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Title: Clean church stained glass windows with wfp?
Post by: Craig 72 on June 13, 2011, 03:28:02 pm

I've been cleaning the annexe of a church for a couple of years now but have been asked if I can clean the actual stain glass windows of the church itself.Seems to me that wfp will do the job but just wondered if anybody had any experience and could offer some advice.

Title: Re: Clean church stained glass windows with wfp?
Post by: andyM on June 13, 2011, 03:34:19 pm

I've cleaned stain glass windows before but not on a church it was a house!
Just treat it the same as any other leaded window, some people prefer a softer flocked brush but I used a dual trim mono brush and it was fine.

Title: Re: Clean church stained glass windows with wfp?
Post by: Mike_G on June 13, 2011, 03:35:57 pm

Its very thin glass, or at least can be, and very expensive to replace if broken. I do some and my advice to you would be check your insurance covers you in the event of breakage, if not only clean them provided they will cover you on their insurance.

Title: Re: Clean church stained glass windows with wfp?
Post by: Craig 72 on June 13, 2011, 03:43:15 pm

Thanks gents.yeah it makes good sense to check my insurance covers them.I do use a fairly soft brush and would be super cautious but can't be too careful in this instance I suppose.

Title: Re: Clean church stained glass windows with wfp?
Post by: luther1 on June 13, 2011, 04:30:40 pm

Turn your flow down or they will leak

Title: Re: Clean church stained glass windows with wfp?
Post by: Pope vader on June 13, 2011, 04:32:00 pm

check for leaks

Title: Re: Clean church stained glass windows with wfp?
Post by: Craig 72 on June 13, 2011, 05:20:25 pm

Will do,thanks.

Title: Re: Clean church stained glass windows with wfp?
Post by: Spruce on June 13, 2011, 05:26:28 pm

Clean them on a Monday as any leaks would have dried by next Sunday.  ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Clean church stained glass windows with wfp?
Post by: dazmond on June 13, 2011, 05:41:56 pm

i clean a big old church(6 monthly!)and i use a flocked brush,turn the flow down a bit and take extra care.i few of them leak but ive never had any complaints!! ;) ;D ;D

Title: Re: Clean church stained glass windows with wfp?
Post by: Seymour Sunshine on June 13, 2011, 05:50:10 pm

I've only ever done one and it was a nightmare. The windows leaked. More water went through onto the inside than ran down the outside. I had to have the churchwarden bloke on the other side mopping up with microfibers.

We rolled a load of them up to catch the water and he replaced them as the started to leak and rang them out into a bucket.

Still, they got an inside wash for free!

And I have to say that the windows still look magnificent from inside and outside now six months on.

But I'll never do it again. Too much work for too little reward.

(Errr. I want my reward now, here on Earth.!!!!)

Title: Re: Clean church stained glass windows with wfp?
Post by: Andy@w.c.s on June 13, 2011, 06:28:26 pm

have been asked to do one still waiting on the committee to ok it

but was told that some of the glass is so old that it might have been stained with vegetable dyes and that the harshness of the water might discolour the glass

Imagine: cleaning it and the dye all running down the window

nice modern art lol ;D