Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: supernova77 on December 23, 2014, 06:05:58 pm
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As the title asks... When do you wash your van?
We give ours a quick clean a couple of times a week when we are at a customers house who isn't home, as we have the poles out already!
Do you have a routine... Or just clean it when it needs it?
Andy ;)
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Last job on a Friday is to clean van and refuel for week ahead, check tyres and oil as well
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Never, I let the east Europeans do it for me
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Every Christmas, whether it needs it or not.
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End of every day whilst filling tank.
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end of every working week.
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as often as i possibly can , usually on a weekend i spend a couple of hrs scrubbing inside and out and sorting the back
when the daylight allows i clean mid week too , i am a bit ocd about it though
Going mad at the minute as due to being on hold i havent cleaned it in over ten days and this is the first time i havent cleaned it in over 7 days , no one else has ever cleaned it but me lol
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When my wife has the time
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Everyday, part of the end of day routine
Darran
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Going to finish cleaning windows early tomorrow 15:30hrs, the lads will wash the vans then we'll knock it on the head for a couple of days for the Christmas break.
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Everyday, part of the end of day routine
Darran
Wow. I'm impressed.
I clean my van when I feel it's starting to look a bit of an embarrassment although the windows get cleaned with pure everyday.
I think the last time it got cleaned at the hand bash place was October.
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Drives me mad everytime I clean it my first job ranges around 30 miles onwards away. So ill clean it on a Sunday after work then on the Monday the dual carriageways are wet and dirty so decided never to wash my 2013 transit custom again !!!!!!
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I wash the outer once week and have to take my wife to an appointment once a week and have to kill an hour so then sort out the cab. Some times I will clean a panel after each house I have cleaned till its complete.
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Lots of country lanes here, look like $#!t by end of play, as a cleaning company I feel it looks bad turning up with dirty vans....
Darran
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I sweep the carpets and mats out nearly every day when I get home, but probably only wash the exterior once or twice a month, or when it's beginning to look too grubby for my liking. Today when I got home I gave the worst bits a wipe with a microfiber.
John
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Bought new vw transporter van November 2013 never washed it since new
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Bought new vw transporter van November 2013 never washed it since new
And your actually proud of that?
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When my van is dirty I feel ashamed lol its filthy at the moment but iv bin so busy, I usually do it once a week or twice, just at the end if the day. Looked bad the one day so did it on the job lol because I realised I looked like a skank lol
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Never, I let the east Europeans do it for me
+1
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Bought new vw transporter van November 2013 never washed it since new
2011 last Dec. Wash it when its bad or dealers wash it when in for warranty work lol. It wont fit in car wash and my gardiner brush scratches paint. Ill do it this holiday. Inside is clean
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Bought new vw transporter van November 2013 never washed it since new
And your actually proud of that?
ive got same van and actually shed a tear when i read that
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I did my last job on Monday, so yesterday I washed, polished and waxed my van ;D
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When the MOT is due it's not part of the test but that's the only time I can get MOTIVATED to do it!!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Mine gets washed down on every pressure washing job as it usually gets covered in crap then just give it a quick scrub with the pole at the end of the week hardly ever use any chems.
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Bought new vw transporter van November 2013 never washed it since new
2011 last Dec. Wash it when its bad or dealers wash it when in for warranty work lol. It wont fit in car wash and my gardiner brush scratches paint. Ill do it this holiday. Inside is clean
Which brush?
Get yourself the gardiners super lite flocked. That doesn't scratch paintwork and is perfect for car/van.
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Bought new vw transporter van November 2013 never washed it since new
2011 last Dec. Wash it when its bad or dealers wash it when in for warranty work lol. It wont fit in car wash and my gardiner brush scratches paint. Ill do it this holiday. Inside is clean
Which brush?
Get yourself the gardiners super lite flocked. That doesn't scratch paintwork and is perfect for car/van.
All brushes will scratch paintwork bud.
If you've got a white or silver van it won't be as noticeable but a darker colour will show the tiny scratches any brush leaves. I've a black van and car. Found out to the hard way.
A good valeter will never use a brush for this reason
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Bought new vw transporter van November 2013 never washed it since new
2011 last Dec. Wash it when its bad or dealers wash it when in for warranty work lol. It wont fit in car wash and my gardiner brush scratches paint. Ill do it this holiday. Inside is clean
Which brush?
Get yourself the gardiners super lite flocked. That doesn't scratch paintwork and is perfect for car/van.
All brushes will scratch paintwork bud.
If you've got a white or silver van it won't be as noticeable but a darker colour will show the tiny scratches any brush leaves. I've a black van and car. Found out to the hard way.
A good valeter will never use a brush for this reason
Didn't know that!
I thought you got special brushes that were flocked for that reason. Oops.
Thanks!
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I had a bloke who would clean it one side at a time when he was putting teh brush away at a customers house . One side Monday. one side Tuesday , one side Wednesday, and one side Thursday... When I asked him why he said it saved him doing it all on a Friday... lol And truthfully the van never looked that dirty ever...
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A flocked brush on a van? Crack on mate.
I'm reluctant to do the van with any brush. A resolution from a few weeks back is the van is done with a cloth and rinsed. Once a week I'll go through a car wash.
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i dont have a van
so i wash my ford fiesta with the ladders on once a month
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A flocked brush on a van? Crack on mate.
I'm reluctant to do the van with any brush. A resolution from a few weeks back is the van is done with a cloth and rinsed. Once a week I'll go through a car wash.
I made the mistake of washing a brand new black car with a flocked Suerlight - scratched it all over, luckily it was the wifes.
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i dont have a van
so i wash my ford fiesta with the ladders on once a month
;D ;D ;D
Good little motors, Fiestas are! I've a '99 1.8 diesel van. It's very clean and presentable, but just needs a few minor touches to make it even better. Today, I've had all the wheels off and refinished them in silver. Next job is to refinish the bumpers, then touch in a few minor paint blemishes.
John
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The vans get washed daily..
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I would never use the same brush to clean windows and the van, what if you get oil or diesel on it? I have an old pole and vikan brush I use, once a week.
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Never, I let the east Europeans do it for me
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Yeah and me ;D
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When something offensive gets written in the dirt. If it's a good clean joke I'll leave it for a bit though.
Simon.
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Andy are you really that bothered m8 when we wash our van ?
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I let the rain clean mine....just like some people do with their windows ;D
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Andy are you really that bothered m8 when we wash our van ?
Yes... It's been keeping me awake at night since I joined the forum in 2005.
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i usually clean mine once a week but ive not cleaned it for about 3 weeks now.
im cleaning it today though inside and out and filling up tank ready for monday morning. ;)
i just use hot pure water and a small pole and vikan brush.sometimes a bit of virosol as well on the wheels.
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I wash the outer once week and have to take my wife to an appointment once a week and have to kill an hour so then sort out the cab. Some times I will clean a panel after each house I have cleaned till its complete.
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lol do this too when im being so lazy i cant be bothered to clean it in one go.
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i dont have a van
so i wash my ford fiesta with the ladders on once a month
;D ;D ;D
Good little motors, Fiestas are! I've a '99 1.8 diesel van. It's very clean and presentable, but just needs a few minor touches to make it even better. Today, I've had all the wheels off and refinished them in silver. Next job is to refinish the bumpers, then touch in a few minor paint blemishes.
John
Further to the above, painting the wheels has now made mine look so good, and has already attracted favourable comments, that I now resolve to keep it clean from now on!
John
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Every single day while it's filling. Customers have noticed and commented, which is enough reason to carry on.
Vin