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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Sandra J on February 24, 2006, 09:32:25 am

Title: washing scrims
Post by: Sandra J on February 24, 2006, 09:32:25 am: does any one hav prob with there washing machines due to constant scrim cleaning? i usually hav a full load each night and am wondering if the fluff from the scrims is causing probs or to much of a load!
Title: Re: washing scrims
Post by: Morph on February 24, 2006, 09:35:59 am: No problem, as far as I know.
I'll ask when my wife gets in :D
Title: Re: washing scrims
Post by: genesis_windows on February 24, 2006, 11:39:14 am: Quote from: Sandra J on February 24, 2006, 09:32:25 am
does any one hav prob with there washing machines due to constant scrim cleaning? i usually hav a full load each night and am wondering if the fluff from the scrims is causing probs or to much of a load!
keep an eye on your filter-it gets clogged up quickly, and the tumble dryer really gets fluffed up!
Title: Re: washing scrims
Post by: D woods on February 24, 2006, 02:01:38 pm: Dont you wash them out while you are working ?
When I used to clean windows myself with a leather and scrim I would
wash them out in a bucket of clean water (no soap) five or six times
a day
Title: Re: washing scrims
Post by: RO-Sheen on February 24, 2006, 03:19:40 pm: Speaking of Scrims - where is the cheapest place to buy them from?
Title: Re: washing scrims
Post by: AdamSouth on February 24, 2006, 04:05:50 pm: don't have a problem washing the scrims in the washing machine but my mum does go mad >:( if i don't clean it out after. the other day she did a white wash staight after and the whites came out ditier then they went in :)

i do tumble dry them sometimes but i think they wear out quicker so i normally put them on the radiater
Title: Re: washing scrims
Post by: stuart webster on February 24, 2006, 04:57:51 pm: Quote from: alan_t on February 24, 2006, 01:55:51 pm
so its ok to tumble dry scrims then?
i was under the impression you could'nt. ???

Dont tumble dry, they go too fluffy. Use a radiator, the quicker they dry, the harder they are, the better they work.
Title: Re: washing scrims
Post by: sunshine windows on February 24, 2006, 06:25:18 pm: No problems with washing machine as yet but i also tumble dry mine and the fluff from that is a nightmare.

Is it ok to wash scrims with powder or do you just throw them in on a rinse cycle

Sunshine
Title: Re: washing scrims
Post by: H h20 on February 24, 2006, 06:43:33 pm: I put mine on Quick wash along with my mopping up cloths with no washing powder and i never tumble dry them,i prefer to let them dry over night,Gaz
Title: Re: washing scrims
Post by: D.Salkeld_Ltd on February 24, 2006, 07:33:46 pm: Rince and spin every night...........
And a full wash at weekend.............
And, yes they do put bits in the filtre, just check it now and then

David
Title: Re: washing scrims
Post by: s.hughes on February 24, 2006, 08:38:27 pm: Dont put comfort in the w/machine, rinse at the end of a day and let dry.

Steve
Title: Re: washing scrims
Post by: Morph on February 24, 2006, 10:39:53 pm: I chuck a pile of scrims in, hot wash, no soap, theres enough impregnated in them already. Spin, hang on clothes dryer.
don't dry too fast, they go like cardboard. That's it. Iron them if you want, but makes no difference on the job after 2 seconds.
Title: Re: washing scrims
Post by: KJG on February 25, 2006, 02:35:59 am: Quote from: D woods on February 24, 2006, 02:01:38 pm
Dont you wash them out while you are working ?
When I used to clean windows myself with a leather and scrim I would
wash them out in a bucket of clean water (no soap) five or six times
a day

Exactly what you said. Washing machine ???