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Hairspray on mirror... What to clean with?

I have tried soap and water,  windex with vinegar ,  and I still can't remove it.  I've even tried with my fingernail to scrape it off and the spots won't budge.  Please any ideas?  What has worked for you ??

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Re: Hairspray on mirror... What to clean with?

Rubbing alcohol.  Either mixed with water or, for tough spots, full strength.  

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Re: Hairspray on mirror... What to clean with?

Hot, as hot as it will come out of your faucet water on a cloth. Gotta be good & hot. There are two small pictures hung on the wall that are right in back of where I stand when I use hair spray. That takes it off for me on those and on the mirror. One other thing I used was I actually took a razor blade and scraped the little dried splatters off the pictures and the mirror, that worked too but I didn't want to keep doing that in case I scratched them. The hair spray seems to harden like lacquer on those surfaces but the hot hot cloth seems to melt it.

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Re: Hairspray on mirror... What to clean with?

I use hot water and some times vinegar but no chemicals. Won’t get build up if it’s cleaned frequently.

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Re: Hairspray on mirror... What to clean with?

You could try the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser -use the extra strength one.

If that doesn't take it off, I don't know what will!

Or Would nail polish remover be a too toxic combination?

I guess we better be careful what we recommend. You know like not mixing ammonia and bleach; or recently I read don't mix vinegar and bleach! That produces toxic chlorine gas! Yikes.

Anyway try the magic eraser. That has gotten everything off for me.

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Re: Hairspray on mirror... What to clean with?

Avon skin so soft on a cotton ball or Invisible Galss cleaner. 

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Re: Hairspray on mirror... What to clean with?

Why won't Windex work? I use Windex and it works just fine for me.

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Re: Hairspray on mirror... What to clean with?

I use a steam cleaner and it's fast and gets the mirror or anything else covered in hairspray really clean.

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Re: Hairspray on mirror... What to clean with?

Steam works everytime.

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Re: Hairspray on mirror... What to clean with?

Thank you all for your great suggestions !  I will be trying them all till I find what will remove the hairspray.   The mirror was inherited so who knows  how long it's been there😏.   Boy hairspray is like glue I guess once hardened on glass.   I remember in the past I would get hairspray on the bathroom mirror and even a few days being on there when I would do my bi weekly cleaning it would be so hard to remove.  

 

 

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