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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: bobby p on April 23, 2012, 07:06:22 pm

Title: stainless steel scraper blades-rusting!
Post by: bobby p on April 23, 2012, 07:06:22 pm
i had been buying 6" stainless steel scraper blades by Triumph ,but i had noticed they start rusting a little (stainless but maybe a bad batch of steel )  so i changed to buying Unger stainless blades

but i now find These rust bigtime ,stuck in my scraper and Are totally SHIIIT  .  if you are thinking of buying stainless steel UNGER BLADES dont bother
Title: Re: stainless steel scraper blades-rusting!
Post by: g.brookes on April 23, 2012, 07:12:56 pm
i would second that.  only last a day of frequent use for me
Title: Re: stainless steel scraper blades-rusting!
Post by: SB Cleaning on April 23, 2012, 07:14:08 pm
And i will 3rd it, I would be interested in somewhere to buy decent blades!
Title: Re: stainless steel scraper blades-rusting!
Post by: bobby p on April 23, 2012, 07:23:39 pm
I grew up in the time when Sheffield made the best stainless steel cutlery in the world , im angry on 2 counts, we made the best and now i think its closed up

and somebody now is selling stainless steel that isnt stainless,its fraud no less.  far as i know Unger are a german firm and Kraut steel (on the cars ) was known as good quality but these blades are a total con
Title: Re: stainless steel scraper blades-rusting!
Post by: Jackal on April 23, 2012, 07:41:07 pm
its a pain in the ar se,iv got a 6in unger that rusts pretty quick aswell but they are better than the ones that fit in a bucket on belt the blade and holder rust like crazy on them an iv cut my boab so the blade compartment carnt hold water  >:(
Title: Re: stainless steel scraper blades-rusting!
Post by: Llaaww on April 23, 2012, 09:16:41 pm
Send them back and get a replacement. If you send each one back you could have free blades for life..... ;)
Title: Re: stainless steel scraper blades-rusting!
Post by: Londoner on April 23, 2012, 09:35:39 pm
I just buy these

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Retractable+Window+Scraper/p29268

so cheap you can throw them away but blades are 99p for 10