Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: TomCrowther on May 23, 2013, 09:28:24 pm
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I have been using extreme brushes for a couple of years and am generally v happy with them. However, where they fail is scrubbing off insect poo.
On ground floor windows it's not a problem. Scrubbing with your finger nail or a scraper and its gone. Higher up though it just sits there defying your attempts.
I have some old ionic brushes which have fantastic scrubbing power but are heavy in comparison.
Anyone gone back to heavier, scrubbing brushes?
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best to start with that window first and let it soak, then clean the other windows while its soaking, then go back to it.
but dont go back to a heavy brush!
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Yeah, i do that with bird strikes and it works ok. I am talking about the yellow/orange stuff about 1 or 2 cm long and a few mm wide. it's baked on hard and needs a scrub to get rid.
Also the heavier scrubbing brushes are almost indestructible. Would be nice to have a light brush but with good scrubbing power.
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Use the stock, cushioned by the bristles.
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best to start with that window first and let it soak, then clean the other windows while its soaking, then go back to it.
but dont go back to a heavy brush!
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Yeah, i do that with bird strikes and it works ok. I am talking about the yellow/orange stuff about 1 or 2 cm long and a few mm wide. it's baked on hard and needs a scrub to get rid.
Also the heavier scrubbing brushes are almost indestructible. Would be nice to have a light brush but with good scrubbing power.
Yeah that's bee poo and can be hard to shift.
As 8 weekly said: angle the side of the brush and compress the bristles so you can use the hardness of the brush stock but with the bristles protecting the glass from getting scratched.