The water droplets are on the surface of the glass or between the layers?

on the outside surface

Educate me- those look like water droplets not a film. If it’s wet now what does it look like when dry?

Was there an actual film on the glass that had to be removed when the windows were originally installed?

Are the windows, wood, fiberglass, or vinyl?

Can you actually feel something when you slide your hand over the glass?

The windows are Pella aluminum clad windows.

Here are the windows when they are dry. You cans see the streaks in them

Oberon476 these are aluminum clad windows wood on the inside no film on the outside of the windows when installed and yes you can feel a drag when you rub them

No photo

@HALLETT & CO. See the photo attched

The OP photos have no visible film. @rdpoppe your later photos did not come through. When you upload a photo, wait until the photo is no longer grayed-out before you hit submit.

I asked about frame material because different products could have glass from different sources. Aluminum clad wood windows comes from Cardinal. Unlikely that the contamination originated there.

Cardinal offers a poly film on the glass to help protect it from construction dirt and debris, but I don't know offhand if Pella offers that option to their customers. It is possible for that film to leave residue behind if it's on the glass too long, especially in full sunlight, but it still takes months for that to happen.

Do you know what the window cleaners used on the glass? You might try something like goo gone to see if it removes whatever contamination might be there.

My personal favorite cleaner for hard to clean windows is called A1 Hardwater Stain Remover and it is available on Amazon. I have seen that stuff work on windows that others said were impossible to clean.

@royhobbs and @oberon476 Thanks for the suggestions. Not sure if it is a film or something etched the glass. I don't know what the cleaner used. I might have to have him come back and look at it. If you look at this photo you cna kinda see what I am talking about.

is there a photo missing?

I have tried about 3 times to add a photo it never shows up

@oberon476 i cant get a photo to load can i have your email address to send you -.photo?

@oberon476 . I looked at it today and there is no film on the window. If you run your fingers across this you can feel your fingers drag where the stickiness or film is. This area is where dirt and dust seems to stick to the window. I will post some additional photos after this post. I probably have described the issue incorrectly. I you look at these photos they look like marks from rags/sponges or squegees.

Try goo gone and see what happens.

Tried goo gone and didn’t notice any improvement. if you look at this photo you can see what i am describing

Much better view, can see it this time. Do most/all of your windows have these marks? It reminds me of duct tape residue, but that's just a thought.

My next suggestion is trying A1 along with scotch brite pads to see if they can remove whatever it is.

https://www.amazon.com/1-Hardwater-Stain-Remover-Pint/dp/B077Y1WD9M

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