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Title: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: MrBungalowTWC on January 29, 2015, 10:27:17 pm
Hi All,

My question to everyone on here is this.

What is your favourite glass cleaning product and why?

And no silly replies, please. :)
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: PoleKing on January 29, 2015, 10:47:36 pm
WFP.
Makes me the most money.
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: Rob@Blast off on January 29, 2015, 10:52:41 pm
Fairy as it keeps my hand nice and soft
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: Joey Eastwood on January 29, 2015, 11:02:38 pm
hi mr bungalow, iv seen you out cleaning in my local area a few times, makes me chuckle that your usually up a ladder and your called mr bungalow. .. lol
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: wfp master on January 29, 2015, 11:33:47 pm
small waffle cloth.  :P
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: MrBungalowTWC on January 30, 2015, 07:35:04 am
Hi Joey,

Everyone that sees the name on the van, have a little chuckle about, then you will see them taking pictures or writing down my number.  Lol.

What area have you seen me in?  Maybe we could meet up for a chat if we have some time.

hi mr bungalow, iv seen you out cleaning in my local area a few times, makes me chuckle that your usually up a ladder and your called mr bungalow. .. lol
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: Dave Willis on January 30, 2015, 07:39:56 am
Water
Works well for trad too. About £2.70 for 1000 litres - I tend to buy in bulk.
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: Jakey boy on January 30, 2015, 07:59:17 am
Water
Works well for trad too. About £2.70 for 1000 litres - I tend to buy in bulk.

+1 although add fairy liquid for trad
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: trippyboy on January 30, 2015, 10:56:19 am
Pure water
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: SeanK on January 30, 2015, 11:06:52 am
Vision.
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: gary999 on January 30, 2015, 11:27:28 am
Vision.
Really Sean!!!...I thought you had a impairment when it came to vision :)
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: G Griffin on January 30, 2015, 11:33:55 am
For trad work, Ecover washing up liquid and a limescale remover. Either Lime Lite or Viakal in a bottle not the sprays. Just a big squeeze in the bucket and it seems to kill the suds you get from washing up liquid without losing too much glide.
It leaves a shine, too.
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: jimiwindows on January 30, 2015, 02:17:43 pm


 Bucket
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: Mike #1 on January 30, 2015, 02:23:33 pm
Spit & Polish  :P
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: wfp master on January 30, 2015, 04:14:59 pm
For trad work, Ecover washing up liquid and a limescale remover. Either Lime Lite or Viakal in a bottle not the sprays. Just a big squeeze in the bucket and it seems to kill the suds you get from washing up liquid without losing too much glide.
It leaves a shine, too.
never tried ecover whats it like compared to other liquids.?
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: jimiwindows on January 30, 2015, 04:26:16 pm

  you need to use more ecover then fairy but it is very good.
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: G Griffin on January 30, 2015, 08:18:38 pm
For trad work, Ecover washing up liquid and a limescale remover. Either Lime Lite or Viakal in a bottle not the sprays. Just a big squeeze in the bucket and it seems to kill the suds you get from washing up liquid without losing too much glide.
It leaves a shine, too.
never tried ecover whats it like compared to other liquids.?
It's just another washing up liquid but it suds up less than most of the others.
Add some limescale remover and it suds even less.
I don't like suds; too messy.
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: dazmond on January 30, 2015, 08:56:57 pm
trad     gg3,squeegee off(a squirt of each in my bucket)

wfp      pure water and vision


dirty first cleans/add on jobs     virosol


stains on UPVC     CIF cream cleaner
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: david mark on January 30, 2015, 10:31:46 pm
Pure water mixed with small amount of squeegee off no sudds
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: rosskesava on January 31, 2015, 01:30:35 am
Wfp, pure water and a very small amount of GG4.

Could almost be like Vision to use, but of course it's not.
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: Dave Willis on January 31, 2015, 08:18:29 am
Still using GG4 - seems ok so far.

I have a theory that GG4 thins the water down for slightly faster drying whereas the other product sounds like it thickens the water.
If it's come from the print industry then it will be designed to stay on the glass/printing plate as long as possible.
Could be completely wrong of course, I usually am.
I tried to compare the shape of a bead of water yesterday with an additive and without but didn't have much success - probably need a more scientific way of studying and measuring than I'm ever likely to have.

I wonder if my daughters school has any apparatus that measures surface tension, hmmmmm (strokes chin).
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: bobplum on January 31, 2015, 08:03:22 pm
Still using GG4 - seems ok so far.

I have a theory that GG4 thins the water down for slightly faster drying whereas the other product sounds like it thickens the water.
If it's come from the print industry then it will be designed to stay on the glass/printing plate as long as possible.
Could be completely wrong of course, I usually am.
I tried to compare the shape of a bead of water yesterday with an additive and without but didn't have much success - probably need a more scientific way of studying and measuring than I'm ever likely to have.

I wonder if my daughters school has any apparatus that measures surface tension, hmmmmm (strokes chin).


Same for me, third week now seems ok
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: paulben on February 01, 2015, 09:21:18 am
wfp  pure + vision

trad 2 ml vision and 2ml Sainsbury's washing up liquid
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: MrBungalowTWC on February 01, 2015, 11:33:51 am
Hi All,

What cleaner do you use for your customers internal windows?
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: MrBungalowTWC on February 01, 2015, 11:36:43 am
Is this product called vision not just a wetting agent?

wfp  pure + vision

trad 2 ml vision and 2ml Sainsbury's washing up liquid
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: paulben on February 01, 2015, 12:21:23 pm
I don't care what it is it just works for me question was favourite glass cleaning product that's what I put if you want to know what it is ask the makers
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: PoleKing on February 01, 2015, 03:59:00 pm
Hi All,

What cleaner do you use for your customers internal windows?

