Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Moderator David@stives on February 20, 2006, 08:27:07 pm
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Terry
What is the rules and criteria for a clean window at the competition.
For those who dont know the rules how can you practice beforehand
Dave
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Clean 3 windows that are already clean... inside, no wind, ideal temperature.
Specific size applicator and squeegee......
Go...
Practise, practice, practise.
And smile....... :D :D :D
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All three 48 inches square (I think), mop and squeegie and wipe round and also the sill at the bottom and all 3 all in under 10 seconds.
With time added for anything not done right.
He did post it on this forum last year but I don't have a clue how to search for it.
I'm certain his screen name was 'Turbo Terry'.
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Turbo Terry goes under his normal name; Terry_Burrows.
Doesn't include detailing though......not if you do it properly that is ;D
Watching Terry in action is quite an eye opener though, until you watch him live it is hard to appreciate just how fast he is.
It is fun watching others have a go too ;D
Ian
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If you go on Terry's profile click on his website you will find a small video clip of him doing his stuff. ;)
brett
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Turbo Terry is also a black-belt in Karate so I understand and practices his technique as if it is a 'Kata'; a set matial arts movement. I think I remember one of his posts saying even his footwork is practiced!
No doubt, given his martial arts training, he's got natrually quick reflexes too; good fine-motor control; combined with the discipline to practice repeatedly.
He'll no doubt hold the record for a few years yet!
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Hes unbeatable, deserves a medal for his work in forwarding window cleaning, have fun practising. Hes good for a chat if you can get him to one side.
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:o well good evening everyone ;) some info for you! The world Record
to clean 3 windows that measure 45 inches by 45,you use just a 12 inch
squeegee!14 inch T bar, Guinness World Record Tme 9.24 seconds,and I forgot
to say after you cleaned the windows,you must wipe the window sill off :o ::)
now if you leave loads of water marks on the glass,each mark! counts a half second penalty point,to add on you time you finish cleaning the glass :-\
for example.I cleaned and wiped the sill in just 8.24 seconds,I got 2 penaltys
for water marks,its almost Impossible to get a clear round going so fast,you have to clean each window around 2.40 seconds and move at the same time :o
its like rubbing your head,and your belly at the same time,my arms and body legs,are all doing opposite things at the same time,this has taken years of solid practice,just 5 mins on the glass and I am off back in the routine,my Karate has help me no end,its this I truly believe has been the making of progress to where I am right now ;)
I hope to meet you all at the Excel show soon please Introduce yourselfs,this is a great forum for all..
I forgot to Add,I can say I am the fastest with a 12 inch Rubber ;D :o ::) :-X ;)
kind regards
Terry ;) ;D
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I wouldn't dream of attempting to compete...
However,
Is there a Guinness entry for the slowest? :-[
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pj you may win the guiness drinking comp ;D
gaza
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Clean 3 windows that are already clean... inside, no wind, ideal temperature.
Specific size applicator and squeegee......
Go...
Practise, practice, practise.
And smile....... :D :D :D
I reckon the contest should be updated:
The 3 windows should be bigger with lovely almost flush rubber seals with some sort of coloured dusting on the glass to simulate dirt. Maybe the use of an A step to reach them too.
Also, a more vigilant judge would be better than that Norris McWirter bloke. I suggest my old foreman, Stan "you can't rag that son" Thompson
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I am afraid Norris God bless him cannot make it,as he died some time ago :'(
and I was honoured to have been asked to be there at his Furneral,as we all know Norris and Ross started the Guinness Book of Records :)
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I reckon the contest should be updated:
The 3 windows should be bigger with lovely almost flush rubber seals with some sort of coloured dusting on the glass to simulate dirt. Maybe the use of an A step to reach them too.
How about sticking in a few crappy frames with peeling paint, missing putty and a few blobs of paint or varnish on the glass.
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I am afraid Norris God bless him cannot make it,as he died some time ago :'(
and I was honoured to have been asked to be there at his Furneral,as we all know Norris and Ross started the Guinness Book of Records :)
That's a shame. It's a pity you're not on the box these days. Business always seemed to pick up after you appeared on the local news. Must have made peeps notice their windows.
