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I moved into a place with one very hazy window screen that is difficult to see through.

I have tried scrubbing it with a brush with soapy water and blasting it with the hose. But I cannot get rid of the hard material buildup. I even tried dipping a brush in CLR and scrubbing the screen.

When I Google how to clean a window screen, I just run across people telling me to do what I already tried. But I think the people touting these methods simply have screens with dirt in them.

This doesn't seem like simple dirt buildup. I enclosed a close up photo of what it looks like.

I bet if I poked all of the holes individually with a toothpick I could clean it, but that would take eons. Any advice? Thanks.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is so niche I love it. Thank you for sharing this little fact.

Edit: and there seems to be different colors on the screen, making me think your theory is quite possible.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The different colors seem to just be image compression artifact. The screen is diffusely coated by a white and semitranslucent material that seems to have a similar consistency and appearance to dried glue (I was able to pick some small hunks off after viciously rending it with tweezers lol)