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Hi,
I'm looking for some advice.
Firstly, some pieces of glass I have can have this slight swirl pattern within the glass, Is there any way of removing this?
Secondly can any one advise on the best way to get glass spotless and smear free. Any great products?

Cheers

Martin

Hi Martin
Welcome to the forum.

This has been a recent thread on here.
Use the search facility to look in the archives for 'glass cleaning'

Hi Martin, and welcome!

Per the Glass Cleaning thread, I now use Lion's 'own brand' aerosol glass cleaner, and find it terrific stuff. Although branded for Lion, it comes from a company called Ebor. If you are ordering 'own brand' aerosol cleaner from other sources, I'd suggest double-checking with the supplier before ordering it to ensure that Ebor actually make the stuff in the tin: some 'own brands' contain other stuff (origin unknown). I ran out of Lion's Ebor stuff recently, and as a stop-gap got it another 'own brand' aerosol cleaner; it was pants by comparison.

Welcome Martin,

I just tried the search facility to try and post the relevant link for you - it's quicker to just answer your questions!

Is this swirl pattern only visible when the glass is wet or breathed on? Like a mackerel skin pattern?

If so it's probably where the interleaving paper has wrinkled and left a mark - sometimes it won't come off without 0000 grade steel wool, and you can't use that on coated glass, where it's (for me) a bigger problem than on standard glass.

I've had experience of two types of interleaving paper - nice white stuff that is almost greaseproof and stays nice and flat - and horrible grey stuff that is highly absorbent and mostly comes wrinkled.

The speciality (coated) glasses come interleaved with brown wrapping paper, which is as bad, or worse than the grey stuff.

As for glass cleaners I've used Glass & Mirror's foaming arsehole for years - but a PEL cloth (available from Lion but cheaper direct from PEL) is great - you use just water with it and when it's dry it has anti=static properties too. Only problem with it is it feels weird, being micro-fibre - it sticks to your fingerprints - gives me goosepimples, I have to wear gloves!

You'll find the glass cleaning thread here.

Moglet wrote:Although branded for Lion, it comes from a company called Ebor.

That's the one I use too! These days, I won't use anything else!

P.S. Moan at your glass supplier if the glass is not as good as it should be.

Chinese glass = cr@p

Dermot recommended Ebor, and I can't thank him enough for the tip. It's brilliant stuff!

[quote="Roboframer"]
"As for glass cleaners I've used Glass & Mirror's foaming arsehole for years "

Hi John, just spilled my coffee laughing? Is this Welsh spelling for aerosol .

Thanks for the laugh
Leo

Hee hee - it's from a 'Not The 9 o'clock news' sketch - Rowan Atkinson is a Swedish chemist shop assistant - guy comes in "I'd like some deodorant"

(Swedish accent) "Ball, or aresol?"

(Edit - result - Found a Youtube link )

You needn't have looked as far as YouTube Robo.

I nicked it off Kenny Everet though

Thanks for your advice guys.

Cheers

Martin

If this is only slight acid etching caused by damp interleaving paper you may find that a cream cleaner such as JIF will remove the marking. If it is deeply etched, forget about it!