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[luvdoodles]

On 8/27/2014 Buck-i-Nana said:

I wash my outside windows 2x per year, spring and fall. After I have them good and clean and streak free, I apply Rain-X (the stuff for car windows). It's great to repel rain and dust and dirt and my windows stay nice much longer than they used to.

I never heard of Rain-X. Sounds like a good idea. I will have to look for it. Do you just spray and let it dry or do dry with a paper towel?

[Hayfield]

My windows tilt in and I get to them, maybe once a year. I still have to have DH help me, even though they tilt in since they are cumbersome and I'm clumsy!

[Theoriginallacey]

On 8/27/2014 depglass said:

Not often enough to post the answer here.

Lol, I was going to say whenever it rains.

[Ranchergal]

On 8/27/2014 colliegirls said:

Once a year if we are lucky.

ITA! We wash the widows and clean the screens once a year. Window treatments make it unnecessary to wash the windows more than once a year,

[SnuggleBunny]

I am a window freak - I clean them all the time as part of my routine. Love clean windows!! My brother almost stepped through my closed kitchen door a few years ago! Now I hang a little do dad on it so nobody goes through it!

[Irishmomto4]

My patio...every month.

[Irishmomto4]

Twice a year for bedroom and kitchen. Use Norwex rags. They are the best! Just use water!

[Cookie777]

On 8/27/2014 suzeecat said:

I live on the second floor and my old windows were not easy to work with so I used to hire to have it done twice a year. Since I got new windows they are a breeze to lift out and clean and I do it myself twice a year now. It's truly maddening, though, how it seems to rain within 24 hrs. of EVERY SINGLE TIME I do it!

P.S. to Persephonie: The guy I used to hire used Dawn soap in a bucket of water and did the squeegee thing. When I started doing them myself I got myself a squeegee from Home Depot and use a little Dawn soap in a bucket and it works great!

thank you so much for the tip!

[151949]

On 8/28/2014 Ranchergal said:

On 8/27/2014 colliegirls said:

Once a year if we are lucky.

ITA! We wash the widows and clean the screens once a year. Window treatments make it unnecessary to wash the windows more than once a year,

I believe that is a matter of opinion.

[AspenGrove]

On 8/28/2014 Ranchergal said:

On 8/27/2014 colliegirls said:

Once a year if we are lucky.

ITA! We wash the widows and clean the screens once a year. Window treatments make it unnecessary to wash the windows more than once a year,

Agreed. We have a professional window washing service that does inside and outside windows and screens and gutters in one visit—once per year. The solution they use on the windows keeps them clean for a year, even after all the rain and snow. I was a real skeptic the first year they promised that, but I am a true believer after 8 or 9 years of seeing how clean the windows remain all year, year after year.