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Waterless Glass Cleaner

02/07/2007 5:58 PM

I am trying to find a waterless, non-flammable, glass cleaner (rinse) to clean the inside of insulated glass units (thermopane windows) after they have lost their seal and are fogged up from H2O condensation. After washing (rinsing) the inside of the unit we suction out the solvent and install a replaceable 4 angstrom molecular sieve desicant to absorb any "new" H2O moisture. The 4A desicant will absorb water but the cleaner/rinse can remain. Please e-mail or post any suggestions or questions about restoring insulated glass units.

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Re: waterless glass cleaner

02/07/2007 7:27 PM

You want a waterless and non-flammable, zero-leftover, non residue type of solvent. No such thing exists. Waterless, non flammable and non-residue are mutually exclusive propositions when it comes to solvents. Of course somebody out there could prove me wrong. To get rid of the leftover water vapor from your cleaning/rinse agent which will fog on you again, you may either increase the dissicant adsortion (as opposed to absoption) capacity or vaccum dry the thermopane.

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Re: waterless glass cleaner

02/08/2007 7:57 AM

I expect a residue and do not remove all of the wash/rinse. I don't want to add to the condensation problem by using water.

Van K.

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Re: waterless glass cleaner

02/08/2007 10:59 AM

Vank,

Concentrate on the root problem which is removing the water vapor. Use more and finer dissicant. The amount you´re putting in now gets saturated quickly. There´s more water vapor than the dissicant is able to adsorb. More and finer dissicant equates to a larger surface area of dissicant to capture all the water vapor left over from the rinse. Then again you can try using vacumm dry.

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Re: waterless glass cleaner

02/08/2007 1:49 PM

I appreciate your comments. Time is of the essence, as I won't have time to use a dryer, and I am limited on the amount of dessicant. I would like to leave the rinse behind and use the dessicant as a preventative from additional moisture moving into the cavity from solar pumping. The dessicant holder is replaceable and I kept the size down so that it is not so ugly.

Van

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Re: Waterless Glass Cleaner

02/09/2007 4:24 AM

Sounds a tricky one. Try this UK number, Its for a company called Simple Solutions, they have helped me in the past. 01603 880777. I can't find a web site for them, but they are not a huge company.

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