Window Washing Guide
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IGU Seal-Failure Self-Check.

Six questions, one verdict. The thirty-second alcohol-wipe protocol that tells you whether your foggy window is a cleaning problem, a humidity problem, or a failed seal — before you spend three more bottles of cleaner.

Verdicts cite Easton Giordano's foggy-windows piece (IGMA TR-2300, ASTM E2190-19, Cardinal Glass care guidelines).

QUESTION 1 OF 60% COMPLETE

What does the fog or haze actually look like?

pick the closest match — pattern is diagnostic

Foggy windows look like one of several distinct patterns, and the pattern itself is part of the diagnosis. The intermittent cold-morning fog is a different failure from the milky cloudy residue that won't move, and the dark butyl smearing is a different failure from either. Look at the window in good light and pick the closest match.