Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Erithwc on April 14, 2011, 08:38:08 am
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need to remove lime scale from customers windows tried cillit bang and its not working is there any thing stronger i can use without damaging the upvc from of glass ???
thanks Paul
Erith Window Cleaning
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Try wet and dry very lightly.
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Viakal always works for me, it's stronger than cilit bang
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Patio cleaner removes all limescale on glass.
Make sure you wear rubber gloves. I usually pour some onto a sponge and wipe over the glass but make sure you don't get any on the floor. Then rinse with plenty of water. It works every time.
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Hi there, i use mineral deposit remover from window cleaning warehouse. It's amazing stuff. Gordon
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Which coloured bottle cillit bang? I've only had success with the purple bottle. The bathroom stuff.
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Winsol Crystal Clear 550 - if this stuff doesn't get rid of it, it ain't coming off!
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Is this the right stuff to get i seem to have a different image in my head perhaps it's just new packaging ???
(http://cdn1.shopperhive.co.uk/n/viakal-limescale-remover.jpg)
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Winsol Crystal Clear 550 - if this stuff doesn't get rid of it, it ain't coming off!
Ive just finished a two day job using Winsol on this place
(http://www.oakleywindowcleaning.co.uk/lake.jpg)
Viakal didnt touch, it nor did B + Q Commercial Limescale remover, nor did this stuff
(http://www.wmgranger.co.uk/images/D/H200.jpg)
which is usually pretty damn good.
I found Winsol to be the product of choice in the end, although even that stuff there were still a few windows that didnt come up as well as Id have liked. However saying that I dont know if the deposits were limescale or a mineral deposit of a different nature.
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Matt,
Stings a bit if you forget to wear your gloves ;D , hope that paid well for you if you have just restored each pane of glass on that place
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I told them it would be 2 days work, they agreed and thats on top of the initial clean they've already paid, I enjoyed spending Wednesday and Thursday there. Thorough and conscientious job in a great location and in general something to show for it.
Yes it does sting btw, takes your skin off your hands too ;D
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Yeah and don't stick a cloth in your pocket with the stuff on whilst at the top of a ladder, forget its there and wonder why your leg is stinging. ::)
Still got a scar on my thigh to show for it!
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this stuff works
http://www.homecareessentials.co.uk/acatalog/Professional_Limescale_Remover.html
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Limelite from Netto !!
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this stuff works
http://www.homecareessentials.co.uk/acatalog/Professional_Limescale_Remover.html
Thats the B + Q one I used, didnt touch what I was trying to remove.
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Winsol Crystal Clear 550 - if this stuff doesn't get rid of it, it ain't coming off!
Ive just finished a two day job using Winsol on this place
(http://www.oakleywindowcleaning.co.uk/lake.jpg)
Viakal didnt touch, it nor did B + Q Commercial Limescale remover, nor did this stuff
(http://www.wmgranger.co.uk/images/D/H200.jpg)
which is usually pretty damn good.
I found Winsol to be the product of choice in the end, although even that stuff there were still a few windows that didnt come up as well as Id have liked. However saying that I dont know if the deposits were limescale or a mineral deposit of a different nature.
I have read that this stuff can leave a slight haze on the "tin side" of the glass.
I gather this has not occurred on any of the windows?
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No it didnt
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I did a house this week that had limescale marks all over its patio doors.
I wiped them over with neat vinegar, then washed the windows as normal.
Came up lovely!
John
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I've used a product called disclean ( it's used for tidying mortar from brickwork), it's very good but it can discolour certain metal, so be careful and do a test area.
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pure de-icer will get rid of it mate.
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I find the problem is that 9 out of ten its not lime scale we are dealing with but a residual from the mortar or from the rendering.That is why so many of the lime scale removers do no work.