I am sorry to hear that this has caused you more work and I am sure added frustration! We have had several people share some tips about their failure as well. It seems that some of the newer windows do not do well with this cleaning method. Some people have found that cutting the Dawn in half yields great results, and some people found washing the windows without direct sunlight wprks great. If you have hard water then Lemi Shine will work better than Jet Dry.