How to clean your interior windshield to PERFECTION

If you've ever tried cleaning an interior windshield, you know the meaning of frustration. Seriously. I've worked on them for 20 minutes before -- and the streaks just wouldn't go away. Not anymore. This is a method that is guaranteed to work.
You'll need a brand new magic eraser, and a set of clean, dedicated window towels.
(AND, if you're still having issues with those final streaks, try some isopropyl alcohol -- that's my sure fire way of getting anything that just won't move: bit.ly/IPAHawkPro)
My list of GO-TO interior detailing products:
Scangrip Headlamp (amazing for interior detailing): bit.ly/HeadLampScanGrip
Rag Company “Dry Me a River” towel (waffle weave): bit.ly/DryMeARiver
Pol Star from Koch Chemie (best interior cleaner I've ever used): bit.ly/PolStar
Detail Factory brushes: bit.ly/HawkInteriorBrushes
Bio Break Pre Spray w/enzymes (for stained/nasty carpets): bit.ly/BioBreakPreSpray
Flex Ice neutralizing extractor mix: bit.ly/FlexIce
Mytee Lite Hot Water Extractor: bit.ly/HotWaterExtractor
Ridgid Vacuum: bit.ly/RidgidVac
Anti-wicking spray for cloth seats (Spot Stop): bit.ly/SpotStopBottle
VX5000 steamer: bit.ly/VX5000
California Air Tools Air Compressor: bit.ly/AirCompressorHawkPro
Tornador Black interior cleaning gun: bit.ly/TornadorBlack
Optimum Power Clean: bit.ly/AllPurposeCleanerHawkPro
Meguiar’s D4510 Plastic & Vinyl Coating: bit.ly/PlasticVinylCoating
Omni Air Mover (one directional, it's cheaper than the circular one): bit.ly/OmniAirMover
Best Odor Counteractant: bit.ly/OdorProduct
Encap-Clean DS2 (the one-step carpet "shampoo" I love...it has a huge range for headliners, seats and carpet): bit.ly/ENCAPCLEANDS2
Spot Remover: bit.ly/SpotRemoverHawkPro
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[@Jeff_Seely]

Thanks man. I drew a lot of useful tidbits from this video. I had not known that ONR was also good for windows. One more use for a very versatile product!

[@HawkProDetailing]

No worries Jeff. Try using isopropyl alcohol with a magic eraser...just the 70 percent iPa bottles you get for 2 bucks at walgreens. It's all ya really need lol

[@twohassles43]

What is ONR?

[@Jeff_Seely]

Optimum No Rinse

[@twohassles43]

@@Jeff_Seely TY... I just now dug out my isopropyl alcohol and magic erasers, to give this a try tomorrow. I have never liked magic erasers the way alot of other people do. So I figure maybe trying them on my car windows will be a good way to put them to use. Especially since I have had 2 big boxes of them under my kitchen cabinet for at least a year now. I just haven't ever found them to be that great. But I know lots of people do.. Anyway thanks for the reply back.

[@Jeff_Seely]

If used properly, they are a wonderful product, in the correct applications. They are a mild abrasive, ranging somewhere between 3000 and 5000 grit sandpaper. Test them on an inconspicuous surface first. If I want to knock down their abrasive tendency a bit, I will toss them in a bucket of soapy solution overnight or just an hour or two. Light pressure rubbing at first. You don't need to as cautious on glass, unless you are cleaning tinted windows.They are also known as melamine foam . Dollar Tree has them at the lowest cost I've ever seen. Two for a buck....

[@hassemsadiq]

Awesome vid done this 2 days ago this afternoon when the sun hit i saw all that grees anything else i can do so i have a clean windshield for at least 5 days

[@HawkProDetailing]

I'm about to post an updated video to this!! Wait for it...coming tonight

[@waltergray9182]

You have any videos on you mobile set up. Or some must haves like those bags. Brushes anything a detailer needs

[@HawkProDetailing]

Walter Gray lemme make one:)

[@texak1974]

Have you tried a 70/30 ipa with waffle towels? It seems to work great to dissolve those off gassing dashes. Your method is very thorough.

