I have a 'film' build up on the inside of my fairly new windscreen.

I've never applied anything to the dash or windscreen before.

I think it is from exhuast fumes, dust, humidity etc.

I tried windex knowing it would smear and make it worse, but i had to do something as it was getting pretty bad in the morning sun.

Anything else reccomended, or should i give it 2 or 3 more windexes??

Thanks.

I've been using Auto Glym Fast Glass and the windows come up a treat!

I used to get that film, but have started using the Car Glass Polish too and thats AWESOME!

SuFz :ninja:

I agree that windex just seems to make it worse.. after a month it seems to come back thick and fast (I find having a dash mat makes it worse). I used to be a detailer years ago and used an industrial window cleaner which was fantastic but can't for the life of me remember what brand it was. Since then I've just been using dry paper towels from servo's, but depending how bad it is, may need to use windex on the first application and then use dry paper towels to keep the 'film' away, for me it works better than windex + cloth anyway (cheap option to try)

A clean, dry chamois or micro fibre cloth and that's it. No products, do it once a week and it won't fog or get that film. Works for me....

I had a new screen put in my TJ and got the same problem. I put it down to lubricant used in its manufacture. Cheap window cleaner and paper towel fixes it, after a few cleans.

Damp 'chux' rag, wiped off with a glass cleaning cloth (available from Supercheap etc). Perfect result every time.

Nothing beats a damp micro fiber cloth.
Anything else shows up badly under sunny conditions

If you are thorough, Metho and a paper towel works for me. It gets everything off, and if you do it right, you don't get the usual sun glare showing the streaks.
If your windscreen is really bad, do it a couple of times to make sure you get everything off, then it's just regular cleaning from there.
Micro fibre cloth is great at keeping a windscreen clean, but you need a bit more than that if it's bad to start with.

I use these glass wipes that Aldi sell and find they work well. About $2.50 for 40 wipes.

Window cleaner and Newspaper. They seem to work and last anywhere between 3-6 months. try to get the black and white pages rather than the coloured pages.

Window cleaner and Newspaper. They seem to work and last anywhere between 3-6 months. try to get the black and white pages rather than the coloured pages.

That works a treat. Did my parents house windows that way and got rid of all water mark stains. Apparently the carbon helps it glide of the glass and the paper itself removes the marks.

If I use windex I wash with one piece of paper towel and polish with a second clean dry piece, but I've been using metho lately with much better results.

I think global warming is making the air dirty so the windows get dirtier quicker ;)

change towels as you clean it
clean water, or distilled water if you can (be bothered) get it
bit of metho in it to remove oils/crap if its bad

That works a treat. Did my parents house windows that way and got rid of all water mark stains. Apparently the carbon helps it glide of the glass and the paper itself removes the marks.

It is lint free as well!

I realise this is probably just common sense, but i hadn't encountered it before...

I think the trick is to clean the glass first then use glass cleaning products. Otherwise you are just smearing it around.

I used a metho paper towel, then a water paper towel, then a windex paper towel. The windex paper towel got a real good polish to get rid of streaks.

Looks good now. Hopefully stays that way.

Much of the 'haze' on the cabin side of the windscreen is caused by plasticisers evaporating from the plastic dashboard and the rest of the cabin where virtually everything is plastic and then coating the windscreen. This is why all plastics in the car eventually go hard and brittle. Winscreen cleaners that are solvent based and not water based (like Windex) will do a much better job, although metho and newspaper is probably just as good. Smells nice too.