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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: erithwc on September 22, 2010, 10:10:33 pm

Title: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: erithwc on September 22, 2010, 10:10:33 pm
just wanted to know what other window cleaners used to wipe the edge of the glass :)

is the scrim still king or is microfibre taking over
Title: Re: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: Lee GLS on September 22, 2010, 10:15:24 pm
scrim all day long, micro fiber great for leaded windows though
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Post by: windiewasher on September 22, 2010, 10:20:32 pm
old pants and socks,dirtier the better ;D
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Post by: richard jagger on September 22, 2010, 10:30:26 pm
I am modern and up to date Micro fibre, NO scrim.
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Post by: gr cleaning solutions on September 22, 2010, 10:34:29 pm
i use both scrims most off the time but as said microfibre cloths for leaded windows
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Post by: scottt24 on September 22, 2010, 10:36:40 pm
scrim for me when tradding
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Post by: Richard Neal on September 22, 2010, 10:53:40 pm
always use scrims and always will as im old fashioned, but i do use a motor vehicle now as the horse died  :'(
Title: Re: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: G Griffin on September 22, 2010, 11:02:15 pm
always use scrims and always will as im old fashioned, but i do use a motor vehicle now as the horse died  :'(

 I`m really sorry to hear that; the microfibres are ok though  :-\.
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Post by: mci services on September 22, 2010, 11:04:20 pm
horse hair is good also
Title: Re: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: Richard Neal on September 23, 2010, 12:02:56 am
horse hair is good also
Can we leave the horse out of it please, im getting upset  :'(
Title: Re: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: mci services on September 23, 2010, 12:06:08 am
horse hair is good also
Cane we leave the horse out of it please, im getting upset  :'(
;D ok mate I understand :'( I will not mention the horse again
Title: Re: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: mistersqueegee on September 23, 2010, 04:26:19 am
Scrim for standard detailing. If I have leaded panes it's micro all the way. I also use micro for light fixture cleaning.
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Post by: Steven Shoreditch on September 23, 2010, 07:49:40 am
mf
Title: Re: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: Sir Squeaky on September 23, 2010, 08:40:51 am
Microfibres for about 5 years or so now.

Why just use them on leaded? If they're better for that then they're better full stop. ???
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Post by: woody1 on September 23, 2010, 08:44:46 am
i use vinegar and nespaper  ;D
Title: Re: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: Londoner on September 23, 2010, 12:28:39 pm
Have you amateurs never heard of a shammy? Flippin' heck whats this forum coming to??

One shammy does it all then wring it out and use it again, and again, and again.
Title: Re: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: erithwc on September 23, 2010, 01:04:04 pm
Have you amateurs never heard of a shammy? Flippin' heck whats this forum coming to??

One shammy does it all then wring it out and use it again, and again, and again.

i see one of them the other day it was at the museum  ;D :-X
i use vinegar and nespaper ;D

why do you use nespaper don't they sell newspaper  around your way  ;D
Title: Re: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: geoffreyspecht on September 23, 2010, 10:22:10 pm
Have you amateurs never heard of a shammy? Flippin' heck whats this forum coming to??

One shammy does it all then wring it out and use it again, and again, and again.
do u mean ragtails
Title: Re: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: Londoner on September 24, 2010, 06:57:37 am
Whats a ragtail?

A shammy can be used exactly like a scrim or a microfibre but you can wring it out. Think about that when you are trying to dry those cloths this winter.
Title: Re: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: windolene on September 24, 2010, 07:18:33 am
Hi,

But you would have to buff with a dry scrim after a shammy.


Kevin WINDOLENE
Title: Re: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: Londoner on September 24, 2010, 07:28:46 am
Hi,

But you would have to buff with a dry scrim after a shammy.


Kevin WINDOLENE

Yes, thats right, but just a little tickle. The main purpose of the shammy is to take up all the liquid first so that you don't end up with a load of soaking wet cloths that you then have to get dried out.
Title: Re: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: geoffreyspecht on September 24, 2010, 11:04:42 pm
when i started cleaning windows just used a 1 slightly damp scrim to clean windows
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Post by: dazmond on September 24, 2010, 11:18:18 pm
no need for scrim these days.decent big flatweave microfibres are all you need.no need to "break them in".you can wash them hundreds of times.they dont leave cloth fibres on the windows.

the scrim you get these days is nowhere near the same quality i used to use in the early nineties!!

saying that i do use scrim on the odd occasion if i run out of clean dry microfibres!

scrim is good for detailing on a wet day as it tends to stay drier for longer
Title: Re: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: geoffreyspecht on September 24, 2010, 11:32:26 pm
think i will stick with scrim its the best cloth for cleaning windows
Title: Re: what do you use scrim or microfibre
Post by: Sir Squeaky on September 25, 2010, 03:50:03 am

scrim is good for detailing on a wet day as it tends to stay drier for longer
Spot on Daz.
I swear by microfibre, it's miles better. But it's not as good in cold damp weather.