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I think the 'fastest window cleaner' competition should be done with wfp. With marks added on for the best reason explaining a) why wfp is being used b) that the frames get cleaned at the same time and c) how the 12 hour drying time doesn't matter. ;D
Seriously thought, a few weeks back someone shouted across the street that I wasn't as fast as 'that bloke on TV'.
In actual fact I was thinking of challenging Terry's record but I don't want to show him up. ::)
I still can't work out how the heck anyone can clean a 45" square paine of glass in under 2 1/2 seconds. It's mind boggling.
It takes me that long to think about it.
Cheers
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I think the 'fastest window cleaner' competition should be done with wfp. With marks added on for the best reason explaining a) why wfp is being used b) that the frames get cleaned at the same time and c) how the 12 hour drying time doesn't matter. ;D
Seriously thought, a few weeks back someone shouted across the street that I wasn't as fast as 'that bloke on TV'.
In actual fact I was thinking of challenging Terry's record but I don't want to show him up. ::)
I still can't work out how the heck anyone can clean a 45" square paine of glass in under 2 1/2 seconds. It's mind boggling.
It takes me that long to think about it.
Cheers
If I remember rightly, he starts with the mop and blade together and moves both arms as one. I can do it, seriously I can, but it's only good on spotless glass. As trade tip to Terry: If the glass is clean and no one is looking, just run the mop along the sill and leave a few spots of water on nearby desks etc.
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....If the glass is clean and no one is looking, just run the mop along the sill and leave a few spots of water on nearby desks etc.
;D
I do that sort of thing with little panes on dusty doors.
Just wipe the bottom edge clean. :D
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if Iwas doing routine work where the windows were dirty,I still would wet up with the left hand and take off with the right,most wc wet up and squeegee off with the same hand :-\ why :-\ by using 2 hands it cuts your time wc down greatly :D to all those who come to Excel I would gladly show you this method,and how and why it works :D
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Terry
I checked out your website to watch you in action.
How do you do that thing when you do the full circle.
I had a go and my arms & wrists just dont seem to want to move that way.
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are yes this trick is great I do circles without taking my hand off the glass at any one time,TV love this its very visual,I play with the soap on the glass and move the circle up and down and all over the place,it looks like I can turn my hands full circle,its my favorite and it baffles everyone :o ;)
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So how do you do the circles then terry.
I tried it after seeing you do it but the squeegie kept slipping from my fingers.
Do you have to turn the squeegie somehow between you fingers.
Paul
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I am not sure I should tell you thats why it baffles people to this day ;D if you go to Excel I will certainly do it there,but I do it quite fast, so its hard to see what
I do :-\ ::) next I might pull a rabbit out of me bucket ;D
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I can do the going around in circles for about 5 seconds. It needs new glass though for best results when trying it.
I can't do it that fast though and it's hard to keep it going without losing the squeegie.
One thing we've got that Terry hasn't...
A Window Cleaners War On Windows Dance.
We do it sometimes in peoples front gardens or outside a commercial job. It's based on that daft thing that the All Blacks done before a rugby game.
It is great advertising..
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now thats sounds great! :o ;D you must show me that one ;D
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if Iwas doing routine work where the windows were dirty,I still would wet up with the left hand and take off with the right,most wc wet up and squeegee off with the same hand :-\ why :-\ by using 2 hands it cuts your time wc down greatly :D to all those who come to Excel I would gladly show you this method,and how and why it works :D
Same here, mop with the left, squeegee with the right catching the suds as I go. The hardest days work I ever did was being stuck in the left hand side of a cradle and could only use my left arm for every thing - still as fast but very tiring - had stretch to reach the corners too.
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thats the thing you see not only wetting up with left,but catching the drips as you go,making you look pro like,no mess,a messy wc is a bad one :(people like to see clean workmanship,thats in all trades.being clean as you go makes a big impact on work domestic or other wise ;)