Rainbow Windows
Dear Aunt Daisy, I was wondering if you could give me any help about my windows, I have double windows (not bungalow ones) and the top panes are coloured like the colour of the rainbow after I have washed them. I have tried several different methods when washing, and even
used chamois, but they are still quite coloured. I may state that the windows are plain glass, with the cords and weights. I thought you may be able to tell me what is the cause of the glass going like that, and if there is any remedy. I would be very grateful, as it is most annoying to see colouring on the window.-*" M.O.’C." Yes, I know what you mean; I have seen it sometimes, generally in fairly old houses. Are your windows new? If so, you may be able to get the firm which supplied them to put in new glass. I don’t think you can do anything to help it; I’m sure it will not come off with washing, unless it happened, by any chance, to be caused by some kind of oil seeping into the glass from some-
where, which is not likely. But you do see that "rainbow" effect sometimes on an asphalt roadway after a car has been standing and a little oil leaking out of it. You might just try cleaning with one of the household cleansers which remove grease. But actually I feel sure that nothing can be done about it. It is either old glass, or it has a flaw in the making, or has been under strain, which can cause that colouring. I am afraid you will have to have new glass, unless this may meet the eye of some tradesman who can help us.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 38, 15 March 1940, Page 45
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296Rainbow Windows New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 38, 15 March 1940, Page 45
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