[@HawkProDetailing]

I wish I could update the video itself because absolutely....I finish windows with IPA all the time. You could honestly do this whole process with IPA, or start with rinseless wash solution and then final wipe with IPA

[@fcharlesd8468]

I am absolutely wiped out watching you clean that windshield 😆 need a damn nap now🤣

[@HawkProDetailing]

Lololol

[@56ksmith]

Is this only for windshields or can you apply the same method for the rest of the windows

[@anthonymorris6801]

I really appreciate your vlog, thank you very much. But you also demonstrated in order to accomplish this feat you must be a relatively yong, in shape contortionist? Bravo !

[@troydzuricsko7331]

I use a simple wet/dry method on the interior of the windshield. Use gloves on your hands for a better grip. Four small microfiber cloths. Wet two of them and lightly wring them out. Go over the windshield with the first wet one. Take a dry cloth (preferably one made for glass - short pile) and go over the glass. Repeat with the second cloths. Wet, then dry. I do the same with the outside glass, only I finish it with a glass treatment, such as Rain-X. Buff the outside to a high shine. Your glass will be spotless. At mid to high speed in the rain, you won't need to use your wipers, and when you do, they'll glide across the glass. Be sure to remove the wiper blades from the armature and scrub them every few months... you'll be surprised at the amount of dirt on them. That's it!

[@32098c209]

That the method I use also

[@SkyDawg108]

Are you saying you don't use any cleaner? Can you really cut the off-gassed greasy stuff from the inside of the windshield without any? If so, I like the approach. Thanks.

[@troydzuricsko7331]

@@SkyDawg108 Yep! You can use a cleaner if you want to, but the important thing is to never use dirty cloths on the windshield, or any other glass for that matter. Once a cloth traps dirt from the glass, its effectiveness is reduced and you end up just resmearing the dirt all over the glass again. I've even seen some detailers doing this very thing. They'll baby the paint job with tons of towels, but use the same glass cleaning cloth over all of the glass. This simple method has worked great for me. Thanks for the reply!

[@charliesmith7942]

Night time and on coming headlights are the ultimate tell tale

[@HawkProDetailing]

Truth

[@spiritfinedetailingsouthba1047]

How many separate laundry bag categories do you have? I currently have A,B,C,&rags Perhaps I need to rethink my categories… What do you think brother??

[@lucasmills1246]

Gerber cloth diapers work well too as long as they're air dried, but not as good as these waffle towels.

[@vladtheimpala5532]

It’s important to wash your towels separately to cut down on lint and don’t dry them in a dryer that has just been used to dry things with a lot of lint.

[@stevewalton4771]

I didn't quite catch what solution you were using. I've tried quite a few times to clean my wife's interior windshield, and still, NFG. She mostly drives at night to work, and oncoming headlights show what a horrible job I did.

[@HawkProDetailing]

to be honest you can probably pull this off with a clean set of towels, a new magic eraser, and distilled water. I love wipeout from american detailer garage (autofiber carries it and offers free shipping over $60) and I mix it 251:1. wipeout is my favorite glass cleaner but I'd you need help on interior windshield try cockpit 2020 glass cleaner from mckees

[@swh0812]

What's with the miner's light, lol? Are we looking for diamonds or coal after the windshield's clean?

[@HawkProDetailing]

lol

[@mathewboyer5141]

Do you use the same towel for inside and outside of the glass?

[@petemitchell6788]

Wipe the exterior glass in one direction and the interior in another so you can tell what side the streaks are on. If it’s humid out you’ll have streaks for days. Let haze dry and then buff off like wax.

[@pepealonso7846]

Wow thats fkn smart bro thanks :) easy but smart :)

[@maudithiver]

I tried your trick but I prefer to use only dish soap and water on a cloth and a sweeper to dry it

[@epocfail]

good video thanks but do you really need the headphones on?

[@Rocky-xx2zg]

A lot of effort. You were huffing and puffing to get the job done. We can thank the Car designers who raked the A Pilliars too much.

[@mikmartinez1996mm]

Can you use one on tinted windows. Thanks in advance.