If blading, just a squirt of fairy. (Soon to be experimenting with GG4 though)

But on Georgians, a product called 'Beyond Kleen' sold by Tadgh on here.
It's a great product.
I've used it a bit on secondary glazing with great results too.
The waffle cloths he sells are good but not massively better than the paragon fish scale cloths. The spray is awesome though.
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: rosskesava on February 01, 2015, 04:24:54 pm
If blading, just a squirt of fairy. (Soon to be experimenting with GG4 though)

But on Georgians, a product called 'Beyond Kleen' sold by Tadgh on here.
It's a great product.
I've used it a bit on secondary glazing with great results too.
The waffle cloths he sells are good but not massively better than the paragon fish scale cloths. The spray is awesome though.

I use Tadgh O'Shea's stuff (Beyond Kleen) on shop doors, all internal glass and a few other places.

Without a doubt it's the best spray glass cleaner I've ever used by such a long long way.
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: kempy on February 01, 2015, 05:17:15 pm
Mr bungalow , nope , vision has several ingrediances in it .
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: Tadgh O Shea on February 01, 2015, 06:41:16 pm
Hi Darren and Ross, thank you for your kind remarks.

Cheers

Tadgh
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: SeanK on February 01, 2015, 06:59:00 pm
Tadgh have seen your youtube video using Beyond Kleen to clean cars, is this the same stuff and where
do you buy it as I cant find your website.
I take it that you just spray it onto the interior glass and polish off.
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: Tadgh O Shea on February 01, 2015, 11:00:22 pm
Tadgh have seen your youtube video using Beyond Kleen to clean cars, is this the same stuff and where
do you buy it as I cant find your website.
I take it that you just spray it onto the interior glass and polish off.
Hi Sean, yes its the same product, to be fair we are not paying CIU at the moment for advertising so i don't want to say to much. we will have our site back up in a few weeks and will resume advertising on CIU then. you can bang me an email if you like and i will send you on some info. 
Regards Tadgh
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: MrBungalowTWC on February 04, 2015, 02:08:54 pm
Hi Kempy,

If one of those ingredients is nantechnology, from what I have found out, then it is being applied to the glass incorrectly.  It should not be applied by waterfed pole to the glass.

Mr bungalow , nope , vision has several ingrediances in it .
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: Bungle on February 04, 2015, 04:22:07 pm
Hi Kempy,

If one of those ingredients is nantechnology, from what I have found out, then it is being applied to the glass incorrectly.  It should not be applied by waterfed pole to the glass.

Mr bungalow , nope , vision has several ingrediances in it .

What do you know about it when all you're doing is asking questions of a newbie type manner.
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: chris scott on February 04, 2015, 04:56:41 pm
Beyond clean…superb for glass.
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: kempy on February 04, 2015, 05:16:20 pm
The vision product has various Ingrediances in it and are bonded together in a certain volume mix ratio.
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: Dave Willis on February 04, 2015, 05:47:07 pm
Who lives closest to the printers - Kevin in Wetherby?
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: paulben on February 04, 2015, 06:22:54 pm
Whats it matter whats in it you like it or you don't . Vision have produced something that a lot of people like only reason to want to know what it contains is if you want to copy it
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: CleanClear on February 04, 2015, 06:26:19 pm

I use Tadgh O'Shea's stuff (Beyond Kleen) on shop doors, all internal glass and a few other places.

Without a doubt it's the best spray glass cleaner I've ever used by such a long long way.

Agreed its excellent.
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: Jonny 87 on February 04, 2015, 10:41:40 pm
Who lives closest to the printers - Kevin in Wetherby?

If by printers you mean chemists....then yes.  :)
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: Joey Eastwood on February 04, 2015, 11:02:03 pm
If blading, just a squirt of fairy. (Soon to be experimenting with GG4 though)

But on Georgians, a product called 'Beyond Kleen' sold by Tadgh on here.
It's a great product.
I've used it a bit on secondary glazing with great results too.
The waffle cloths he sells are good but not massively better than the paragon fish scale cloths. The spray is awesome though.

I use Tadgh O'Shea's stuff (Beyond Kleen) on shop doors, all internal glass and a few other places.

Without a doubt it's the best spray glass cleaner I've ever used by such a long long way.

waffle cloths? what are they pal, better than microscrims? i  might have to ģet some just because the name is so cool lol.
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: PoleKing on February 05, 2015, 07:14:59 am
If blading, just a squirt of fairy. (Soon to be experimenting with GG4 though)

But on Georgians, a product called 'Beyond Kleen' sold by Tadgh on here.
It's a great product.
I've used it a bit on secondary glazing with great results too.
The waffle cloths he sells are good but not massively better than the paragon fish scale cloths. The spray is awesome though.

I use Tadgh O'Shea's stuff (Beyond Kleen) on shop doors, all internal glass and a few other places.

Without a doubt it's the best spray glass cleaner I've ever used by such a long long way.

waffle cloths? what are they pal, better than microscrims? i  might have to ģet some just because the name is so cool lol.

Tadgh sells them.
Yeah, they're better than regular micro fibre cloths.
I like the fishscale microfibres by paragon. Are waffles better than them? I don't think so. Theres not a lot in it though.
 
Title: Re: Favourite Glass Cleaning Product
Post by: Tadgh O Shea on February 05, 2015, 07:53:12 pm
Cheers Mike and Chris for the thumbs up on Beyond-Kleen, happy cleaning,  Tadgh