Cleaning museum glass?

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dougj

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I have checked previous posts on this but can't find microfiber cloths in any of my supplier catalogs.
Where is a good source for microfiber cloths?
I have a piece of Microtex I got from Tru View is this good to use?
Does tru view cleaner work ok or is alcohol and water the better?
 
I don't know about alcohol and water, but the Tru Vue cleaner works very well. I use cotton feed-sack cloth type rags. They are the best. I can't stand the feel of microfiber cloths.

I've gotten to the point where I really don't mind cleaning anti-reflection glass. You gotta wear the cotton gloves though.
 
Haaaaa on it. You know, with your breath, like when you clean your reading glasses. No streaks. Old cloth diapers are good. Or new ones, washed several times to get the sizing out.

I'm with Jana, use cotton gloves from box to frame, and you'll have no fingerprints. Jana, I can't stand the feel of those microfiber cloths either. Reminds me of snake skin. Rubber snakes. Brrrr.
 
Originally posted by Val:
[QB] Haaaaa on it. You know, with your breath, like when you clean your reading glasses. No streaks.
How did you know I ware glasses? Cleaned glass for 15 min found a spot on glasses. Closed that eye , looked great HEHE
Haaaa on a 30 x 40 makes me really dizzy and weak in the knees, hurts when my chin hits the table. How bout spitting Scope or Listerine?
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Alcohol the 90% stuff you get at the drug store is great, much better than the cleaner, evaporates and causes less streaks.

Pl
 
From Doug: "...makes me really dizzy and weak in the knees,..."

Got a freebie, huh Doug?

Why is your glass so dirty to begin with? Are you using gloves like Jana said? Then you only have to clean up the edges. Since we started using gloves, our glass cleaner supply lasts a LOT longer, saves a lot of time and a our chins hardly ever hurt anymore! I do miss the dizzy part though, and my knees are already weak.

When I wore glasses, all I had to do to get the glass clean was take 'em off!
 
I got a couple at walmart (sorry) but in the cleaning aisle you can get them, brawny makes some. Try the automotive section, too. Make sure you don'y leave them lying around and store them in a plastic bag, them little suckers are like velcro and bits of stuff will stick, and you definitely don't want that on your museum glass making little scratchies all over.
 
Here's a place to order feedsack towels:

http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=2632&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=0&iSubCat=0&iProductID=2632

(It's in Ohio's Amish country.)

We use these types of towels over and over. They get holes in them, but we keep using them. We never seem to throw any away. We have saved a lot of money over the years by not using paper towels, etc.

We got our cotton gloves from Tru Vue. The gloves are great. They have some texture to hold onto the glass.

We have a customer who buys bottles of the glass cleaner to clean his glasses. Sometimes I use it at the end of the day at work to clean mine. It's really good. It gets my glasses cleaner than anything else.
 
BEWARE! There are cheap microfiber cloths (like the dozen I bought at Costco) that, even after washing, shed tiny little faber flakes. Then there are the good ones, from the good old United catalog, that are less fluffy and really good. We also buy them prepackaged (as CD cleaning cloths) to give to each new customer of Museum glass. But gloves and no talking around the glass (thus preventing the projecting of a little spit) is the best thing. What you don't put down, you don't have to get up. And if we get one of those little doobies on the glass, we huff the rag-covered finger rather than the glass...
 
"And if we get one of those little doobies on the glass, we huff the rag-covered finger rather than the glass..."

It's the sheer innocence that brings a smile!
:D
 
Quote by Ellen: "we huff the rag-covered finger rather than the glass..."

Nothin' like good ol' hot air....see Doug? Didja think I was nuts? Back to the basics is often better than all those new-fangled chemicals and gadgets, and better for your baby too, huh Imaluma?

I'm still a big fan of old baby diapers. No fluff or fuzz, non-abrasive, cheap and easy to clean.
 
I bought cloth diapers at...dare I say it?

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I also use the small diapers to clean the glass. I pick them up at a diaper and laundry service, traded the last batch out by rehinging some fallen art they had on display...
 
Thanks for all the replies.
Actually we are just getting into moving museum glass, we haven't pushed it much in the past for several reasons. Customers just would not go for it, didn't have room to stock it ( We are on an island so I have to take a ferry boat to pick up my glass" delivery out of the question they break it").
Things are starting to change. We seem to be getting some more high end spenders and once we show the museum glass they want it on everything.
Yes, I always use gloves on all glass, the soft cotton and or the glass gloves for TV.
After asking around, some recommend to handle with gloves gloves and more gloves and a light blow off with dry compressed air and not use anything( if at all possible)as the glass is thoroughly cleaned from the factory.
Well I picked up my glass yesterday So It's Off To Glass We Go.
Thanks again
Dougj
 
Has anyone used non-powdered latex gloves or the vinyl gloves to handle glass I have it seems to work fine gives you grip leaves no marks. they work god when glueing also. Fit tight, disposable & they are about 100 for $4.00
I get them from medical supply or some drugstores sell them.
 
I think the Tru Vue glass cleaner helps cut down on static. When I get a new piece of AR or Museaum glass out, I automatically clean it even though it looks pretty clean. It cuts down on all the no-see-ums that want to stick to it.

I always clean plexi on both sides with a plexi cleaner because that definitely helps with static.
 
I use Sprayaway glass cleaner and non-linting paper towels (the recycled ones from Publix). It's the same way I clean all glass.
 
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