You are on the right track. Look at it this way, you have a straight line. It goes from left to right. On the left side, you have your acid. In the middle, you have neutral. On the right side, you have your base.

When moving from left to right, you have hydrocloric acid, gastric acid, lemon juice, wine, bananas, coffee, urine, milk and pure water(in the middle-neutral). Moving onto the right side, you have blood, seawater, bleach, tums, milk of magnesia, ammonia, hair remover, oven cleaner, sodium hydroxide.

So, you can see that we went from acid to base.

If you look at your cleaner, it is acid-free, sulphate-free and ammonia-free. That means the ph falls inbetween "acid"(acid)-free and "sulphate"(base)-free; making the cleaner neutral.

I use a neutral floor cleaner that does not leave a residue or remove wax on the floor. The only drawback is that they are not great floor cleaners.

What is your M-cabinet made out of? Finished Wood?

Thank you, geguymw!

The cabinet is made of metal but is mirrored on all sides and inside. It is the mirrors they instruct not clean with ammonia. I was surprised because I always thought Windex was the one recommended for glass and mirrors.

And I agree that those gentle cleaners do not clean very well.

Thanks again!

The problem is not with the glass of the mirror but with the frame around it. If you can clean the mirrow with rubbing alcohol without getting any on the metal, it will leave your glass shiny....but if you slop some on the metal you may damage some of the laquer protection the metal and it will tarnish.
Linda C

Thank you everybody for input!!!

BTW, in addition to the AWESOME cleaner (so neutral - it hardly cleans anything), I have found this cleaner (see link) which seems pH neutral and also works!

Here is a link that might be useful: Versatle cleaner

Neutral cleaners will NEVER clean very well by definition. It is impossible to achieve. It must be an acid or a base, in order to break up the dirt or grease or whatever. Cleaning with plain water merely forms a solution, which can be removed, but there is no breakdown of the dirt.

Glass is pretty much indestructable with anything that the common person would be able to purchase in the gorcery store. There are acids to etch glass that can be purchased at the hardware store but no one would confuse them with cleaners.

When cleaning anything always spray the cleaner ON THE CLOTH and not on the item. That way errant spray does not damage anything nearby. It's a good idea to do this even with plain water as water can get on some things and cause damage.