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Title: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: james stanley on June 02, 2011, 11:11:52 pm
A while ago I brought the extreme brush and I slated it on this forum saying it was like window cleaning with a toothbrush. However I have recently brought one again and using it with my slx and carbon goosneck is out of this world. No more aching shoulder and its so much quicker and better at cleaning . I seriously think this is the BARCELONA of brushes. Really recommend it  ;D
Title: Re: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on June 02, 2011, 11:44:07 pm
iv said this for ages
the exreme brush makes
my dual trim supa lite brush
seem like the heaviest vikan available
the extreme supa lite imo is the only brush
worth aving infact the only brush
il ever be buying  ;) ;)
Title: Re: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: mci services on June 02, 2011, 11:47:47 pm
hope so just ordered one
Title: Re: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on June 02, 2011, 11:50:10 pm
the black one stu ???
Title: Re: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: mci services on June 02, 2011, 11:53:48 pm
the black one stu ???

no white one
Title: Re: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on June 02, 2011, 11:59:33 pm
the black one is king
u best send it me m8
seen as you still owe me 40 buff  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: mci services on June 03, 2011, 12:02:52 am
nah I will keep it ta ;D
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Post by: Nathanael Jones on June 03, 2011, 08:10:50 am
I personally much prefer the white extreme brush,.. the black one got used for a day & then I switched back.
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Post by: Ian101 on June 03, 2011, 08:19:25 am
do they come flocked or with the stiff bristles ... I prefer to be flocked any day  ;D
Title: Re: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: Lee GLS on June 03, 2011, 08:27:45 am
They are both mono filament but the black bristles are alot softer and feels like a flocked brush.
Title: Re: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: steve123 on June 03, 2011, 08:32:20 am
Who makes these brushes and what price are they?
Title: Re: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: Lee GLS on June 03, 2011, 09:05:11 am
A company called gardiners, not many people on here have heard of them  :D

They are 22ish plus delivery.
Title: Re: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: Paul Coleman on June 03, 2011, 02:45:06 pm
A company called gardiners, not many people on here have heard of them  :D

They are 22ish plus delivery.

I gave my Extreme pole its first proper run out today.
Pole - no problem.  Brush - no problem.  Angle of gooseneck - problem.  I can't see me using that carbon gooseneck on many jobs.  I found that it's necessary to stand too far back in order to be able to brush along the sills.  Assuming there is room to stand back, this may be fine with the shorter Extreme poles, but not so great with much longer ones.  I think it will be back to angle adaptors for me.  The carbon gooseneck will be OK on certain types of job that I have but I don't think it's particularly suitable for sills when you can't step back - even more so if the windows are deeply recessed.
Love the kit apart from that and, in fairness, the right angle for one window is often the wrong one for another.
Title: Re: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: mci services on June 03, 2011, 04:06:23 pm
A company called gardiners, not many people on here have heard of them  :D

They are 22ish plus delivery.

yes 22ish plus delivery then vat it works out at £39 :'( :'( still about time I got a decent brush
Title: Re: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on June 03, 2011, 04:18:21 pm
A company called gardiners, not many people on here have heard of them  :D

They are 22ish plus delivery.

I gave my Extreme pole its first proper run out today.
Pole - no problem.  Brush - no problem.  Angle of gooseneck - problem.  I can't see me using that carbon gooseneck on many jobs.  I found that it's necessary to stand too far back in order to be able to brush along the sills.  Assuming there is room to stand back, this may be fine with the shorter Extreme poles, but not so great with much longer ones.  I think it will be back to angle adaptors for me.  The carbon gooseneck will be OK on certain types of job that I have but I don't think it's particularly suitable for sills when you can't step back - even more so if the windows are deeply recessed.
Love the kit apart from that and, in fairness, the right angle for one window is often the wrong one for another.

I have found the same Paul. Put a plastic angle adaptor on & it's a different pole! ;)

Been using it as a 30ft pole today for all my work, it makes my 25ft slx feel like an old extel!! :o

It's like cleaning with a pencil!! ;D
Title: Re: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: SB Cleaning on June 03, 2011, 05:19:10 pm
A company called gardiners, not many people on here have heard of them  :D

They are 22ish plus delivery.

yes 22ish plus delivery then vat it works out at £39 :'( :'( still about time I got a decent brush
If you order over £45 i think the postage is free
Title: Re: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: Paul Coleman on June 03, 2011, 05:46:19 pm
A company called gardiners, not many people on here have heard of them  :D

They are 22ish plus delivery.

I gave my Extreme pole its first proper run out today.
Pole - no problem.  Brush - no problem.  Angle of gooseneck - problem.  I can't see me using that carbon gooseneck on many jobs.  I found that it's necessary to stand too far back in order to be able to brush along the sills.  Assuming there is room to stand back, this may be fine with the shorter Extreme poles, but not so great with much longer ones.  I think it will be back to angle adaptors for me.  The carbon gooseneck will be OK on certain types of job that I have but I don't think it's particularly suitable for sills when you can't step back - even more so if the windows are deeply recessed.
Love the kit apart from that and, in fairness, the right angle for one window is often the wrong one for another.

I have found the same Paul. Put a plastic angle adaptor on & it's a different pole! ;)

Been using it as a 30ft pole today for all my work, it makes my 25ft slx feel like an old extel!! :o

It's like cleaning with a pencil!! ;D

I have already taken steps to adjust to using an angle adaptor and am awaiting the piece that I can clamp into the pole end.  I'm told that it's only the same bit that fits into the end of poles anyway - but I'm not pulling another pole apart to get one out.

I splashed out on a 48 footer Extreme plus three standard extension pieces.  I've bought cars for less  ;D .
I will only be using it on higher jobs that are out of reach for my SLX as I want the Extreme to last a very long time.  At the moment I only have a few jobs for the Extreme but there are other possibilities in the pipeline.  It's funny how whenever I go through this inner debate of whether or not to invest in my toolkit, once I have done it, the work for it seems to come in without me looking too hard.  So I can now clean windows up to 66 feet high (reach length) without the assistance of a second operator.  Any higher than that and I think I would rather leave it to someone else anyway.
Title: Re: U TURN ON EXTREME BRUSH
Post by: AuRavelling79 on June 04, 2011, 09:29:02 am
A while ago I brought the extreme brush and I slated it on this forum saying it was like window cleaning with a toothbrush. However I have recently brought one again and using it with my slx and carbon goosneck is out of this world. No more aching shoulder and its so much quicker and better at cleaning . I seriously think this is the BARCELONA of brushes. Really recommend it  ;D

Dear Alex,

I have put up that recommendation letter that I told you I was going to post. No, don't protest, I insist!

Now if you happen to have the odd SLX pole that is not gainfully employed or a wedge of crisp twenties that you want to send me, well I wouldn't say no!

Bye for now!

Bye!

Bye, bye,

Yours truly,





James











 ;D just kidding - I use the extreme brush too! Bye! Bye bye ....  ;D

Oh - I don't use the carbon goose neck - just the standard adjustable plastic jobbie.