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Old 12-25-2018, 05:23 PM
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Default Cleaning light weight Girilla Glass?

Planning to give the Carrera T it’s first bath after Christmas. Question: how are others cleaning the light weight Gorilla glass in the rear and quarter windows? I typically use Stoners Glass Cleaner with a microfiber towel but wanted to ask what others have been using. If to agressive I will simply use a damp microfiber towel.
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You know that Gorilla Glass is engineered to be harder, tougher and more resistant to damage than regular glass, right?

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Planning to give the Carrera T it’s first bath after Christmas. Question: how are others cleaning the light weight Gorilla glass in the rear and quarter windows? I typically use Stoners Glass Cleaner with a microfiber towel but wanted to ask what others have been using. If to agressive I will simply use a damp microfiber towel.
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Of course. But worried about any chemical discoloring.
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Use dedicated window only glass cleaning cloths. Never washed with fabric softener.

Make you own glass cleaner in a spray bottle. 1 part denatured alcohol to two parts distilled water.

Work in shade. Cool glass. Dampen cloth. Clean glass. Buff dry with second cloth.
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^^^ What he said. Cleaned my T glass numerous times with this method and no issues. Cool glass, denatured alcohol, and a good cloth.
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What about stickers? I want to affix my PCA sticker when I get her, but was worried about doing this based on the tinting thread.
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Originally Posted by Carrera-T
Of course. But worried about any chemical discoloring.
if you use a glass cleaner made from 4 parts Andean glacier water, 1 part denatured alcohol distilled from Siberian potatoes and harvested Sonoma coast fog, and a cloth made from Peruvian alpacas... you should be fine. If you can get your hands on some Oud (Agarwood), burn it and condense the smoke to a liquid form for an added protective measure, and pleasing scent.
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Clean like you clean your cell phone
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Originally Posted by jnolan


if you use a glass cleaner made from 4 parts Andean glacier water, 1 part denatured alcohol distilled from Siberian potatoes and harvested Sonoma coast fog, and a cloth made from Peruvian alpacas... you should be fine. If you can get your hands on some Oud (Agarwood), burn it and condense the smoke to a liquid form for an added protective measure, and pleasing scent.
I thought I did ok in the haters thread but you stepped it up a notch there...
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It might actually be better to use a pure ethyl alcohol like Everclear. The denaturants used are in small amounts but can be pretty nasty. Use leftover Everclear to make your own limoncello or other adult beverage.
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Originally Posted by Elmiko
It might actually be better to use a pure ethyl alcohol like Everclear. The denaturants used are in small amounts but can be pretty nasty. Use leftover Everclear to make your own limoncello or other adult beverage.
ooh. I like this suggestion. This might actually be great for cleaning glass...
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Originally Posted by jnolan


if you use a glass cleaner made from 4 parts Andean glacier water, 1 part denatured alcohol distilled from Siberian potatoes and harvested Sonoma coast fog, and a cloth made from Peruvian alpacas... you should be fine. If you can get your hands on some Oud (Agarwood), burn it and condense the smoke to a liquid form for an added protective measure, and pleasing scent.
Is it OK to use the aftermarket Andean glacier water? The genuine Porsche Andean glacier water is $1.00 more and I can’t justify the cost and besides it’s probably the same stuff with the Porsche name on it. My friend who’s a Porsche expert says only use Stuttgart lake fog NEVER Sonoma coast fog. The car will not run right.
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Distilled h20 and ethanol or isopropanol- mixture. As others have suggested above. Its a godsend. Cvs or walgreens.
Dont need stuttgart angel farts or gorilla ball hairs. Wipe with soft paper towels. Microfibers leave crap on the glass unless you get the special glass ones, but those are crap too 50% of the time. Gorilla glass is hard it wont scratch.
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I’m thinking Sprayaway from Costco.... I’ve used it on basically everything.
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So, is there actually girlilla glass and boyilla glass?


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