↑

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Sitemap
  • Disclosure/Disclaimer
  • Recipes
  • All Things Family
  • DIY

  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Clarks Condensed

Modern Day Homemaking - Cricut, Glowforge, Family Recipes, and More!

  • DIY
    • Cricut
      • Accessories and Materials
      • Cricut Machines
      • Cricut Project Ideas
      • Cricut Tutorials
      • Tips and Tricks
    • Glowforge
  • Home & Family
    • Organization and Cleaning
    • Preparedness
    • Recipes
    • Thrifty Living
      • Dollar Tree
  • Holiday and Occasions
    • Birthday
    • Christmas
    • Easter
    • Fall
    • Gift Ideas
    • Halloween
    • Independence Day
    • New Year’s Eve
    • Parties
    • Thanksgiving
    • Valentine’s Day
    • Wedding
  • Latter-day Saints
Home » Uncategorized » How to Clean Cloudy Glasses

How to Clean Cloudy Glasses

Updated on July 19, 2018 | Published on September 1, 2014

Share
Tweet
Pin
Share

Posts on Clarks Condensed contain affiliate links, which I earn a small commission from. These are provided for your convenience, and the price isn't increased at all.

Is your cupboard full of cloudy glasses?! Ours sure is. Don’t live with them like that anymore — after reading this post, you’ll know how to clean cloudy drinking glasses and restore them to their former glory. 

How to clean cloudy drinking glasses!

Some people can live without a dishwasher.

I am not one of those people. In our first apartment, we didn’t have a dish washer. I thought it would be fine, but as the dishes piled up, I found myself dreading doing it all by hand. Because of that, I probably didn’t always take care of the dishes as well as I could have, which resulted in lots of cloudy drinking glasses.

In our third apartment, we didn’t have a dishwasher, again, but we did have a portable dishwasher we bought. It unfortunately wasn’t that great and our glasses got even worse. So now, we have a fantastic collection of foggy drinking glasses. Part of me just wants to buy a new set, because I feel so embarrassed when we have company over. Fortunately, the other side of me — aka, the thriftier side of me — doesn’t want to pay money for glasses. So, I decided to see how I could remove the fogginess from them in an attempt to restore them to their former glory.

I read about a bunch of different techniques, many of which were rather interesting. Some involved using acetone (even the thought of that smell is making my head spin!), others plain, white toothpaste. However, the one that seemed the most do-able and easy involved white vinegar and a rag.

Cleaning cloudy drinking glasses with white vinegar

Sadly, we aren’t at our home in Utah, so I didn’t get to try this out on my drinking glasses (but believe me, I will when I am home.) And, my mom doesn’t have any cloudy drinking glasses — not one! So Forrest and I went and bought a couple of glasses at Goodwill (they literally had two that fit the bill) to see if this would work.

There’s two ways you can use vinegar to clean cloudy drinking glasses:

Pour about two tablespoons of vinegar per cup being washed into a small bowl.

Using a clean cloth, gently wash the glass (inside and out) with the vinegar.

cleaning-cloudy-glasses (7 of 24)

 

This is great if you only have one or two glasses to clean. However, if you are like me, you’ll want to try this next method. Using a 1:1 ratio of vinegar and water, fill a tub or sink up. Place all the glasses in the mixture and let them sit for about ten minutes.

Either method you use, I recommend sending the glasses through a cycle in the dishwasher or hand wash them with hot, soapy water using a good dishwasher detergent.

cleaning-cloudy-glasses (17 of 24)

 

And it came out sparkling clean!

cleaning-cloudy-glasses (20 of 24)

 

Katie

Katie is a Colorado-native, BYU graduated, and most importantly, wife to one and mother to three beautiful boys. She is passionate about sharing her experiences with others – especially about pregnancy, breastfeeding, cooking, and crafts. She is currently training to be a Certified Lactation Educator. She loves spending time with her family and helping others find joy in family life.

Share
Tweet
Pin
Share

about

WELCOME TO CLARKS CONDENSED

Clarks Condensed provides uplifting and motivating information to share the joys of home and family living through parenting and pregnancy advice, easy DIY tutorials, recipes, and more – all with a frugal twist. Read more...

Related topics:
Uncategorized

September 1, 2014Katie

About Katie

Katie is a Colorado-native, BYU graduated, and most importantly, wife to one and mother to three beautiful boys. She is passionate about sharing her experiences with others - especially about pregnancy, breastfeeding, cooking, and crafts. She is currently training to be a Certified Lactation Educator. She loves spending time with her family and helping others find joy in family life.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Katelyn F says

    September 1, 2014 at 2:46 pm

    Nice! Vinegar is pretty awesome! And I love Finish. We use it too. And the Rinse Aid.

Primary Sidebar

about us

Welcome to Clarks Condensed

Meet The Clarks

New Posts You May Enjoy

  • Lovevery Subscription Review: Is it Worth It?(2022)
  • 10 Christmas Poems by Latter-day Saints
  • 15+ Screen Free Gift Idea For Toddlers

Footer

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Sitemap
  • Disclosure/Disclaimer
  • Recipes
  • All Things Family
  • DIY

Copyright ©2023, Clarks Condensed. All Rights Reserved. Privacy policy. / Design by Pixel Me Designs.