Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: JackieW on June 03, 2012, 09:47:51 am
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When I used to clean windows some years back I used to use a scrim cloth. Overall not very satisfactory. They are not meant to get too wet.
I am currently using 'shamwow'. I find it very good as it wrings out very easily and is dry/damp to just the right amount for me. But it doesn't last that long. I am now running out of the supply my wife gave me to try and so was wondering what do you guys think is best for wiping cills.
Thanks
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I just use the cheap micro fibre cloths from Asda, you get about 4 for a daft £1
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just use a old scrim keep ringing it out simples have a spare one tied to your ladder rack so when you travel to next job its nearly dry .repeat the prosess
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I get the yellow microfibre cloths from costco, bag of 36 for about£13 the last lot i bought. Fantastic really absorbent and you just stick them in the washing machine.
Gordon
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Iv used eurrow waffle weave cloths, brought them off e bay. They are ultra absorbent and dry quick.
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Went to my local pub and got 20 old bar towels off him perfect for the job
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It seems to me that CIU has got a bit flabby and I have a sense that everything that is possibly related to window cleaning has been covered and we've hit a doldrum - a mid life crisis - and now we're reduced to "What cloth do you use to wipe sills with?"
I think we need a bit of wind to fart us out of it.
What's the best squeegy, whose got the biggest squeegy (me I think about 30 inches somewhere in my shed), IBCs, tanks, pumps, batteries, poles, pole hoses, what van to use, what car to use; bad customers, good customers and famous customers, and will the economy collapse due to the inherent problems with the Capitalist system? We've wrung the ruddy life out of it.
Is there anything left for the CIUgenius to pronounce upon?
And are we so devoid of imagination we're reduced to looking at a post that asks, "What cloth do you use to wipe sills with?"
(A prediction for spreadbetters: The next reply will be "no")
Sigh.
I used to just use a dirty wet scrim; I'd keep it in my rear pouch along with a bottle of soapy water that I'd use to wet my applicator with, 'cos I was to lazy to cart a bucket of water around with me.
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i use towels, and get wife to wash them evey week
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must be an infux of newbies wi imaganation or cant think for them selvs imo ;D
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I think it's the heat :)
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i use old kids clothes! ;D
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These fit in the hand snugly and make good sill wipes:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v737/tosh0987/2012-06-03_14-50_GoogleImageResultfor.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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i use towels, and get wife to wash them evey week
Do you wash them prior to your Sunday bath or after?
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good soapy wash ring em out then a good spin
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i use old kids clothes! ;D
How old would you recommend?
I use a small microfibre (WCW one). They are fairly cheap, last ages and can be used as a normal cloth before they get too wet.
I used to use a very small squeegee to blade the sills before wiping them down. That was when I had a lot of wiping down to do :-\ but it does save your cloths, a bit.
The blade can also be used for small openers or detailing squeegee for trad work.
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poundland microfibers why bother with anything else .
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Care homes replace their bath towls every so often, I find these perfect once cut into 4.
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got a old pair of my wifes undies in the car fantastic for cill cleaning mate ;D
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These fit in the hand snugly and make good sill wipes:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v737/tosh0987/2012-06-03_14-50_GoogleImageResultfor.jpg)
These are good for stubborn marks
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/Aussiemarie/No4.jpg)
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I lick the sills clean.
Sometimes I put a bit of cream cleaner on my tongue first. It helps to get of the stubborn marks.
I've tried the kitten and also used a baby hedgehog but both didn't last long enough.
Once when I was using the kitten, I thought I'd squashed a fly on the sill as there was a red stain. It's wasn't a squashed fly, it was kitty's eyes popping due to friction.
Also, if you do use a kitten or a hedgehog, or even a new born baby, don't leave them in the bucket over night because they will go rancid and bloated by the morning.
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These fit in the hand snugly and make good sill wipes:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v737/tosh0987/2012-06-03_14-50_GoogleImageResultfor.jpg)
Im going to report Tosh to the rspca I think, then wen hes locked up I will go and canvass all his work ;) ;D ;D
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I use three cloths. An old Aldi microfibre for sill wiping, a newer microfibre for wiping the squeegee and a blue window cloth for detailing. Used these for around 10 years and it works really well.
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It seems to me that CIU has got a bit flabby and I have a sense that everything that is possibly related to window cleaning has been covered and we've hit a doldrum - a mid life crisis - and now we're reduced to "What cloth do you use to wipe sills with?"
I think we need a bit of wind to fart us out of it.
What's the best squeegy, whose got the biggest squeegy (me I think about 30 inches somewhere in my shed), IBCs, tanks, pumps, batteries, poles, pole hoses, what van to use, what car to use; bad customers, good customers and famous customers, and will the economy collapse due to the inherent problems with the Capitalist system? We've wrung the ruddy life out of it.
Is there anything left for the CIUgenius to pronounce upon?
And are we so devoid of imagination we're reduced to looking at a post that asks, "What cloth do you use to wipe sills with?"
(A prediction for spreadbetters: The next reply will be "no")
Sigh.
I used to just use a dirty wet scrim; I'd keep it in my rear pouch along with a bottle of soapy water that I'd use to wet my applicator with, 'cos I was to lazy to cart a bucket of water around with me.
I've thought this for some time. No arguments, no one having a go at richywilts, no trad v wfp slagging off, all getting a bit boring.
As to the op any old rag will do the job!!
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not to worry jubilee almost over back to work tomorrow
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not to worry jubilee almost over back to work tomorrow
Commemorative tea towel, then?