Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: KevinB on January 19, 2016, 09:39:48 am
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I use Unger prewashed scrim as its my local wholesalers best deal - but - I have had to wash and wash my latest new ones before I can use them. Any tips from the trade on making new scrim absorbant and soft enough to use asap. thanks
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Scrim! Get yourself onto microfibre.
Far better.
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I use Unger prewashed scrim as its my local wholesalers best deal - but - I have had to wash and wash my latest new ones before I can use them. Any tips from the trade on making new scrim absorbant and soft enough to use asap. thanks
Wash them on the hottest wash possible or boil them..
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Scrim! Get yourself onto microfibre.
Far better.
+1 and you can also mod your tools to eliminate as much detailing as you can or dare I say it try a liquidator and/or new wagtail.
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I used to boi them at one point. I stopped that though. Then I just lay them in a spare bucket for several days until the dye came out and they softened. Seemed to work OK.
Large microfibres are much better though IMO. I prefer the smooth ones but the stippled ones seem to work. I avoid the rough ones as they seem more awkward.
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90 degree wash, job done.
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We used to boil them and add a tiny tiny amount of bleach which makes them go white,proper scrim has linseed oil in them and boiling them gets some of it out which breaks them in quicker
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The days of having to buy brand new scrims and boiling them ........ It's like trying to clean up with a piece of cardboard
I get a bag of blue microfibres from screw fix/ tool station can't remember which one, 50 for £20, and use the unger ones for detailing
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90 degree hot wash.
despite what some say on here.scrim is still king when detailing/buffing little openers on a cold,damp day.
i do use microfibres as well but they are better used in the warmer/drier months IMO.