SONAX PROFILINE Acryl+GlasReiniger Glass Cleaner 5000ml

Clean acrylic and Plexiglas surfaces streak-free with the SONAX PROFILINE Acryl+GlasReiniger

What can the SONAX PROFILINE Acryl+GlasReiniger do? This specialist cleaner lifts fingerprints, dust and light soiling off acrylic, Plexiglas and real glass surfaces — streak-free, gentle on the material and without the residue that attacks sensitive plastic glazing.

Acrylic glass and Plexiglas are more delicate than most people think: ordinary glass cleaners often contain alcohol or ammonia, which over time leave plastic surfaces dull, brittle and cracked. If you want to clean motorhome windows, motorcycle windscreens, headlight covers or touchscreens properly, you need a product formulated specifically for these surfaces. The SONAX PROFILINE Acryl+GlasReiniger is built for exactly that — a gentle, material-friendly formula that cleans acrylic and Plexiglas surfaces streak-free while keeping them clear for the long haul. Unlike harsh all-purpose cleaners, the PROFILINE formula respects the softer structure of plastic glazing and leaves behind neither milky smears nor material damage. That makes it an essential tool in any detailing business that looks after not just cars but also motorhomes, motorcycles or commercial vehicles with plastic glazing.

• Streak-free cleaning without aggressive solvents. The formula skips the ingredients that attack plastic glazing. The result: a clear view with no milky smears, even on dark or tinted acrylic panes. On motorhomes and caravans, where acrylic panes cover large areas, you notice the difference straight away. The formula leaves no film-like residue that shows up in backlight or attracts dust — a common problem with the wrong cleaners.
• Versatile — from Plexiglas to touchscreen. This cleaner isn't tied to one job: it works equally well on acrylic glass, Plexiglas, polycarbonate, real glass, mirrors and touchscreens. So you save yourself a handful of specialist products and have one cleaner for all the glass work in the shop. Day-to-day that means you reach for the same product whether you're cleaning a motorhome window, a motorcycle visor or the infotainment display.
• Professional 5-litre container for everyday use. In the PROFILINE format as a 5-litre canister, you get a product designed for commercial use in detailing businesses, motorhome workshops and detailing studios. The quantity lasts a long time even with daily use — and the price per litre stays well below that of smaller containers. For businesses turning out dozens of vehicles week after week, that's a real cost advantage.

Detailing1's tip from the shop: Always spray the Acryl+GlasReiniger onto a clean, soft microfibre cloth rather than straight onto the pane — that way you avoid overdosing and stop the cleaner running into seals or gaps. On big surfaces like motorhome windows, work in lanes from top to bottom and wipe straight after with a second, dry microfibre cloth. Important: only use short-pile, soft cloths — long-pile or coarse microfibre can leave fine scratches on acrylic.

Acrylic glass cleaner for sensitive plastic panes — how the formula works

The key difference between an acrylic glass cleaner and a standard glass cleaner is the chemical make-up. Standard glass cleaners rely on isopropanol or ammonia to cut through greasy films fast — on mineral glass that works perfectly. On acrylic glass (PMMA) and polycarbonate, though, these substances attack the softer plastic surface. The damage doesn't show right away; it creeps in. After weeks and months the panes turn cloudy, fine hairline cracks form, and what's known as stress cracking sets in. That's especially painful on high-quality motorhome windows or motorcycle windscreens, where a replacement quickly runs into several hundred euros. Once you've watched this slow process unfold on a customer's vehicle, you understand straight away why a dedicated acrylic glass cleaner isn't a luxury but active damage prevention.

The SONAX PROFILINE Acryl+GlasReiniger sidesteps this problem with a surfactant-based formula that emulsifies dirt and fingerprints without attacking the material structure. The surfactants wrap around dirt particles and lift them off the surface, so they're picked up completely as you wipe. At the same time the formula leaves no residue that draws in fresh dirt — the pane stays clean longer than after a clean with household remedies or unsuitable products. This self-cleaning effect isn't a marketing promise but a direct result of the residue-free formula: where no sticky leftovers sit on the surface, less dust sticks too.

