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Smoke leaves ash and soot on glass and screens. How to clean it off without scratching the glass or breathing it in, and when to wait.
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Inside, yes, all year. Outside, it depends on the thermometer and on whether water will freeze on the glass.
Winter is a good time for the inside of the glass. The low sun shows every smear, the holidays bring people over, and none of it depends on the weather. We clean interiors all year.
Water that freezes on the glass before it can be wiped off leaves streaks and ice, and ladders on snow or ice are how people get hurt. In Bozeman’s coldest months that narrows the choice to the warmer afternoons: the average high at the Montana State University station is about 33°F in December and 34°F in January, and there is usually snow on the ground most of those months.
Plenty of homes simply wait for spring for the outside. If you want it done in winter, a mild spell is the window, and it is worth asking to be called when one comes.
Street-level glass picks up road spray and salt all winter, and it is the first thing a customer sees. Storefronts are usually kept on their schedule through the season, weather permitting.
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Smoke leaves ash and soot on glass and screens. How to clean it off without scratching the glass or breathing it in, and when to wait.

Late spring and early fall, for reasons you can read off a calendar: freezing nights, cottonwood season, and smoke.

On the shortest day Bozeman gets under nine hours of daylight, and the noon sun barely clears 21 degrees. Why the low light favors south windows, and what clean glass can and cannot do.
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