Decorative Wrought Iron Door Cleaning

Importance:
You should clean your decorative iron doors and windows at least once if not twice a year. Build up of dust, bird feces, pollen, etc will trap moisture against the finish. Even if your opening is covered, high humidity or the occasional blowing rain will damage the finish over time.

Cleaning solution:
Using a mild detergent such as Murphy's Oil soap diluted to one cap full to a gallon of water. If using a different type of detergent, be sure not to use to much concentrate in your solution. It is easier to add more then to have a soap streaked door or window. Dried soap on a dark colored door will show up easily.

Method:
It is very important that you use a solution wet rag or sponge with the use of a drying rag or sponge as you go. The classic "wipe on, wipe off" motion works best for this. Not drying as you go will also leave streaks.

Glass cleaning:
We have all cleaned glass, but try using newspaper print or the white pages from an old phone book wadded up instead of a rag or paper towels. The print leaves the glass streak-less.

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