This post about cleaning my amazingly-scary windows is sponsored by Bounty DuraTowel.
There’s window washing, and there’s window de-mudding.
We have this certain room in our house. It’s a room, but not a room.
Basically, it’s an enclosed porch that doesn’t stay enclosed because we leave one of the windows open for the dog to hop in and out. It’s not air-conditioned, but it’s cooler than outside so she can lay on the cool concrete floor.
The windows in there don’t just get dirty, they get filthy.
And I might not clean them on a weekly (or even yearly) basis.
And I might pretend the room doesn’t exist for long periods of time. Especially periods of time when it’s too hot for my daughter to play out there anyway.
But alas, I needed to get our house presentable enough to be able to let people walk through the playroom (which has been mostly clutter-free and completely walk-through-able for almost two years now), and out to our backyard.
Which meant it was time to de-mud the windows.
I tried to take pictures of the dirty windows.
Pictures of windows are difficult to take.
There’s the whole should-I-change-out-of-my-pjs-since-my-reflection-shows-up-in-the-picture thing.
AND the whole I’m-pretty-sure-no-one-will-grasp-the-true-level-of-dirtiness-from-these-pictures-of-glass thing.
So I decided to show you a picture that fully shows the horrendousness of the windows.
The windowsills.
Yikes.
I could give excuses, but I’ll refrain. The fact was, it needed to be cleaned.
And painted wood isn’t exactly the kindest thing to clean. I dusted it off first, and then got to scrubbing.
Eventually it looked like this:
Thankfully, I had the very sturdy, cloth-like Bounty DuraTowels to help me do this job. I don’t believe a lesser, flimsier paper towel would have been able to handle it.
With such a rough surface to clean, I was glad they held together and so I was able to use them as long as possible.
I’d use them until they looked like this:
Ewwwww.
I had to use . . . ummm . . . a few to clean all the windows (and window sills) of this full-of-windows room.
But when it was done, and the windows were sparkly and the room walk-through-able . . . I found myself wondering (once again) why I don’t do this more often.
This post is sponsored by Bounty DuraTowel. I serve as a paid spokesperson for them. However, I provide all dirty windows, dirtier windowsills, and Slob Vision completely on my own.
--Nony
Kristy K. James says
Oh cool! I didn’t even know Bounty made heavy duty paper towels. I’m going to have to put that on my list because God knows my windows probably need some de-mudding. I hate washing them. 🙂
Pat says
“I might pretend the room doesn’t exist for long periods of time. ”
bwa-ha ha ha ha!
Hilarious- I do this exact same thing. Sometimes to my laundry/mud room …except we have to walk through there to
A.) go to the only bathroom in our house
B.) go out the back door
C.) get to our bedroom
Ah… the joys of living in an old farmhouse…
Oh yes…and the windows in that room and their little ledges… could use a roll a piece!
I’ll have to give these paper towels a try! ~Pat
Mavis says
We’ve lived in our house for the past 9 years. Guess what has NEVER been washed! Maybe sometime this summer…
saving money saving time says
You did a great job.
To ease the cleaning, using your angled attachment on the vacuum helps with the dusting. The towels are a good towel.
Kayote says
I find vinegar & wadded up newspapers work wonderfully on windows and mirrors. Windowsills take rags, though.
Christine says
Besides the paper towels, what cleaning products or solution did you use to clean the window sills?
Dana White says
I think I used Fish Foam for this one. I also like good old Windex! Dirtier windows = more of whatever product