We Tested It: Windex Touch-Up
A couple weeks ago, a PR person contacted me to ask if I would do a write up of a new product by Windex. I offered to test the product and to write about the results if she would send me a sample to test. Two full bottles of it arrived, and I used it both as directed and not as directed. As you can
Posted — UpdatedA couple weeks ago, a PR person contacted me to ask if I would do a write up of a new product by Windex. I offered to test the product and to write about the results if she would send me a sample to test. Two full bottles of it arrived, and I used it both as directed and not as directed. As you can see, I do not follow rules particularly well.
The first thing I cleaned with the Windex Touch-Up was my bath tub. My bath tub was disgusting. I hadn't cleaned it in months, nor used it in months, and it had acquired a layer of furry dust that bordered on unsanitary. I squirted a bunch of Windex Touch-Up bathroom cleaner right onto an old T-shirt, and scrubbed my tub with it. This stuff did magical things to my bath tub. Not only did it clean the tub without leaving any residue, it made my grungy old apartment tub actually shine. A week later, my tub is still shining, and I smile every time that I look at it. It took about one eighth of the bottle to clean the whole tub (it's not like one pump dispenses enough cleaning solution to clean anything big; one pump is meant for little spots and spills). I'd give it an A+ at tub cleaning.
Now Windex Touch-Up comes in two formulations, a blue one for the bathroom, and an orange one for the kitchen. The orange one smells like regular Windex with a very strong tutti-fruity perfume layered on top. The smell of the tutti-fruity kitchen formula is not entirely unpleasant, but I did benefit from opening the window while using it.
I've been using the kitchen formula as it is supposed to be used, meaning pumping a bit of it onto a cloth and wiping down the counters with it. It works swimmingly. I would highly recommend it as a counter-top cleanser.
But I also have had some fun with the Windex Touch-Up as an all-purpose kitchen cleanser. Did you know that you could unscrew the pump bottle, pour some Windex Touch-Up into a bucket full of water, and mop your floor with it? Yes you can, and it made my tile floor shine.
The final verdict: I give Windex Touch-Up an A for effectiveness, versatility, and convenience. I also give it a D for smell. I can't even average those two together, because I don't want to taint the effectiveness grade with the smell grade. Just open a window, and you'll be fine. It's handy stuff, and makes everything shine.