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Title: White spots on some windows!
Post by: Klean07 on June 01, 2013, 10:44:42 pm: I noticed some white spots on some of the windows I did this week. Checked tds which was 000!
Any ideas?
Title: Re: White spots on some windows!
Post by: Sean Dyer on June 01, 2013, 10:56:23 pm: you're a rubbish window cleaner?

;D
Title: Re: White spots on some windows!
Post by: Klean07 on June 01, 2013, 11:14:00 pm: That makes two of us then! ;D
Title: Re: White spots on some windows!
Post by: mark turton on June 02, 2013, 12:02:30 am: Quote from: Klean07 on June 01, 2013, 10:44:42 pm
I noticed some white spots on some of the windows I did this week. Checked tds which was 000!
Any ideas?

possibly hard water marks from custies hose when hosing plants or grass. difficult to get off with pure water alone. there is a product my mate uses i forget the name of it. like a paste rub it on and rub it off good on glass and upvc. ask your supplier if hes got anything like it. i know i shall be stocking up on it next visit.
Title: Re: White spots on some windows!
Post by: Mike #1 on June 02, 2013, 08:26:50 am: ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: White spots on some windows!
Post by: Flash.. on June 02, 2013, 09:05:29 am: If it is marks from hard water staining, Mr Muscle do a spray that works very well just spray on and wash off, all the supermarkets sell it for under £5, it is called shower glass cleaner or something like that.
Title: Re: White spots on some windows!
Post by: elite mike on June 02, 2013, 09:13:29 am: with the bad weather we have had the past year or so ::)roll

i find some custys have been cleaning their own windows before i get round you just got to look for the signs .

patio doors and kitchen windows seem to be the worst culprits.
Title: Re: White spots on some windows!
Post by: bobplum on June 02, 2013, 10:24:29 am: IMO there is a lot of debris/ dust flying around, i too am getting lots of custys windows with dust on the glass
Title: Re: White spots on some windows!
Post by: Klean07 on June 03, 2013, 08:54:50 am: I've also noticed that some frames are chalky hence milking when rinsing.
Title: Re: White spots on some windows!
Post by: H20cleaning on June 03, 2013, 09:28:32 am: the dust on the windows is lack of rain, but loads of wind ! think we will all be having the same problems! but at least our customers see the job we do:)
Title: Re: White spots on some windows!
Post by: Tadgh O Shea on June 03, 2013, 05:34:52 pm: A great way to remove those white spots is to scrub with a microcleaning hand pad (magic eraser pad) just damp one with water and scrub glass until spots are gone, you can scrub as hard as you want as these pads will not scratch the glass.
Title: Re: White spots on some windows!
Post by: Philip Osborne on June 04, 2013, 11:03:06 am: What frames did they have? I used to get white spots on any windows with the really old aluminium type double-glazing. Never figured out exactly why or how to avoid it ... seemed to be something that just came out of the frames no matter what I tried to do.
Title: Re: White spots on some windows!
Post by: rg1 on June 04, 2013, 03:15:10 pm: Quote from: Philip Osborne on June 04, 2013, 11:03:06 am
What frames did they have? I used to get white spots on any windows with the really old aluminium type double-glazing. Never figured out exactly why or how to avoid it ... seemed to be something that just came out of the frames no matter what I tried to do.

I'm guessing your problem was due to oxidation of the aluminium windows.
Title: Re: White spots on some windows!
Post by: Klean07 on June 04, 2013, 05:22:59 pm: These were old white frames.
Title: Re: White spots on some windows!
Post by: Slash on June 04, 2013, 05:28:07 pm: Just scrub and rinse alot