Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: barry mallett on March 31, 2012, 10:08:13 am
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wfp in direct sunlight is pants . been wfp 8 years and this week a lot of the windows look a right mess . cleaned my front windows every day this week {facing the sun } just to see how they dry . and i wouldnt pay me . water is zero, rinse like a loony but still crap nresults . but no complaints or cancellations from custys so im not that bothered as we dont get too many scorching weeks . so my advice to all you tradders that are happy is stay trad .and all you wfp guys who think it is better than trad you are kidding yourselves .
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Well said
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Alot of the windows are dry or dry ish in this weather by time have finished and i like to check...you must be doing something wrong.
Go WFP
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ours are alright, may be need to rinse a bit more during sunny days,
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No problem here either and my water has been at 001 all week and I don't rinse any more than normal.
Edit: when I rinse I only rinse about 2 foot of the window at once, and I rinse as I complete each part of the window.
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I have had problems this week, one call too :(
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barry,
i dont get that problem .
however i did notice that a new lad with us diid.
it must be that your not brushing and rinsing enough
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wfp in direct sunlight is pants
Nothing to do with the sunlight, that just highlights any issue. If your work is crap in sunlight it'll be crap in the shade, just not so easy to see if it is.
Sort out your R.O and D.I. setup.
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I have had problems this week, one call back too :(
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wfp in direct sunlight is pants
Nothing to do with the sunlight, that just highlights any issue. If your work is crap in sunlight it'll be crap in the shade, just not so easy to see if it is.
Sort out your R.O and D.I. setup.
Tell it like it is dude ;D ;D ;D
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Wor Lass did our windows on Thursday; I'm sat right beside a South facing one; and it's perfect.
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you know what barrys like he s just trying to wind us all up!!he s talking crap!my waters been 003 ALL WEEK AND NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER!! ;D ;D ;D
i do rinse a bit more off the glass especially at the bottom of windows.mind you most windows on my round this week have been pretty clean before ive started due to settled weather over the last month.
high flow,rinse off the glass and you shouldnt get any problems.i use pencil jets by the way.
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wfp in direct sunlight is pants . been wfp 8 years and this week a lot of the windows look a right mess . cleaned my front windows every day this week {facing the sun } just to see how they dry . and i wouldnt pay me . water is zero, rinse like a loony but still crap nresults . but no complaints or cancellations from custys so im not that bothered as we dont get too many scorching weeks . so my advice to all you tradders that are happy is stay trad .and all you wfp guys who think it is better than trad you are kidding yourselves .
Rearrange the following words to make a well-known aphorism: "Bad workman tools a his blames"
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wfp in direct sunlight is pants
Nothing to do with the sunlight, that just highlights any issue. If your work is crap in sunlight it'll be crap in the shade, just not so easy to see if it is.
Sort out your R.O and D.I. setup.
Crap work is just crap work all the sunlight just shows up.its month and month of crap work.To much "Slash and dash" The solution is to work at Night. ;D ;D ;D
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Personally, have just found that you really need to swill loads and its fine. We had a problem with one window when the sun was on it and that was down to a lack of swilling.
I like it when the suns out because you can check they are perfect before you go :)
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wfp in direct sunlight is pants . been wfp 8 years and this week a lot of the windows look a right mess . cleaned my front windows every day this week {facing the sun } just to see how they dry . and i wouldnt pay me . water is zero, rinse like a loony but still crap nresults . but no complaints or cancellations from custys so im not that bothered as we dont get too many scorching weeks . so my advice to all you tradders that are happy is stay trad .and all you wfp guys who think it is better than trad you are kidding yourselves .
or you can't clean windows properly Mallett :P
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if my work is crap in the sunlight it will be crap in the shade. what a load of rubbish i check loads of windows during the course of a cworking day .and the only problems are when the sun is direct on the glass . i honestly dont believe 1 person who says they dont get problems in direct sunlight . you are kidding yourselves
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Never had any problems this week or any other weeks with wfp they all have came up dam good. ;D ;D
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perfect for me - first cleans all week too, I don't even bother to use the brush.
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perfect for me - first cleans all week too, I don't even bother to use the brush.
