This study investigates the removal of different contaminants on soda-lime float glass weathered artificially and naturally. Organic, inorganic non-metallic, metallic, and saline contaminants were selected to evaluate the degradation of float glass in contact with them. Bird droppings, cement dust, aluminum particles, and sodium chloride were deposited on the glass surface. The four contaminants altered the glass surface to varying degrees. Glass samples were weathered in a climate chamber for one and seven days. Another set of glass samples was exposed outdoors in Ilmenau, Germany, for 50 days (20 days unsheltered and 30 days sheltered). Before and after the weathering, the glass samples were cleaned with three cleaning agents (DI water, citric acid, and a commercial glass cleaner). The chosen cleaning solutions provided different cleaning results for the glass surfaces. Depending on we...

This study investigates the removal of different contaminants on soda-lime float glass weathered artificially and naturally. Organic, inorganic non-metallic, metallic, and saline contaminants were selected to evaluate the degradation of float glass in contact with them. Bird droppings, cement dust, aluminum particles, and sodium chloride were deposited on the glass surface. The four contaminants altered the glass surface to varying degrees. Glass samples were weathered in a climate chamber for one and seven days. Another set of glass samples was exposed outdoors in Ilmenau, Germany, for 50 days (20 days unsheltered and 30 days sheltered). Before and after the weathering, the glass samples were cleaned with three cleaning agents (DI water, citric acid, and a commercial glass cleaner). The chosen cleaning solutions provided different cleaning results for the glass surfaces. Depending on we...