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how do you remove hard water stain on my windows when Windex doesn't work?

I was washing my car yesterday and there is some hard water stain on my window. I try to wipe it clean with Windex but its not working so far. Please help me.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    White vinegar has been proven to work for removing hard water stains from windows. See the step-by-step method below:

    Natural Formula to Use:

    ½ liter white vinegar and ¼ liter of water

    Method to Use:

    1.Fill a clean spray bottle with pure vinegar

    2.Spray the vinegar/water solution over the window and wait for a few minutes

    3.If stains are stubborn spray more solution and wait a while longer

    4.Scrub lightly with a soft sponge or cloth and rinse

    Tip:

    Try to deal with the water spots straight away as the solution works best with newly formed or mild hard water spots.

  • 1 decade ago

    Use white vinegar and water, a 2:1 solution. Check out the YouTube video link for a 2 minute demo. Works for chrome or glass. You'll only need to do it once, just follow the video instructions.

  • cimra
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Little bit of white vinegar on a soft cloth will take the spots off and not leave any residue. The residue is calcium in hard water, a mild acid like vinegar will take the calcium off and not harm your glass.

  • 1 decade ago

    This is really tough. you need to use a vinegar solution. vinegar is acidic and hard water is base (opposite ends of the ph chart, and it will probably take several washings

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  • 1 decade ago

    Try this its cheap, clean them again with windex but use newspaper.

  • 1 decade ago

    All i can say is try using boiled water, other than that somethings just wrong with your cleaning liquid, get your money back!

  • 1 decade ago

    RainX makes a cleaner to remove everything from glass and it works really well!

    Source(s): ASE Certified Technician 36+ yrs
  • 1 decade ago

    rub the glass down with 000 steel wool from the hardware store, if it's going to come off it will take it off.

  • 1 decade ago

    some stains are actually etched into the glass - from acid - and you cannot remopve them. too bad.

  • 1 decade ago

    matt was close- use dry crumpled news paper.

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