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.
is it from wildfire smoke?
I've worked in a lot of kitchens and carbon build up is one of the worst things to remove. Might be best off replacing it as others said.
Hot vinegar will remove sugars. Rubbing alcohol or other solvents will remove oils. For burned carbon we used something called carbon off which is very caustic because we're also made of carbon.
Doesn't seem likely. This is the only pane affected. And the material seems to be coating the inner part of the screen, not the exterior part.