When you don't live in a house for a while, things eventually need serious cleaning. Luckily we have large 'eazy-kleen' plate-glass windows on the front of the house, but there are still a few of the old-fashioned small-pane windows around that need old-fashioned cleaning treatment.
It's easier just to take them off their hinges, and wash them outdoors with hot soapy water, and a sponge. They dried very quickly in the sun, and the whole operation took me no more than 15 mins.
Now that they're back in place I might even give them a light coat of Linseed oil. They'll look like new again.
We have guests arriving next week, so a certain amount of deep-cleaning is required.
These windows came from the bathroom.
These are such beautiful windows.
ReplyDeleteIt's almost a pleasure to take them down and wash them.
DeleteI "do" live in my house and still have things that need serious cleaning. Mostly under and behind things that are too heavy or awkward to move often, but when the sun slants through the window at just the right angle, a lot of it is visible.
ReplyDeleteYour windows are beautiful. I would never have thought to take them off their hinges.
We had our electrician in yesterday and he needed to pull a very heavy dresser away from the wall. It hadn't been moved for about 30 years.... you can imagine the mess!!!
DeleteI hose shutters and the outside of the windows every spring . And of course if we are expecting visitors everything gets a clean up. Thank goodness for visitors. At the moment it's too hot for anything but the basics
ReplyDeleteI had a bucket of soapy water and a watering can of clean water. Did the job perfectly.
DeleteI clean my windows with a mixture of white vinegar, a splash of washing up liquid and water, using a spray bottle. It's amazing how clean they come up - it looks as if there is no glass in the frames. The windows are all double glazed, and some very large, so I don't attempt to remove them!
ReplyDeleteWe have a large container of white vinegar, but have never used it. I must give it a try.
DeleteIt is not normal practice to take windows off their hinges to wash them but as you are a bohemian artist you are forgiven.
ReplyDeleteIt's the unruly nature of my personality that makes me do such things.
DeleteLie down on my couch. I only charge fifty guineas an hour for the first consultation.
DeleteCheeky!
DeleteOur windows are all non-opening leaded pane glass so it takes me an age to clean them. Each individual pane has to be carefully wiped over with warm soapy water then rinsed and dried with a soft cloth, without damaging the lead cames or joints.
ReplyDeleteNeedless to say, they don't get cleaned very often.
I'd be inclined to let the rain do the work; not on the inside, of course.
DeleteWashing windows has to be done by me when the sun is not shining on them. Doing Insides and Outsides of the same pane there is always a mark/streek that you miss and have to go back.
ReplyDeleteAny mark missed would have to wait for the following year here.
DeleteThree cheers for Colin, my monthly window cleaner.
ReplyDeleteLady M will be calling me Colin from now on!
DeleteWash the window, or close the blinds?
ReplyDeleteOnly go out at night.
DeleteYour clean windows framed with linseed oil cleaned wood look outstanding. Everything will soon be pristine and ready for your guests to arrive. Let the fun begin.
ReplyDeleteThey arrive on Monday.
DeletePlease never clean on my account. :)
ReplyDeleteAh, a fellow member of my club!
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