Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: CraigBlues on January 05, 2012, 07:39:47 pm
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I have been asked by one of my regular customers to clean their car wash to get rid of the detergent and what not from the glass on their automatic car wash. I did a sample square the other week with scraper but wondered I anyone can reccomend a good method or product to speed it up.
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These have a specific product http://www.lahega.com/contactus.asp (http://www.lahega.com/contactus.asp)
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Someone must have cleaned the windows inside of a car wash before?
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I imagine what with all the chemicals and water would be nightmare to get good. make sure you charge enough! its a big area to scrape too!
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once you have limescale pretty thick on the glass then its usually too late to save it. you will get some off but once the machines have run for about a day or two then it will look like you never cleaned them!
Have fun anyway. nightmare job.
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When i asked about this last year or it could of been the year before someone advise me to use TFR neat and leave it for about 10mins then wash off with wfp as it came up a treat for me. ;D ;D
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Someone must have cleaned the windows inside of a car wash before?
i have never done this, and cant imagine many would have either, its a very rare job i think, but if it was me, i would use non scratch ready bottled sugar soap from B@Q best stain, grease, remover you can buy
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Try contacting Lahega - they might have a distributor in the UK and they make a product to clean this
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I clean these regularly.
There will be an opaque appearance (non uniform) build up of Limescale and other chemical build ups on the glass panels.
When wet they look like they are clear but don't think that you can just go in there with a pressure washer and WFP because it will not come off.
On the ones I clean we do the external roof, internal roof, internal & external glass, external cladding, all the internal metalwork (avoiding any motors and high level electrics), the glass, the floor is pressure washed, rinsing down everything, including the brushes.
I give them the option of getting the build up off the glass or just the above without getting the build up off.
I have a specific material that I have sourced, that will clean highly stained glass but have been criticised for trying to sell it on here in the past so I will not divulge what it is.
There are things out there to clean glass, to differing degrees. How much effort you put into finding them will give you the end product.
The product I found took a great deal of finding but it completely restores glass.
Allow yourself a day on it for a project and be prepared to get wet. Check with your insurance whether you are covered for works on fuel stations (if it is on one) because you need this cover.
Rob ;D
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Sent you an email rob. :-)
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I don't want to scrap it all, as I did a tester patch the other day and looked good, but a massive job to scrape it all! I need a good solution, maybe just turn up with loads of different ones and hope! ha!
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Save Restore will work.
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Save Restore will work.
Where can you find this?
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surley you will need hard water removal like "mineral deposite remover?" you could try a glass scrapper and detergent i suppose ??? do a test area first and get a scratch waver signed if using a blade!!!
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U S A just google it.and order.
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I'm stupid for taking this job on. TFR making it slightly lighter work but there must be a better product / method.
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I clean these regularly.
There will be an opaque appearance (non uniform) build up of Limescale and other chemical build ups on the glass panels.
When wet they look like they are clear but don't think that you can just go in there with a pressure washer and WFP because it will not come off.
On the ones I clean we do the external roof, internal roof, internal & external glass, external cladding, all the internal metalwork (avoiding any motors and high level electrics), the glass, the floor is pressure washed, rinsing down everything, including the brushes.
I give them the option of getting the build up off the glass or just the above without getting the build up off.
I have a specific material that I have sourced, that will clean highly stained glass but have been criticised for trying to sell it on here in the past so I will not divulge what it is.
There are things out there to clean glass, to differing degrees. How much effort you put into finding them will give you the end product.
The product I found took a great deal of finding but it completely restores glass.
Allow yourself a day on it for a project and be prepared to get wet. Check with your insurance whether you are covered for works on fuel stations (if it is on one) because you need this cover.
Rob ;D
helpfull ;D ;D
Find yourself a local chem supplier / manufacturer ... you need an acidic rinse no effect to glass or tarmac plenty of rinsing, you will however need to check framework and also check if ok to use with client ie ph levels.
We have also sourced a product which is non acidic this is used mainly in the restoration of swimming pools... hence ph levels are critical, works a treat ;D