Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Sir Squeaky on May 05, 2015, 04:31:17 pm
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Hello again...
Time for a new brush, it's a bit worn and rounded on the corners now.
What's a good long lasting one please? Had 6 years out of my Ionic one nearly, and hasn't shed one bristle.
Was interested in Gardiners ones, but they reckon on 4-8 months life!
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6 years out of a brush!! :o
Do you tickle the windows or clean them.
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6 years is some going ;D
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Hello again...
Time for a new brush, it's a bit worn and rounded on the corners now.
What's a good long lasting one please? Had 6 years out of my Ionic one nearly, and hasn't shed one bristle.
Was interested in Gardiners ones, but they reckon on 4-8 months life!
Did you have confetti on elastic when you got married? ;D
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Haha. I scrub hard.
Must have just bought a good brush.
So anyway...? Best one?
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Do you need advice . If that brush lasted you 6 years then you have the best brush ever . Simple .
Buy that again
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Haven't seen the same one since.
It was end of line when I got it
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I take it some of you guys are new to wfp, back in the good old days 6 years would be nothing to some
of the brushes.
I have a few in my garage that I think where 4 years old when I stopped using them and they still look like new.
Are they the best brushes ever, I think not as they all weighed a ton.
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I take it some of you guys are new to wfp, back in the good old days 6 years would be nothing to some
of the brushes.
I have a few in my garage that I think where 4 years old when I stopped using them and they still look like new.
Are they the best brushes ever, I think not as they all weighed a ton.
Yeah I'd say mine still looked like new after 4 years, but I've just carried on since really.
It's only since it rounded off and and takes more effort in corners I've decided on a new one
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6yrs :'( :'( , Makes me chuckle when someone says I've had the one brush for years .
Clearly it does the job but the bristles become less effective at cleaning long before a year is up .
Gardiners Supreme Mixed Hybrid would be a good choice . Or alternatively how about a sweeping brush head :P :P
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Vikans lasted years, ive still got mine, but they do weigh a tonne and bristles seem really short now compared to newer brushes. Im very partial to gardiners new supreme brush, i went for medium mixed one, very impressed so far, havent tried the other.
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Medium mixed is the one I was looking at.
Seems the most standard decent lasting brush
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6yrs :'( :'( , Makes me chuckle when someone says I've had the one brush for years .
Clearly it does the job but the bristles become less effective at cleaning long before a year is up .
Gardiners Supreme Mixed Hybrid would be a good choice . Or alternatively how about a sweeping brush head :P :P
So what happens to a bristle to make it less effective . ::)roll
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Medium mixed is the one I was looking at.
Seems the most standard decent lasting brush
To be honest the only brush Iv found not to last was the xtreme soft, the bristles went curly after a few months.
I would recommend the xtreme medium mixed (black and white) yes they do take a bit of getting used to especially
when used to a heaver brush but once mastered they are unbeatable and light.
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6yrs :'( :'( , Makes me chuckle when someone says I've had the one brush for years .
Clearly it does the job but the bristles become less effective at cleaning long before a year is up .
Gardiners Supreme Mixed Hybrid would be a good choice . Or alternatively how about a sweeping brush head :P :P
So what happens to a bristle to make it less effective . ::)roll
No idea this gem has previously been posted on a few occasions by Sir Alex G
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6yrs :'( :'( , Makes me chuckle when someone says I've had the one brush for years .
Clearly it does the job but the bristles become less effective at cleaning long before a year is up .
Gardiners Supreme Mixed Hybrid would be a good choice . Or alternatively how about a sweeping brush head :P :P
So what happens to a bristle to make it less effective . ::)roll
Same principle why you should change your tooth brush every few months instead of every 6 years. The end of the bristles wear so they scrub less effectively.
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Doesnt that mean youve just got new bristle ends instead of the original bristle ends?
A bristle end is surely a bristle end. Yes yes of course there's flocked and non-flocked bristles but lets be honest a piece of bristly bristle is a piece of bristly bristle. Feckin' heck we're only brushing glass - this believe it or not ain't precision engineering.
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Doesnt that mean youve just got new bristle ends instead of the original bristle ends?
A bristle end is surely a bristle end. Yes yes of course there's flocked and non-flocked bristles but lets be honest a piece of bristly bristle is a piece of bristly bristle. Feckin' heck we're only brushing glass - this believe it or not ain't precision engineering.
As most people on here seem to earn around £40/hour (according to posts) I think we should take our work seriously and try and do a good job for people. The brush you use has a lot to do with this IMO.
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What a stupid thing to say. Some of us earn twice that an hour.
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What a stupid thing to say. Some of us earn twice that an hour.
Barely above the breadline you poor souls.
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I've had the same brush for 15 years!!
It's had 5 new heads and 7 new handles
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Doesnt that mean youve just got new bristle ends instead of the original bristle ends?
A bristle end is surely a bristle end. Yes yes of course there's flocked and non-flocked bristles but lets be honest a piece of bristly bristle is a piece of bristly bristle. Feckin' heck we're only brushing glass - this believe it or not ain't precision engineering.
Bang on mate!
I think some people just have to have new posh equipment for the sake of it.
If it ain't broke it don't need fixing...
Same reason I haven't changed my 7 year old microbore.
Yes it's split a few times and a fair bit shorter now, but until it's too short to reach any of my jobs, why spend £70 on a new one?
Rather spend my money on things I want or need, not work tools that work fine
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I must admit I've had my microbore for a couple of years now,I think hose especially last longer when you know your jobs and know where to lay it out etc around the obstacles you get to remembering are there