There's another aspect many people overlook: acrylic glass builds up static. Ordinary cleaners often make this worse, because they charge the surface as they evaporate. The Acryl+GlasReiniger works against this and cuts the static charge. In practice that means dust particles don't immediately settle back onto the freshly cleaned pane — a measurable plus, especially on touchscreens and displays inside the vehicle.

The pH-neutral nature of the formula matters too. Acrylic glass reacts badly to strongly acidic or strongly alkaline cleaners — either can attack the surface chemically and cause irreversible clouding. The SONAX PROFILINE Acryl+GlasReiniger sits in the neutral pH range and therefore suits coated acrylic panes too, the kind increasingly fitted to modern caravans and motorhomes. These coatings are meant to filter UV radiation or make the pane more scratch-resistant — an aggressive cleaner can damage them, while the PROFILINE formula respects the coating.

Cleaning Plexiglas — the right technique for the best results

Using the Acryl+GlasReiniger is straightforward, but a few details make the difference between a good and a perfect result. The most important ground rule: never work on hot surfaces. Direct sunlight or heated-up panels make the cleaner evaporate too fast — streaks and edges follow. A shaded spot is ideal, or cleaning early in the morning while the surfaces are still cool. On motorhomes that have stood in the sun all day, it pays to cool the panes down first with cold water.

For the job, fill the cleaner undiluted into a pump sprayer and lay it down evenly across the surface. Then wipe over the pane in straight lanes with a clean, soft microfibre cloth — no circular motions, because on acrylic circular moves can leave fine micro-scratches that show up under certain light as swirl marks. A second dry cloth picks up the last of the moisture and gives you that streak-free finish. For more stubborn soiling on motorhome windows or a motorcycle windscreen, let the cleaner dwell for ten to fifteen seconds before you wipe — don't let it dry on, because dried cleaning residue can leave marks that are tough to remove.

In a commercial setting a standardised three-step routine pays off: first, rinse off coarse soiling with plenty of clear water — that clears away grit and big particles that would otherwise scratch when you wipe later. Second, apply the SONAX Acryl+GlasReiniger and let it dwell. Third, wipe in straight lanes with a soft microfibre cloth and dry off with a second cloth. On caravan work in particular, where the panes are often large, this structured routine saves time and prevents rework. For especially stubborn insect remains or tree-sap marks on acrylic glass, you should let a separate insect remover dwell first — the Acryl+GlasReiniger is built as a cleaner for everyday soiling, not as a heavy-duty cleaner for extreme dirt.

A note on storage: the Acryl+GlasReiniger isn't frost-resistant. So keep it in a heated area during the cold season. A product that has frozen once can lose its cleaning power, because the emulsion separates and no longer sprays evenly.

Where it shines — the jobs that bring out the acrylic glass cleaner's full strength

The most common job in practice is cleaning motorhomes and caravans. Almost all motorhome windows are made of acrylic glass — they're lighter than real glass and don't break as easily, but they react badly to the wrong cleaners. If you work here regularly with the SONAX Acryl+GlasReiniger, you keep the panes clear for years and head off the dreaded yellowing. What you see day-to-day: caravans whose acrylic panes have been looked after consistently with a material-friendly cleaner score noticeably better at valuation than ones treated with household cleaners — because cloudy or scratched panes jump out at any inspection.

A second important area: motorcycle windscreens and visors. These too are almost always polycarbonate or acrylic and won't take aggressive glass cleaners. Here a practical advantage of the Acryl+GlasReiniger comes into play: you can use it easily on the road too, when the windscreen is covered in insect remains after a run down a country road. A small pump sprayer with the cleaner and a soft cloth are enough to get your view back fast — without stressing the material.

The third area, which often gets underrated, is touchscreens and displays — in the vehicle, on infotainment systems, sat navs or in commercial machinery. The cleaner lifts fingerprints residue-free and cuts the static charge, so fresh dust particles aren't drawn straight back. If you regularly detail vehicle interiors in a detailing business, you know the problem: fingerprints on the central display often look worse after a clean with a normal glass cleaner than before, because the cleaner leaves a smeary film. With the SONAX Acryl+GlasReiniger that doesn't happen.

