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Madeleine Streets

5 top tips to avoid streaks when cleaning your windows

Cleaning window with blue cloth.

Windows are a focal point for any home, letting light in and allowing us to look out into the world. They’re also regularly exposed to the elements, collecting pollen and debris on one side of the glass and household dust on the other. 

Keeping them free of dirt is important, both for aesthetic and hygienic reasons, and this should be a straightforward process. Yet there’s a common yet frustrating phenomenon: You take out your cleaning supplies and wipe down your windows, only to find them covered in unsightly streaks. In fact, they may look dirtier than they did before you started. Not only do you need to clean them all over again, but who’s to say the streaks won’t appear the second time? 

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