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Title: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: Scrimmer73 on July 11, 2013, 12:15:43 am
I have various Brushes , I prefer the Vikan brush for first cleans , and for those jobs,the damn spiders occupy and live in the drain holes , of aluminium framed Glass.

I think I needed a stiffer bristled brush , to get the poop , and web remnants off first time , with, minimal effort on a regular clean .

What can anyone recommend ?

This might sound daft , I am thinking of cutting the bristles down on a brush, for rigidity, so they don't flex, and become spikey ......

Anyone else out there tried this out ?

Thanks in advance


Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: dazmond on July 11, 2013, 07:33:00 am
the extreme medium bristle brush is great for getting into the corners of frames and scrubs well..it has lots of "spring" to it because all the bristles are the same length.
Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: MATT BATEMAN (OWC) on July 11, 2013, 09:28:28 am
What Daz the gigilo said. +1.
Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: Lee GLS on July 11, 2013, 09:51:25 am
the extreme medium bristle brush is great for getting into the corners of frames and scrubs well..it has lots of "spring" to it because all the bristles are the same length.

They no longer sell that brush, it is now dual trim
Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: MATT BATEMAN (OWC) on July 11, 2013, 10:24:08 am
What is the stiffest extreme brush?
Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: Lee GLS on July 11, 2013, 11:18:10 am
It's the medium dual trim.
Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: dave0123 on July 11, 2013, 12:18:38 pm
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It's the medium dual trim.

I too thought that was a great brush for first cleans. But i put an older brush back on the other day that had a broken jet that i never got around to replacing and thought that was much better for first cleans it got the cobwebs out the corner of windows really easy.

I think it was this one.. the bristles are stiffer, but deferentially be use the extreme for everything else

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http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/the-super-lite-brush-dual-trim-stiff-bristles.html
Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: Alex Gardiner on July 11, 2013, 01:11:13 pm
What is the stiffest extreme brush?


Lee is correct (as usual!) the new Xtreme standard is the stiffest Xtreme in the new line up.
It is actually slightly tougher than the older Xtreme medium single trim.

http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/the-super-lite-xtreme-standard.html
Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: Dave Willis on July 11, 2013, 03:54:24 pm
Alex, what's the new flocked hybrid blue one for? Guy in the next town to me seems very impressed with his.
Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: ascjim on July 11, 2013, 05:48:00 pm
elbow grease
Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: Alex Gardiner on July 11, 2013, 05:48:36 pm
Alex, what's the new flocked hybrid blue one for? Guy in the next town to me seems very impressed with his.

It replaces the previous model Xtreme soft and Xtreme flocked in one brush. It scrubs better than both of these previous brushes and is 30% lighter.

It is worth noting that because this brush is so soft it is not really suitable for hot water use - although it can cope with about 30°C

For my taste it is a little too soft and I prefer the new Xtreme Medium Mixed.
Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: Lee GLS on July 11, 2013, 06:33:04 pm
Alex. I've got the new blue thing  ;D and the outer bristles are longer than previous xtreme brushes, is this the case for the other 2 new brushes or are the bristles the same length as previous models?
Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: Alex Gardiner on July 11, 2013, 09:31:15 pm
Alex. I've got the new blue thing  ;D and the outer bristles are longer than previous xtreme brushes, is this the case for the other 2 new brushes or are the bristles the same length as previous models?

The outer bristles on the Soft Flocked Hybrid Xtreme are the same length as the previous soft and flocked Xtreme brushes.

The rest of the new Xtreme range (Medium Mixed & Standard) actually have shorter bristles than their previous counterparts.
Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: AuRavelling79 on July 11, 2013, 10:02:11 pm
I'm awaiting delivery of two medium mixed brushes - I would like a panama hat as my freebie because of all this sunshine.
Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: keyser soze on July 12, 2013, 10:35:25 pm
hots water is so good at getting spider nests etc off
Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: Roy Harding on July 13, 2013, 09:48:39 am
I have various Brushes , I prefer the Vikan brush for first cleans , and for those jobs,the damn spiders occupy and live in the drain holes , of aluminium framed Glass.

I think I needed a stiffer bristled brush , to get the poop , and web remnants off first time , with, minimal effort on a regular clean .

What can anyone recommend ?

This might sound daft , I am thinking of cutting the bristles down on a brush, for rigidity, so they don't flex, and become spikey ......

Anyone else out there tried this out ?

Thanks in advance




The easy way is to skirt a bit of neat Virosol on the head of the brush and it dissolves within seconds.

Roy
Title: Re: Stubborn Spider Crud The Best Brush?
Post by: Dave Willis on July 14, 2013, 11:21:54 am
Alex, what's the new flocked hybrid blue one for? Guy in the next town to me seems very impressed with his.

It replaces the previous model Xtreme soft and Xtreme flocked in one brush. It scrubs better than both of these previous brushes and is 30% lighter.

It is worth noting that because this brush is so soft it is not really suitable for hot water use - although it can cope with about 30°C

For my taste it is a little too soft and I prefer the new Xtreme Medium Mixed.

I quite liked the black soft brushes - still got a couple somewhere, can't remember why I stopped using them  ???
The black flocked I've never got on with because of the extra drag - it would catch and flip about with a swivel.
Maybe I'll order a hybrid for the hell of it  ;D
Ebay's going to be busy in the next week or so.

(Well as long as the free beanie hat, the baseball cap, the free pens, the hose cutter, the key ring and the weekend in Monte Carlo are still being offered).