On real glass the cleaner works perfectly too. If you don't want to keep a separate product for every type of glass in your detailing business, you can use the Acryl+GlasReiniger as an all-in-one solution. It doesn't replace the SONAX PROFILINE Glass Detailer Concentrate, but it complements it nicely: the Glass Detailer is a concentrate optimised for fast glass cleaning on real glass and can be diluted, while the Acryl+GlasReiniger goes on undiluted wherever plastic glazing is involved. In practice, plenty of businesses keep both products on the shelf — the Glass Detailer for everyday windscreen and side-window cleaning, the Acryl+GlasReiniger for special cases with sensitive surfaces.

Acrylic glass cleaner compared — PROFILINE vs. caravan version vs. household remedies

Alongside the PROFILINE Acryl+GlasReiniger, SONAX also offers a caravan version in a smaller container. The difference: the caravan version is aimed at end users and comes with its own spray head in a handy 750 ml bottle — ideal for the occasional clean at home or on the campsite. The PROFILINE canister with five litres, on the other hand, is meant for everyday use in the shop and is clearly cheaper per litre. The two products are comparable in formula, but the PROFILINE format is the more economical choice for detailers working through several vehicles a day. From experience, a five-litre canister lasts several weeks of heavy use.

We'd steer you well clear of household remedies like washing-up liquid water or vinegar solutions on acrylic glass. Washing-up liquid often leaves residue that shows up as a milky haze on plastic glazing. Vinegar is acidic and can attack the surface over time, especially on coated acrylic panes. Pure alcohol solutions, often passed around online as an insider tip, are no good idea either: isopropanol can soften PMMA and cause irreversible clouding. The supposed saving from household remedies quickly turns into an expensive mistake when acrylic panes have to be replaced.

And microfibre cloths aren't all the same either — for acrylic, only soft, short-pile cloths with a low GSM are suitable. Coarse all-purpose microfibre cloths can cause fine scratches. If you work professionally with acrylic glass, keep a separate stack of soft cloths just for plastic glazing and never use them for other cleaning jobs where dirt particles could get into the weave. When in doubt: better a fresh cloth than a "probably clean" one — because a single grain of sand in the weave is enough for a visible scratch on the delicate acrylic surface. That sounds over-cautious, but it's the difference between a professional and an average result.

Who is the SONAX PROFILINE Acryl+GlasReiniger for?

The Acryl+GlasReiniger is the right call for anyone who works regularly with plastic glazing. The 5-litre PROFILINE container is especially economical and practical for motorhome detailers cleaning acrylic panes every day. The investment pays for itself after just a few jobs compared with smaller containers. Motorcycle workshops benefit too, because the cleaner works equally well on windscreens, visors and instrument covers — one less product in the store.

For detailing businesses the Acryl+GlasReiniger makes sense as an add-on to the regular glass-cleaning workflow. Pairing it with the SONAX PROFILINE GlassPolish covers the tough cases too: first knock out light scratches and clouding mechanically with the glass polish, then go back over it streak-free with the Acryl+GlasReiniger. On badly hazed polycarbonate headlight covers, the SONAX PROFILINE HeadlightPolish can go in first to grind the surface clear again — then the Acryl+GlasReiniger handles the fine clean. For interior surfaces, touchscreens and sensitive surfaces, the SONAX PROFILINE SensitiveSurface Detailer rounds out the setup.

For businesses with a mixed customer base — car detailing, motorhome work, motorcycle care — the Acryl+GlasReiniger trims the product range in the store. Instead of keeping separate cleaners for acrylic, polycarbonate and real glass, one product covers all three materials. That simplifies training new staff and cuts the risk that an unsuitable cleaner accidentally ends up on sensitive plastic panes — a mistake that crops up in practice more often than you'd think.

Worth knowing: the Acryl+GlasReiniger is a cleaner, not a sealant. It lifts dirt and brings clarity, but offers no lasting protection against UV radiation or mechanical wear. If you want to protect your acrylic panes on top, you can apply a material-friendly plastic sealant after cleaning. For the pure cleaning job — and for most people that's the main need — the SONAX PROFILINE Acryl+GlasReiniger delivers exactly what it promises: streak-free clarity on all common acrylic and glass surfaces, gentle on the material and with no compromise on cleaning power.