Household / Cleaning Products / Second Story Window Washing Plan

I live in a two-story house, and the upstairs windows desperately needed cleaning.  Since I have a set of two double hung windows in all of the rooms upstairs, I had this bright idea!  I would buy a squeegee, open one side of the set of windows, and wash and squeegee the closed window next to it.  Then repeat the process on the other side.  Genius! 

I looked for a squeegee that had a sponge for cleaning on one side, and of course, a rubber squeegee on the other side.  Specifically, I was looking for the squeegee to be pliable.  I didn't want it too stiff.  I decided on the Mallory Telescopic Window Washer.

I got it home, mixed up some cleaning solution and put my plan in motion.  Wow!  I think this is working!  Scrubbed off the nasty grime, rinsed, and now I'm ready to dry things off with the rubber squeegee.  But wait a minute!  The squeegee is leaving streaks!  The rubber wasn't making good contact with the glass.  Shoot!  I had to think fast!  I found some old lint-free rags, wrapped them around the head of the squeegee, and dried my windows.  And you know what?  It worked pretty well!  I don't think they're completely streak-free, but they're a darn-sight better than they looked before!

I got my upstairs windows clean, although, not the way I had planned.

 In defense of the squeegee, if I'd been standing in front of the window and not off to the side, hanging out a window, I might have had better contact with the glass.  Also, the Mallory Telescopic Window Washer had a good range adjustment in the handle.  All in all, I can't call it ‘bad' just because it didn't fit my hair-brained idea!