Me too. In fact I never even bothered with the pole, just spat at them! ;)
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i looked at some customers houses windows and they were clean so i didnt clean them coz they might of been a right mess so just collected them instead no complaints easy week ;)
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i looked at some customers houses windows and they were clean so i didnt clean them coz they might of been a right mess so just collected them instead no complaints easy week ;)
;D ;D
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I think if people checked their results in direct sunlight especially when it's hot before they left ,they would'nt be so sure ;D
I usually rinse alot more to prevent this occuring ;)
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Yep, just rinse more, especially on hydrophobic is it? The panes that repel the water as apposed to curtain.
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wfp in direct sunlight is pants . been wfp 8 years and this week a lot of the windows look a right mess . cleaned my front windows every day this week {facing the sun } just to see how they dry . and i wouldnt pay me . water is zero, rinse like a loony but still crap nresults . but no complaints or cancellations from custys so im not that bothered as we dont get too many scorching weeks . so my advice to all you tradders that are happy is stay trad .and all you wfp guys who think it is better than trad you are kidding yourselves .
TOTALLY AGREE .... funny i the only complaints i get is wfp...funny thing is there are a lot of guys on here blind to the fact it isnt as good as they think but i go back to many jobs later when dry to do insides and i can see that it isnt brill but looks good when wet
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i get the odd pain in the arse window but its the same hot or cold.
wfp isnt a perfect system but used correctly its pretty close,its handy that
the windows have been drying so quick if you have any issues i guarantee
they have been there all the time just use your head and work round them
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TOTALLY AGREE .... funny i the only complaints i get is wfp...funny thing is there are a lot of guys on here blind to the fact it isnt as good as they think but i go back to many jobs later when dry to do insides and i can see that it isnt brill but looks good when wet
I did a job yesterday which is always insides and out. Because it was warm and sunny, the outsides were already dry when I did the insides. I only saw one run down one window (that had come from the frame) that had left a streak. Apart from that, spotless.
I think to many who use wfp think it's a very quick brush and rinse and on to the next window and in minutes, the whole job is done. Problem is, being 'fast' becomes a habit but with the assumption that a good job has been done. It's then onto the next job and the mind is on the cash rolling into the till.
I've seen wfp windows cleaners doing houses at incredible speeds and I've also seen the results.
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TOTALLY AGREE .... funny i the only complaints i get is wfp...funny thing is there are a lot of guys on here blind to the fact it isnt as good as they think but i go back to many jobs later when dry to do insides and i can see that it isnt brill but looks good when wet
I did a job yesterday which is always insides and out. Because it was warm and sunny, the outsides were already dry when I did the insides. I only saw one run down one window (that had come from the frame) that had left a streak. Apart from that, spotless.
yes but that one run makes the difference in my eyes . think that the amount of wfp who think they have done a good job and when they have left they have 1 run. it ruins it . no matter how good you think you are how would you know till dry. where trad you leave it dry and you know its good.
I think to many who use wfp think it's a very quick brush and rinse and on to the next window and in minutes, the whole job is done. Problem is, being 'fast' becomes a habit but with the assumption that a good job has been done. It's then onto the next job and the mind is on the cash rolling into the till.
I've seen wfp windows cleaners doing houses at incredible speeds and I've also seen the results.
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First cleans are the key to wfp. Always spend the time to clean throurghly and rinse every part of frame and leave glass to last.
Had cases were ive even had to get cussy to open hoppers and get ladder up and clean behind seals ,although takes time at first ,get this right and every clean there after will be a breeze.
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i looked at some customers houses windows and they were clean so i didnt clean them coz they might of been a right mess so just collected them instead no complaints easy week ;)
With morals like that, you'll be rich before you know it.
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It's April 1st; It's Barry Mallett! Need I say more? ;D
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Wor Lass did our windows on Thursday; I'm sat right beside a South facing one; and it's perfect.
And she was sat right behind you, as you typed ;D.
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when i first started i thought i was doing well a good scrub and a quick rinse,o dear not good found that i had to slow down the rinse and up the flow much better ;)
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It's April 1st; It's Barry Mallett! Need I say more? ;D
hes a sharp one is that gold ;)