Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: paulben on January 19, 2015, 05:01:41 pm
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any one know a way of stopping getting a wet leg from bucket on belt
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Take it out before you take a leak.Mate
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I drilled a small hole in mine , all the water drains out then ::)roll
Rich
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It's for holding your tools mate. It's called bucket on a belt, but it's not really designed to act as a bucket full of water. I use one all day, and never get a wet leg. I also use a bottle on the side of the ladders for keeping the mop wet. 250 mil bottle will be enough to keep the mop wet enough for at least 4 3 bed semi's.
So, unless you're walking around with about 2 pints of solution in your BOAB, I can't see what the cause is ???
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Go wfp >:(
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No thanks Trip
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prob try a hole in side thanks
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prob try a hole in side thanks
Don't drill the hole.
You'll just get wet further down your leg.
Cozy is trad only. Listen to his advice.
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Plus i was only joking about the drill bit , see i must be feeling better ;D
Rich
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Never use them, I find them annoying, always in the way, always wet, alway get caught on things, jumping kver gates is a mare with them, plus taking it on and off is annoying when getting back in van, I just hold the squeegee and applicator like a real man... None of these silly gadgets swinging around my legs ::)roll
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Dont put water in it just wet dolly and put in bucket its for carrying your tools not water.
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never put water in it gets water coming off applicator then think it gets half full then I drop applicator in it splashes out never been as bad as this in last 10 years maybe I should put it in instead of drop
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dont put too much water in it and wear waterproof trousers.i wear ski pants in this weather anyway!warm and dry. :)
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That's a good idea about the ski pants Daz.
Adopted that idea last winter.
Won't be out til about 11am today 1c then temperature doubles at 2pm ;D
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Its when I put applicator in bob it scrapes off water from wet applicator where handle goes for left handed people have glued a bit of wood on to see what happens tomorrow then buy different type of bob or do something better at weekend
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ur worryin over nothing
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If you have a groove in both sides of the BOAB where the applicator sits, block the front side off with some plastic
It worked for me
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I remember a very old tip from years back
Someone cut a gap in a pouch- where the belt goes through- big enough for the BoaB loop and it sat on top of a pouch.
It seems like a ballache to me but I could see it keeping your leg dry.
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That's what I am trying Jimmy .Don't mind wet leg in summer but could do without this time of year
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I remember someone gluing some lino (or similar) to the back of a BoaB.
The water would run down that and not get your trousers wet.
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Always like to have a bit of water in it that way of the mop is drying up you just put Iit in the bob and shake it a bit.
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Don't use it with water in it, only use it for holding a wet applicator/squeege, I've cut a piece of thin polythene to fit on belt and use between bob and trouser leg, usually stay dry. Use a plastic spray bottle to wet windows.
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Don't use it with water in it, only use it for holding a wet applicator/squeege, I've cut a piece of thin polythene to fit on belt and use between bob and trouser leg, usually stay dry. Use a plastic spray bottle to wet windows.
If you keep water in it then it saves you going back to the bucket for a dip.
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I don't work carrying a bucket mate. OK, maybe my work is very compact, and I don't have to move it much during the working day, but I saw one of the guys on Youtube using a bottle on a belt, and stuck a holder on to the sides of my ladder instead. 2 bottles of 250 ml is enough for about 5 or 6 3 bed semi's. I use monsoon mops and dip them when I return to the van. A bucket weighs about 7 or 8 kiloes. Who wants to carry that about all day?
Been happy using bottles for the last 7 or 8 years.
Try it, maybe it's a good idea for you. If not, stick with lugging a bucket about.
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One dip does me two, 3 bed semi's or 3 average sized bungalows.
The houret never has more than 2 or 3 inches in so it's not that heavy.
I leave it somwhere on the street and move it a few yards every half hour or so.
I dont like carrying any extra weight, it gets in the way when i'm hedge hopping or climbing etc.
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Then that's the same as the bucket staying in the van. ;)