[@HawkProDetailing]

Yep! Obviously I can't take responsibility if you damage something lol but I've done it on hundreds of windshields

[@rizingplanet]

Magic eraser and the crap that's in it combine with your spray and the window muck to make a new substance the is tough to get off. It still drags around on the micro fiber and is hard to remove. It may also react with cleaners you use to correct it. It stays with the glass. Tonight I cleaned my sister in law's inside glass that looked like 4 people had hyper spastic sex in the car. (Nissan Rogue). I sent Mr. Clean Clean back to the gym. I sprayed Zep amonia free concentrate 2 oz. in 32 oz on the inside windshield and wiped it of with a clean MFT. Sprayed some more Zep and (here is where Mr drops the ball) I took a 6" silicone squeegee and ran it across the windshield leaving behind super clear glass. There were a few wet lines that I picked off with the MFT. I believe the squeegee takes the mix of filmy window crud and cleaner and scraps it completely off the glass. The streaky crud is gone and not getting moved around by the MF. Hell when you squeegee at the pump the glass looks good just cant do the inside. I do advise that you completely finish the front glass before doing any cleaning, dressing, and protecting on the dash. Big+ your not grinding so much micro fiber lint everywhere,

[@mickeycars]

My suggestion will be to put this car outside so we can see from the inside , it would be better if the sun will hit the windshield that way we can see it was any streaking left on the windshield🤔👍

[@jdwrcc]

I wish I could take the window out and clean it , then put it back in, this is so hard and awkward stretching, twisting, reaching, huffing and puffing, with my short arms, this is when I would gladly pay someone to do this for me, he has made me tired 😓

[@HawkProDetailing]

lol interior windshields really are the worst:)

[@kmcx8]

There are some simple tools / extensions, probably available on Amazon, to allow you to reach a little better to the lower inside sections of your windshield.

[@bogoss3178]

Would the magic eraser harm the tint?

[@HawkProDetailing]

a lot of people ask this. officially, the answer is "Dont do this on tinted glass!" But I've done it hundreds of times without issues. totally your call

[@bogoss3178]

Hawk Pro Detailing tks

[@Greg_P611]

Or just use Cinche one pass and perfection

[@waltergray9182]

Is that a autofiber bag if so what size bag did you get

[@HawkProDetailing]

they aren't sizes -- just different labels (paint, windows, coating, junk rags, etc). I like using them for my dirty rags, broken up by rag type. Including windows. So I can stay "organized" as I'm using rags on the job.

[@HawkProDetailing]

they aren't sizes -- just different labels (paint, windows, coating, junk rags, etc). I like using them for my dirty rags, broken up by rag type. Including windows. So I can stay "organized" as I'm using rags on the job.

[@HawkProDetailing]

they aren't sizes -- just different labels (paint, windows, coating, junk rags, etc). I like using them for my dirty rags, broken up by rag type. Including windows. So I can stay "organized" as I'm using rags on the job.

[@waltergray9182]

Hawk Pro Detailing cool

[@Brokerich_]

Alcohol is great method too

[@HawkProDetailing]

Nice! What dilution and how do you use it?

[@MegaKade1234]

Hawk Pro Detailing 50/50 with water and follow up with an automotive glass cleaner, which is technically glass shine.

[@b374mxg]

@@HawkProDetailing I use a 50% isoprophyl alcohol and 50% distilled water in a spray bottle. I also will use an ONR solution with the magic eraser.

[@gonzo2.0]

Should you work clean?

[@HawkProDetailing]

+gonzo outthere lol. Yep

[@gonzo2.0]

@@HawkProDetailing your videos are great, seeing guys passionate about what they do is cool

[@HawkProDetailing]

​@@gonzo2.0 appreciate it! haha my wife got sick of me talking about detailing so I had to channel the passion somewhere

[@An0nAm0nda]

Hawk Pro Detailing This vídeo made me picture the meme about women wondering what men are thinking about (is it another woman?) and you’re just obsessing over clean microfiber towels 😂

[@johnchallenger3204]

Did you need mecial help after the exertion? lol

[@HawkProDetailing]

+Anonymous lol I’m pretty sure I did

[@tsriftsal3581]

Breeeeaaaattthhhhhhh.

[@NoSNTY]

I’m ngl I’m with him on this tho, cleaning the windshield is draining asf, the way u gotta like flip your body 90 degrees just to use elbow grease and get the hard to reach spots lmaoooo

[@brasileiroadulto]

É frustante limpar o pára-brisas!

[@SkyDawg108]

My wife is convinced that a Magic Eraser can scratch glass b/c it's abrasive. Should I be concerned? Reason I ask is that after using your system (which I thought worked great), I noticed that my windshield seemed to have thousands of what look like micro-pits, as if it had been sand-blasted. I'm assuming that this was pre-existing, perhaps as a defect in the windshield (the car is just six months old, BTW), and I didn't notice it before only because of the filth.

