French pane windows can be a nightmare if you don’t know how to clean them right. Here are a few tips to help you if you plan on cleaning them yourself. First of all think of it as just one window instead of a bunch of little panes. What I mean by this is instead of cleaning one pane at a time individually you will save more time by washing multiple panes, then squeegeeing it off all together, and then wiping up any remaining water. This will save time by not switching back and forth between your washer, squeegee and rag as much.
Second, don’t use too much water. The nightmare is after you finish cleaning a french pane window and a few minutes later you come back to it to find water bleeding from all the edges. The trick is to just use a damp washer just enough to clean the glass but without a lot of water being left behind after you squeegee it off so it won’t drip as much and you won’t have to come back as often to touch up the glass.
Third, use a proper sized squeegee. The old school way of squeegeeing a window is swiping to the side or swiping down but this leaves streaks all over the glass and then you have to wipe it off with a rag, essentially cleaning the window twice. There is no problem doing this if you want but with french pane windows it will take you forever. Learn to squeegee properly by using a squeegee channel small enough to where you can easily move it around the pane of the window, the rule of thumb is get the edges first then the middle. I will eventually be posting videos of how to do this on my youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCQYPrGpCiqE0slGP64Jkrw
And finally don’t get upset or impatient. It takes practice to get it right and to get into a good rhythm but once you get it then it will no longer be a nightmare to clean french pane windows and who knows, you may actually enjoy it!