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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Snail Trails
« Last post by windowswashed on Today at 10:56:25 am »
For the most noticeable snails trails I clean them in the same direction as the trail itself, for the remainder little ones they will disappear when the glass dries, no point being paranoid as they won't be seen when the glass dries.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Snail Trails
« Last post by Simon Trapani on Today at 10:02:30 am »
Great thread this.

I’m going to try some of the techniques mentioned.

Snail trails are an absolute ballache wfp, that’s  for sure.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Snail Trails
« Last post by zesty on Today at 10:01:59 am »
Leave them, when the window drys you can’t see them again  ;D often I find you can’t even see them until you get the window wet.

If they’re visible before cleaning the window, I just scrub till there gone. No particualr technique.

I'm always paranoid that the customer can see them from the inside!

I never had a complaint in all these years, so I’m guessing they can’t!
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Snail Trails
« Last post by AuRavelling79 on Today at 09:54:40 am »
Leave them, when the window drys you can’t see them again  ;D often I find you can’t even see them until you get the window wet.

If they’re visible before cleaning the window, I just scrub till there gone. No particualr technique.

I'm always paranoid that the customer can see them from the inside!
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Snail Trails
« Last post by AuRavelling79 on Today at 09:53:50 am »
Brush in a circular motion clockwise and then ante clockwise

Wax on. Wax off!
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: New van setup for franchisee
« Last post by Perfect Windows on Today at 09:42:51 am »
A little addition into the emotional bank account that good franchisors and employers donate.

I suspect I may have posted about this before as it's core to everything we do.

We don't really care a great deal about our end-customers directly. Our entire focus, everything we ever do, every decision we make  is based on keeping our franchisees happy. They look after the end-customers, we look after them.

I've bored on about this before but above my desk is a sign I paid to have engraved: "Always do what is in the best interests of the franchisees"

I'd dread taking our business to Dragon's Den. I'd have trouble telling them turnover, return on capital employed, etc. I'd just keep replying "You misunderstand, we just keep the franchisees happy. I don't care about the financials. We do OK and everyone's content."

Sorry for the quasi-religious rant.

Vin
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Snail Trails
« Last post by michael mckeary on Today at 09:17:43 am »
This is interesting because I always jump head first into making it a puzzle, I must solve. Will be carrying a small plastic bag with small iso damp cloth to see how it reacts on the trails. Understand I will only be able to do ground level where most are, will get back with results.  😉
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: New van setup for franchisee
« Last post by AuRavelling79 on Today at 09:12:38 am »
A little addition into the emotional bank account that good franchisors and employers donate.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: New van setup for franchisee
« Last post by Perfect Windows on Today at 08:40:39 am »
Hi Vin.
Out of curiosity.
Did you transfer the tank across from the old van?  How did you account for your labour costs doing this for a franchisee?
If you don't mind me asking.

The franchisee paid an engineer for the cost of transfer from his old van and he paid for the new B2B charger and the pole tubes, conduit  etc.

My contribution was time, odds and ends of cabling, four million cable ties and creaking knees from getting in and out of the van twenty times an hour.

No charge for my work. Why?

1. Genuinely find it interesting. The franchisees all have different vans so no two installations are the same. I love solving problems.

2. The guys pay me money every week. I consider this part of what they pay for. So far the average life of a van has been about ten years (they buy them about three to five years old or so, so the vans have given up the ghost at maybe 14 years, which I guess is reasonable). A couple of days every ten years doing something I enjoy doesn't seem unfair.

Vin
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Snail Trails
« Last post by zesty on Today at 07:59:33 am »
Leave them, when the window drys you can’t see them again  ;D often I find you can’t even see them until you get the window wet.

If they’re visible before cleaning the window, I just scrub till there gone. No particualr technique.
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