How to Super Clean Your Windshield with Steel Wool

It sounds crazy but rubbing STEEL WOOL on your WINDSHIELD won't hurt it! Laminated windshield glass is higher on the MOHS scale of hardness than steel wool, so it won't scratch.

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We demonstrate how to make the windshield of your RV or car cleaner and clearer. We'll show you how to improve the clarity of the glass and improve visibility.

After a little time goes by, every windshield gets a little hazy. That goes double for autos that are towed right behind a large motorhome. Using our toad (towed car), we show you how to use fine steel wool, Rain-X and Invisible Glass to make your view just a little bit clearer.

Although our car's windshield has a lot of little nicks from over a decade of being towed behind our motorhome, we still want to keep it as clear as possible. Regular washing can't remove the fine dirt that gets into the pores of the glass, so we use a little detailer's trick that we learned years ago: 0000 steel wool. While you'd expect that steel wool would scratch the glass, it's exactly the opposite. Just like furniture makers use extra-fine steel wool to rub out the surface of the wood after each coat of stain, it polishes glass the same way.

NOTE: We use extra-fine 0000 steel wool in this video. It's EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE, so exercise care in storing and using it.

UPDATE: A viewer wrote to say that he experienced some areas of scratching after trying this. I've never heard of it scratching before, so I just did a little Googling, and while there seem to be some people who question using steel wool, others swear by it. Some also think you should never us a razor blade on glass, and others do it all the time. One suggestion was to use wet steel wool (of course it will then rust, so pitch it afterwards). Another mentioned buying something called "Poli-Flex Rubberized Clayblock" for cleaning. Although I cannot guarantee that scratching is impossible, many people who've tried steel wool since seeing this video have been thrilled with the results. Either way, proceed slowly and with caution and at your own risk.

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[RVgeeks]

@Dawn Key Balls  0000 steel wool is not as hard as glass, and will not scratch it at all. It cleans really well, and we find it to be a quick, inexpensive and effective way to polish the glass.

[michaelpletka]

love the invisible glass myself I also use a product called glass wizard which is just a microfiber buffing cloth stretched over a wand that has a triangular shaped flexible plastic mounting plate on it - makes cleaning the inside of a windshield super easy and doesn't leave streaks when you use it with the invisible glass cleaner

[krazmex]

Im trying this on my side chicks car first before doing it on my gfs car and then ny wife’s.

[Elkins]

I just did this method and it worked great, it is hard to tell that there is glass on the car. Also this is where I first heard of invisible glass cleaner. I am getting rid of the windex and will only keep invisible glass cleaner to use in the house as well. Thanks for a great and quick way to clean auto glass.

[HB]

Wow this really works, 30 minutes to do my windscreen and it looks like new, superb

[MrDhender]

I use #0000 steel wool on my chrome wheels too, with a lil bit of cola.... Works magic!

[justwayne]

Just tried this today, had amazing results, Thanks!

[Vic]

tried this on my 14 year old car. It works great!

[andthesunsets]

Thanks. I've purchased some 0000 from ebay. Can't wait to get that haze off my new car (I park outside)

[keithtanner]

It is many years since I used Rainex.It works fine to repel water without using the blades but whenever I switched the wipers on on the reverse stroke the screen was rendered almost opaque by minute droplets. Like looking through very fine mist. The next stroke would remove them but then the sequence commenced all over again.Since then I have NEVER used Rainex on the front screen. It is fine elsewhere.Also

[JohnDoe-cqyr]

It is even visibly much cleaner looking after.

[mlund]

Can this method be used on the darkened-black windows of my van?

[boyczk]

Instead of a sock, can you use a microfiber towel?

[cstykes]

I have a problem with my front windshield. Its now raining season and I've notice when my wiper wipes water it leaves a nasty blurr. At first I thought it was my wipers but after squeegeeing it, it still leaves that nasty blurr on my front windshield. Fyi.. its not the original windshield its aftermarket.

[macallanvintage]

Im surprised you used RainX...which many users hv claimed to be linked to serious wiper judder.

Can you comment on RainX's connection to wiper judder?

[tunafish]

Can you do the inside also the same as the outside ?

[brianbastoni]

I work at an auto body shop, I have to do this to every car. When the car comes out of paint booth there is always over spray so this is how we remove it.

[lawrenceshdow]

just about every professional window cleaner uses steel wool or bronze wool.. I recommend bronze wool; steel will start rusting sometimes within an hour if you are doing it on wet glass. Or if it just gets wet.. Bronze wool lasts FOREVER (almost).

[powderedonuts]

Can this be done to all the other windows?
And will it affect the tints if i do?

[coldgold]

your voice sounds like someone famous....but excelent will try