[@HawkProDetailing]

Pitting on the outside? I find that cleaning a windshield well does expose our eyes to many imperfections that we didnt see before ...

[@kseries1981]

Probably lint from the cloth.

[@jalene150]

Glass is actually very hard and very hard to scratch with anything less than actual metal. In addition, automotive glass is even tougher and make to take a beating. Use more cleaner and keep wiping with a fresh towel. Some elbow grease should do the trick

[@SkyDawg108]

@@HawkProDetailing, yes pitting on the outside. Actually, pitting is a bad word, since it suggests a physical depression or indentation. That's not the case, although that's what it looks like. I think you're right that cleaning exposed what filth had concealed. :-)

[@SkyDawg108]

@@kseries1981well, if it is, it's the only lint on Earth that refracts light.

[@Tko_Seven]

Windex is no good?

[@canoebelue]

I bought my Ford Escape new in 2006. Nobody has ever been able to get the interior windshield clean.

[@32098c209]

Its gonna take u a hour just on one window n 50 towels

[@HawkProDetailing]

lol I have never been the fastest in the game:)

[@ethanrosnow2047]

Every auto detailer is an absolute crack cat about cleanliness in the smallest aspects and I’m thinking I just can’t do it

[@HawkProDetailing]

It can get overwhelming for sure

[@bigtaco956]

newspaper does the trick for me

[@HawkProDetailing]

really? I always thought that was an old wive's tale

[@bigcountry8726]

I would rather have dental work as to clean the inside of my windshield. I always miss a spot or smudge right at eye level.

[@HawkProDetailing]

Lol windshields are the worst

[@tonyhorne6366]

Dang hard work ur out of breath

[@HawkProDetailing]

I try not to work too hard but can't help myself sometimes...

[@MrSeek1971]

Fuck it bro give it few more spritzes

[@HawkProDetailing]

+MrSeek1971 spritz it up!

[@direwolf6234]

he just blew by the ingredients of the spray bottle talking a mile a minute .. so what was the stuff and how was it diluted ?? also for a young guy to be out of breath it must be hard !!

[@HawkProDetailing]

Try a Rinseless Wash diluted one ounce to 2 gallons of water : diydetail.com/products/rinseless-wash

[@Hockeymyk]

your head is kinda in the way

[@HawkProDetailing]

Lol

[@kayleesykes2739]

Idk this guys kind of hot

[@HawkProDetailing]

Right?! 🤣

[@Mike_Jones68]

you had a good video of information going until you said "you can use Armorall" at 1:16...no self respecting detailer should ever use that term in a video of theirs

[@HawkProDetailing]

I was trying to be a man of the people 🤣 I never touch the stuff

[@Mike_Jones68]

​@@HawkProDetailing hey, sometimes you have to understand most people are clueless (to say the least) and what they think is "just fine, it works" is completely the most idiotic way to think, again bcuz of their cluelessness, and rise above that LOL

[@HawkProDetailing]

I think the take away is that TECHNIQUE, magic eraser and proper towel matters... but your window cleaner of choice isn't as important. Honestly I just use isopropyl alcohol these days, sometimes for first pass I'll use rinseless wash but IPA always for final wipedowns

[@DefMusic79]

You are a " pro " trying to show us tricks on cleaning? Lmao, let's actually see some dirt, smoke.

[@macallanvintage]

Totally wrong lighting for cleaning interior glass, and especially to teach others. Why are you wearing that Phagg LED light? You should have used a strong bright light shining from OUTSIDE the car blasting through the windscreen, preferably in a darkened envirinment. Then, you can see exactly whats on the glass and the effectiveness of your work. Lastly, there is 100% no soap used in the formulation of any car detailing products. Even dishwashing detergents do not contain soap.

[@marke.8334]

1 If you all haven't seen a documentary called... It's worse then you think... By revelations of Jesus Christ ministry... I suggest you do... All praise and glory to the most high Jesus Christ

[@guitarman3396]

Horrible angle. Whats needed is a tool of some sort so that you don’t twist your spine. Without a tool, you have nothing to offer in this video.

[@HawkProDetailing]

Thank you, Guitar Man. Rock on. (Invisble Glass has such a tool, which I dont use and I've done hundreds of windshields. Because I like this method better) 🤘