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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Flash.. on February 18, 2014, 05:50:54 pm

Title: How to put brush on resi neck
Post by: Flash.. on February 18, 2014, 05:50:54 pm

When screwing a brush on a Gardiners resi neck how do you get the brush to be tight and  facing the right way, I am really struggling with this simple job and am starting to think I may be thick ???

Title: Re: How to put brush on resi neck
Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on February 18, 2014, 05:55:30 pm

If it doesn't line up naturally, add some PTFE tape to the threads. A wrap of insulating tape will suffice if you have no PTFE. ;) I tend to just force the issue these days! :)

Title: Re: How to put brush on resi neck
Post by: Clever Forum Name on February 18, 2014, 05:57:58 pm

Quote from: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on February 18, 2014, 05:55:30 pm

If it doesn't line up naturally, add some PTFE tape to the threads. A wrap of insulating tape will suffice if you have no PTFE. ;) I tend to just force the issue these days! :)

+1

Title: Re: How to put brush on resi neck
Post by: SeanK on February 18, 2014, 06:13:44 pm

I don't put it on tight, I keep it slightly loose so the brush adjusts into awkward
hard to reach corners.

Title: Re: How to put brush on resi neck
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on February 18, 2014, 06:16:25 pm

Yeah little bit of tape should do the trick.

Title: Re: How to put brush on resi neck
Post by: Dave Willis on February 18, 2014, 06:33:07 pm

I just screw it on tight - if the brush is upside down I unscrew the two screws on the cup and turn the brush around and screw up again.

Title: Re: How to put brush on resi neck
Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on February 18, 2014, 06:36:57 pm

He does like a good screwing!

Title: Re: How to put brush on resi neck
Post by: Flash.. on February 18, 2014, 10:34:24 pm

Thanks for that will give PTFE tape a go.

Title: Re: How to put brush on resi neck
Post by: Spruce on February 21, 2014, 05:27:41 am

I usually take everything to the kitchen sink and run hot water over the fittings. It makes it a bit easier.

Title: Re: How to put brush on resi neck
Post by: richard groves on February 21, 2014, 08:54:39 am

This is why I changed to quick lock, also there is then no way the brush can get knocked and loosened so its lop sided whilst working 3 floors up.

Title: Re: How to put brush on resi neck
Post by: Flash.. on February 21, 2014, 09:07:32 am

Ahh good point Gordon Thanks

Title: Re: How to put brush on resi neck
Post by: dazmond on February 21, 2014, 09:18:10 am

QUICK LOC fittings for me or a fixed gooseneck.i use to hate the screw thread fittings.i could never quite get them to line up dead straight.or i used to knock them and they d work loose or id screw them on so tight it was a faff unscrewing them off to change brushes!! ;D

Title: Re: How to put brush on resi neck
Post by: colin purewater on February 21, 2014, 09:40:20 am

I use the plastic label of an ecover bottle to go
Over the thread,

Level the bottle in your bucket for an hour
And I falls off

Works a treat