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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: firefly123 on May 12, 2013, 08:06:15 pm

Title: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: firefly123 on May 12, 2013, 08:06:15 pm
its a myth i clean windows at a dock regular as hell i have used wfp and trad and there is no time diff in-the time it take for the glass to get dirty
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: Michael Peterson on May 12, 2013, 08:12:27 pm
why do you check every day
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: PoleKing on May 12, 2013, 08:19:20 pm
100% on houses here it does.
One pane cleaned wfp one trad a few years ago.
Checked every couple of days-trad was dirtier first.

Perhaps it's different at a dock
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: firefly123 on May 12, 2013, 08:20:04 pm
just responding to a post  about a webb site
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: G Griffin on May 12, 2013, 09:21:47 pm
its a myth i clean windows at a dock regular as hell i have used wfp and trad and there is no time diff in-the time it take for the glass to get dirty

That's a big statement to make going off one job.
There are many other considerations that can affect a job.
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: SunShineCleaning on May 12, 2013, 09:25:27 pm
its a myth i clean windows at a dock regular as hell i have used wfp and trad and there is no time diff in-the time it take for the glass to get dirty

It does. It's to do with less detergent on the glass.
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: G Griffin on May 12, 2013, 09:33:48 pm
its a myth i clean windows at a dock regular as hell i have used wfp and trad and there is no time diff in-the time it take for the glass to get dirty

It does. It's to do with less detergent on the glass.

And cleaner frames, too, I reckon.
If you do the frames, that is.
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: Stephen Fox on May 12, 2013, 09:34:38 pm
Without a doubt they stay cleaner longer on standard glass. Really yo should mix a little car wax into you water and produce an unbelievable shine to the glass which quickly goes cloudy allowing the window cleaner to perform his magic a month later!!
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: one eyed window cleaning on May 12, 2013, 09:39:12 pm
It does. It's to do with less detergent on the glass.
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Agree totally on the whole glass stays cleaner wlth wfp. But on a docks near salt water which in bad weather gets blown on to glass no it makes no noticeable difference. Just check sea water with your tds mtr to find out why, I did it went off the scale.
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: Ronnie Bryce on May 12, 2013, 09:45:26 pm
Without a doubt they stay cleaner longer on standard glass. Really yo should mix a little car wax into you water and produce an unbelievable shine to the glass which quickly goes cloudy allowing the window cleaner to perform his magic a month later!!



Seriously, have you actually tried this? It sound's like a good idea to me to be perfectly honest. WFP really can be it's own worst enemy at times with the glass staying so clean for so bloody long.
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: G Griffin on May 12, 2013, 09:53:29 pm
Some windows will get dirtier and dirty quicker than others whichever way you clean them.
It's not so black and white.
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: Tomboler on May 12, 2013, 10:16:27 pm
firefly123 is a 'wind up' merchant
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: Stephen Fox on May 12, 2013, 10:18:23 pm
Without a doubt they stay cleaner longer on standard glass. Really yo should mix a little car wax into you water and produce an unbelievable shine to the glass which quickly goes cloudy allowing the window cleaner to perform his magic a month later!!



Seriously, have you actually tried this? It sound's like a good idea to me to be perfectly honest. WFP really can be it's own worst enemy at times with the glass staying so clean for so bloody long.

Ronnie, yes tried this and it works. Windows look like they are going to break they shine so much. BUT soon cloud up to a mist on the glass begging for a window cleaner to sort them out!
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: JamesAJF on May 13, 2013, 12:04:24 am
well there is salt and sand im guessing near docks that could be a good reason
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: formb on May 13, 2013, 06:07:57 am
It would not be anything to do with the water. The reason windows stay cleaner longer with wfp (and they do) is that you scrub the frames clean. Even the most thorough of trad cleans is not going to scrub the frames clean.
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: dazmond on May 13, 2013, 03:34:30 pm
yes they do stay cleaner for longer with wfp if the weather is pretty good throughout the month/2 months.however with all the wet and windy weather we ve been having lately its making them dirty pretty quickly.

it also depends on lots of other factors.whether the windows are near a main road,trees,etc,etc.also at this time of year there is lots of bird muck on windows and big fat wood pigeons who just fly into the glass!! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: firefly123 on May 13, 2013, 04:24:46 pm
love to get a story going keeps this board on its toes  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: pure water does not make glass stay cleaner longer
Post by: home6442 on May 13, 2013, 08:03:53 pm
Wind and rain again cleaned my windows this morning and they are now filthy.
Looking into putting the whole town under a glass dome.
And yes wfp is quicker than trad at cleaning domes. ;D ;D