Is it just Windolene?? (obscuring glass)

Yes I think so. There's a house opposite ours that's had it's windows Windolened for the entire 5 years we've lived here ... which is attractive ... ?

I thought windolene was to clean windows?

It is - should be gleaming if I leave it on for a week shouldn't it ?

Consuela, my mum's neighbours are the same, I can just see through the smears now, into the living room, which hasn't been decorated since some time in the 50's I should think. It looks like the woman is stock piling kitchen towels. Very odd.

Yes, its the only thing that I know of that does the job. We have windolene on our front windows until we get our new blinds. Don't write on the windows, such a bad look from outside. ?