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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: mark m on June 08, 2011, 07:26:02 pm

Title: Limescale
Post by: mark m on June 08, 2011, 07:26:02 pm
Cleaned inside and out of a new customers job today but there was so much limescale in the bathroom window (due to shower) i could not get it cleaned even tried customers limescale remover i need something stronger what can i use??
Title: Re: Limescale
Post by: Frankybadboy on June 08, 2011, 07:49:18 pm
winsol or titan


buy it at window cleaning warehouse. ;)
Title: Re: Limescale
Post by: mark m on June 08, 2011, 07:53:55 pm
Thanks
Title: Re: Limescale
Post by: Londoner on June 08, 2011, 08:53:44 pm
Cillit Bang for Lime and Grime shifts it but its slow if there is a lot. Good for houses where they water the hanging baskets with a hose pipe. Got a few like that.
Title: Re: Limescale
Post by: Johnny B on June 08, 2011, 10:29:15 pm
Neat vinegar will do it. Tried it a couple of weeks ago on a pair of patio doors. After spending ages with a scraper and repeated washes on the first door, using vinegar on the other had the limescale removed in no time.

John.
Title: Re: Limescale
Post by: mark m on June 08, 2011, 10:45:20 pm
Tried neat  vinegar and the customer  had cillit bang  need something stronger   
Title: Re: Limescale
Post by: Johnny B on June 08, 2011, 11:12:59 pm
The vinegar idea was suggested to me by the customer whose patio doors I was cleaning. I put the vinegar onto a paper tissue and applied it to said door. It really does work. FTW it was Tesco Value malt vinegar! Brilliant stuff!

John
Title: Re: Limescale
Post by: lee_dewing on June 09, 2011, 08:35:40 am
Hi mark, here's a link this company is good so window cleaning ware house but not much choice in limescale dept.

http://www.windowcleancentre.co.uk/sectionlist.aspx?sectionID=40

I have winsol crystal clear  1ltr version is top at getting stains off glass but nervous of using it as heard people on here say they ruined glass with i as it is very acidic.

was looking at getting A1 titan limescale remover on link or maybe the ettore tub one would only like to use winsol if all else fails; A1 titan seems less harmful.

Have tried the mdr stuff and does work most of the time but smells and looks like sh!t smeared on the glass due to it's colour :(

Other thing with winsol is wouldn't want spillages indoors as would ruin carpets :o
Title: Re: Limescale
Post by: Avo on June 09, 2011, 03:29:12 pm
 A1 titan is very good stuff for heavy limescale i've used this for 18 months on the worst windows possible.. This A1 saved me alot of time a few weeks ago on a new job.. the glass was covered in silicone on every window round the house and i must of spent 10 mins on the first window with a scraper then i got this titan out and ripped it off..
Title: Re: Limescale
Post by: Alistair@AWC on June 09, 2011, 03:36:20 pm
This is the 2nd post today that I'm promoting this stuff......... guys I promise I don't work for them, its just very good at what it does!


Winsol 550, it is a rubber glove and goggle job though!
Title: Re: Limescale
Post by: A & J Owen Window Cleaning on June 09, 2011, 05:20:39 pm
try de -icer neat does do the job. always bring some out with me just incase. ;)
Title: Re: Limescale
Post by: Harry Robins on June 09, 2011, 05:24:10 pm


 Brick and mortar cleaner, it's an acid so it can discolour metal though.
Title: Re: Limescale
Post by: sunshine windows on June 09, 2011, 06:39:11 pm
I'd use winsol. Just be very careful with it.

Dab some on an old cloth and buff the window with it. That way you don't have to worry about splashes to interior decor.
Title: Re: Limescale
Post by: Perfect Windows on June 09, 2011, 06:44:39 pm
Concentrated nitric acid will get rid of it.

Vin
Title: Re: Limescale
Post by: lee_dewing on June 09, 2011, 07:25:18 pm
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A1 titan is very good stuff for heavy limescale
Thanks for verifying that Rob :)

Thought silicone was next door to impossible to get off glass; so that's good news ;)