tint scratched windows for a guy that used newspapers on tint

Works great on the glass though

[Ridler]

I use cloth baby diapers for my windows. Have for about 20 years. Absorb great, super soft and they last forever.

[Mpameno81]

That's an oooolldd detailed trick. I've never done it but have seen it and heard it works well.

*detailer

[TintOhio]

i have heard of people using Coffee filters as well

[Blktint]

I don't know if customers will like me using a diaper.. And coffee filters aren't 25 cents a stack

Since some of you guys never tried it, I recommend it. Its cheap and works amazing. I cannot imagine the little fibers in the recycled paper being able to scratch tint. Atleast I hope not.

[RockyDaz]

That's a very old detailers trick.

We were cleaning car windows 20 odd years ago with newspaper.

We were using a scrunched up wet newspaper to clean and a scrunched up dry newspaper to polish.

It is a bit dicey to use this on tinted windows though due to possible scratching.

This was from an age where they didn't make really good glass cleaning sprays, Windex was about the only thing around back then which leaves the glass smeary.

We were told that the ammonia found in the newsprint ink helped the cleaning process...I don't think there is ammonia still found in newsprint so dunno.

 

For mine now, a good glass cleaner and a microfiber is the way to go

[flat rock stan]

Make sure your papers are very clean. Just a grain of sand can cause ya lots of headaches