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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Leeds on December 05, 2014, 02:00:32 pm
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Just wondered the other day, is there any agreed way of doing windows WFP? or does everyone just scrub and rinse until they're happy?
Meridion
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Just wondered the other day, is there any agreed way of doing windows WFP? or does everyone just scrub and rinse until they're happy?
Meridion
Of course not, it's each to there own, but I suppose there's only really 1 way of doing it, scrub and rinse!
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Top ones first ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Don't hold the brush end ;D
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I suppose whatever gets the result done the quickest/easiest way is fine.
better to find what suits you rather than do what everyone else does
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yes as fast as you can ;D .... don't over scrub or over rinse and don't forget you only clean the bathroom windows every 3rd visit ;D
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Make sure you clean the kitchen window and front door cause they're the first ones they notice if you do a crap job
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I do all top of frames then the top opener then the sills then either sides and finish with the one under the top opener then a final flit along the sill
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Top frames, top openers, panes of glass and move across to next window whilst washing sill so ready for next window
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You have thrown the cat amongst the pigeons, asking this forum to agree on anything.
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Ask eight window cleaners their view and you will get nine different opinions.
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yes as fast as you can ;D .... don't over scrub or over rinse and don't forget you only clean the bathroom windows every 3rd visit ;D
love it. Don't rinse opaque glass :) do sills if you remember, if not every now and again.
once up and down per brush width with quite a few strokes on top rubber. Rinse until the spider eggs was away
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Fast as you can get away with ;D
Couple of times across the top frame.
One agitation up and down across the glass doing frame at same time.
One agitation side to side starting at the top and working down, this serves as a rinse also.
Couple of times across the sill.
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Fast as you can get away with ;D
Couple of times across the top frame.
One agitation up and down across the glass doing frame at same time.
One agitation side to side starting at the top and working down, this serves as a rinse also.
Couple of times across the sill.
:o :o :o :o :o couple of times across the sills !!! far too much time ;) ;D
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My technique is....
Splish...splash...give me the cash....and dash
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I think my technique needs more tea! ;D
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Fast as you can get away with ;D
Couple of times across the top frame.
One agitation up and down across the glass doing frame at same time.
One agitation side to side starting at the top and working down, this serves as a rinse also.
Couple of times across the sill.
Must admit. I have started doing the frames at the same time as glass.
2 times on the sill is OTT. upstairs if they are lucky. Downstairs a quick wipe to get spiders off. First clean gets the mould off.
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On four weekly only clean the windows that get full sunshine during the day, clean them all on the next
visit and frosted twice a year.
At this time of the year I just put a note through the door, its dark when they get home from work so they
wont notice and if they do blame it on the bad weather.
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Fast as you can get away with ;D
Couple of times across the top frame.
One agitation up and down across the glass doing frame at same time.
One agitation side to side starting at the top and working down, this serves as a rinse also.
Couple of times across the sill.
Must admit. I have started doing the frames at the same time as glass.
2 times on the sill is OTT. upstairs if they are lucky. Downstairs a quick wipe to get spiders off. First clean gets the mould off.
2 quick wipes is hardly going to take much time and it helps stop drips so I can cracking on with downstairs.
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Fast as you can get away with ;D
Couple of times across the top frame.
One agitation up and down across the glass doing frame at same time.
One agitation side to side starting at the top and working down, this serves as a rinse also.
Couple of times across the sill.
Are you being serious that you use this technique???
I really need to cut the time I spend per window big time as I still haven't fully shook off that OCD period you go through starting out and if this works to a good standard I'm going to have to try similar.
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Ha me neither just finished doing first cleans and ive been spending ages.
2nd cleans tomorrow im going to try agitate the lot in one go then rinse frames. Then rinse glass and swipe sill. Play it by ear. Need to get quicker.
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Is rinsing absolutely necessary. I only say that because I was cleaning a house next to another cleaner doing next door the other day and he wasn't rinsing any of the windows? I've tried it on my windows. It's was fine on the normal sized windows that sheeted. But there were quite a few marks in the patio doors. Views????
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Is rinsing absolutely necessary. I only say that because I was cleaning a house next to another cleaner doing next door the other day and he wasn't rinsing any of the windows? I've tried it on my windows. It's was fine on the normal sized windows that sheeted. But there were quite a few marks in the patio doors. Views????
You'll get loads on here say not necessary but I've tried it several times on my own windows and can't get 100% with it.
It doesn't take that long to rinse and aren't we supposed to with WFP?
Judging by the amount of calls I get along the lines of "the last window cleaner used to use this brush with water thing but the windows were all streaky and marked afterwards!! Can you do them the normal way?"
There are loads of really c**p WFP cleaners around get us a bad name and make it harder to push the system.
Pl
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my thoughts exactly. tbh my rinsing is fairly fast with the fan jets . couple back and forths across top then down up down. then swipe the cill back and forth.
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Fast as you can get away with ;D
Couple of times across the top frame.
One agitation up and down across the glass doing frame at same time.
One agitation side to side starting at the top and working down, this serves as a rinse also.
Couple of times across the sill.
Are you being serious that you use this technique???
I really need to cut the time I spend per window big time as I still haven't fully shook off that OCD period you go through starting out and if this works to a good standard I'm going to have to try similar.
Yes this is what I do barring very large windows where I do 2 agitations and rinse off the glass just because I'm not sure there's as much water for rinsing like you get on smaller windows.
I also don't use a controller so I couldn't tell you if it works on a lower flow.
I haven't had a complaint yet on standard cleans but I'm part time so I clean a lot less windows than most.
I've only been wfp about 2 1/2 years but once I'd got to the 2 year mark I seemed to get faster which I put down to confidence in my technique and a decent pole.
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Is rinsing absolutely necessary. I only say that because I was cleaning a house next to another cleaner doing next door the other day and he wasn't rinsing any of the windows? I've tried it on my windows. It's was fine on the normal sized windows that sheeted. But there were quite a few marks in the patio doors. Views????
whats your pressure set at
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Is rinsing absolutely necessary. I only say that because I was cleaning a house next to another cleaner doing next door the other day and he wasn't rinsing any of the windows? I've tried it on my windows. It's was fine on the normal sized windows that sheeted. But there were quite a few marks in the patio doors. Views????
You'll get loads on here say not necessary but I've tried it several times on my own windows and can't get 100% with it.
It doesn't take that long to rinse and aren't we supposed to with WFP?
Judging by the amount of calls I get along the lines of "the last window cleaner used to use this brush with water thing but the windows were all streaky and marked afterwards!! Can you do them the normal way?"
There are loads of really c**p WFP cleaners around get us a bad name and make it harder to push the system.
Pl
I love those type of WFPers.
If you can get the customer to let you clean, just the once, even on the premise of being free.
And you convert them, they'll be a customer for life.
Even if a canvasser comes in cheaper, they'll keep you 'cause you "know what you're doing".
They'll know this because you told them at the outset. ;)
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Is rinsing absolutely necessary. I only say that because I was cleaning a house next to another cleaner doing next door the other day and he wasn't rinsing any of the windows? I've tried it on my windows. It's was fine on the normal sized windows that sheeted. But there were quite a few marks in the patio doors. Views????
whats your pressure set at
I run my varistream at 4 with gardener red fanjets