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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: lee_dewing on July 22, 2019, 04:08:20 pm

Title: Ubiks tiger stripes on leads
Post by: lee_dewing on July 22, 2019, 04:08:20 pm
My fault

Cleaning customer today front only

Always lots of spiders, poo, webs 🥴

Sprayed neat ubiks on brush

But then sprayed on leaded panes
Luckily not many

Some leads now have clean stripes
Where ubiks has gone through tarnish 😳

I suppose in time stripes will tarnish again 🤔

Note to self
Wet windows first
Only spray ubiks on brush

Leads were probably nice and hot in 27c heat today too

🤫 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫
Title: Re: Ubiks tiger stripes on leads
Post by: deeege on July 22, 2019, 04:32:42 pm
That’s one of the problems I find with UBIK. I won’t use it anymore, I find the cleaning power of Virosol just as good and you don’t have the issue of it being unsafe for it to dry on the glass/plastic/lead/whatever.
Title: Re: Ubiks tiger stripes on leads
Post by: lee_dewing on July 22, 2019, 05:09:40 pm
Hello Deeege

I have heard people saying upvc discoloured with virosol

If it stays on too long 🤔

Thanks lee
Title: Re: Ubiks tiger stripes on leads
Post by: SB Cleaning on July 22, 2019, 05:38:43 pm
That’s one of the problems I find with UBIK. I won’t use it anymore, I find the cleaning power of Virosol just as good and you don’t have the issue of it being unsafe for it to dry on the glass/plastic/lead/whatever.
I find a squirt of good old fairy beats them both.
Title: Re: Ubiks tiger stripes on leads
Post by: Splash & dash on July 22, 2019, 07:38:49 pm
Hello Deeege

I have heard people saying upvc discoloured with virosol

If it stays on too long 🤔

Thanks lee




If you use virosol neat it can stain plastics we use it diluted 10-1 on everything evan on a hot sunny day and let it dry out on glass plastics cladding etc and it’s fine it will foam up when you re wet it and clean well and no damage or problem at that ratio been using it this way for over 10 years and we use around  20 x20 ltr drums per year
Title: Re: Ubiks tiger stripes on leads
Post by: deeege on July 22, 2019, 07:40:25 pm
Hello Deeege

I have heard people saying upvc discoloured with virosol

If it stays on too long 🤔

Thanks lee

Exactly what splash and says has said above. Keep it well diluted and I’ve never had an issue with Virosol drying out. I find it far better to work with than UBIK.
Title: Re: Ubiks tiger stripes on leads
Post by: hotsteam on July 22, 2019, 09:43:37 pm
I'm with SB cleaning on this good old fairy, and no probs !  ::)roll ::)roll ::)roll