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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: dazmond on May 29, 2020, 08:36:21 am

Title: What a mess! hard water marks......
Post by: dazmond on May 29, 2020, 08:36:21 am
The area I work is just under 300tds and some customers have been watering hanging baskets and splashing windows.....what a mess it leaves behind!

A customer was rinsing his car yesterday and when it dried it was a white,chalky mess!so I rinsed his car windows for him.....

Another chap(out of work barber)has been cleaning some of my customers conny roofs and fascias and then rinsed the windows leaving them with hard water stains..... ::)roll......

The area I work has only been a hard water area for the last 12 months or so.....

What will get these marks off?Unger rub out,?winsol?bronze wool?
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Post by: Paul-kent on May 29, 2020, 08:47:58 am
Does hot water not get the marks off  ??? ;D ;D
Title: Re: What a mess! hard water marks......
Post by: dazmond on May 29, 2020, 08:51:50 am
Does hot water not get the marks off  ??? ;D ;D

Absolutely not....not when its baked on by the hot sun.......its calcium deposits as well as other minerals etched onto the glass.....
Title: Re: What a mess! hard water marks......
Post by: High-Tower on May 29, 2020, 08:57:08 am
I just use some spray de-scaler, viakal or similar, couple of squirts little scrub with a dry brush then rinse it all away after a couple of minutes.
Title: Re: What a mess! hard water marks......
Post by: dazmond on May 29, 2020, 09:05:27 am
I just use some spray de-scaler, viakal or similar, couple of squirts little scrub with a dry brush then rinse it all away after a couple of minutes.

Cheers pal....I think I'll get some from tesco next time I do a food shop.👍
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Post by: matty72 on May 29, 2020, 09:26:27 am
cheap vinegar
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Post by: Mike Burd on May 29, 2020, 09:43:35 am
cheap vinegar
Pretty sure Daz only keeps Balsamic.
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Post by: NWH on May 29, 2020, 09:51:14 am
Ettorre Mud with a bronze wool pad.
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Post by: Richard Groves on May 29, 2020, 09:56:17 am
I get the same culprits each year, usually the older cuties with bedding plants and roses in front of their windows   ;D
A spray bottle of limelite applied to my brush sorts it out.
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Post by: Tom-01 on May 29, 2020, 10:42:40 am
cheap vinegar
Pretty sure Daz only keeps Balsamic.

😂😂
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Post by: CleanClear on May 29, 2020, 11:02:10 am
You can get this in Poundland (or similar shops)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00F93S7VM?

Spray it on brush head, works great for so many other things too.
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Post by: LBWCS on May 29, 2020, 02:28:45 pm
Cilit Bang limescale remover. Works AMAZING
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Post by: deeege on May 29, 2020, 03:10:07 pm
Pain in the arse now it’s hard water around here now isn’t it Daz.
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Post by: tlwcs on May 29, 2020, 03:57:01 pm
Does hot water not get the marks off  ??? ;D ;D

😀😀
Title: Re: What a mess! hard water marks......
Post by: dazmond on May 29, 2020, 05:28:46 pm
Pain in the arse now it’s hard water around here now isn’t it Daz.

its unbelievable what a mess its leaving behind on some customers car paintwork too!... ::)roll

ive bought some viakal spray for £1.50 from tescos just now...ive got it in the van just in case a customer wants me to remove the marks on the glass....
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Post by: deeege on May 29, 2020, 06:37:22 pm
Pain in the arse now it’s hard water around here now isn’t it Daz.

its unbelievable what a mess its leaving behind on some customers car paintwork too!... ::)roll

ive bought some viakal spray for £1.50 from tescos just now...ive got it in the van just in case a customer wants me to remove the marks on the glass....

Good luck with that Daz 😂 I had one customer who i said I’d do that for, all over her front porch. I quickly deceived it’s a nightmare job and it won’t stop her carrying on using the sprinkler anyway.

Just explain this to them and let them know what product THEY can use. Don’t let it become your problem.
Title: Re: What a mess! hard water marks......
Post by: dazmond on May 30, 2020, 02:17:47 pm
Pain in the arse now it’s hard water around here now isn’t it Daz.

its unbelievable what a mess its leaving behind on some customers car paintwork too!... ::)roll

ive bought some viakal spray for £1.50 from tescos just now...ive got it in the van just in case a customer wants me to remove the marks on the glass....

Good luck with that Daz 😂 I had one customer who i said I’d do that for, all over her front porch. I quickly deceived it’s a nightmare job and it won’t stop her carrying on using the sprinkler anyway.

Just explain this to them and let them know what product THEY can use. Don’t let it become your problem.

its only for the odd customer that mentions it(if they do).... a quick squirt of viakal,clean a few other windows then come back to it..........if that wont get it off then at least ive tried....
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Post by: ronaldo on June 02, 2020, 11:15:22 pm
Harpic toilet cleaner for this never fails.
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Post by: jk999 on June 03, 2020, 05:21:28 pm
Ive tried viacal its not a miracle spray where you spray it on and it comes straight off ,i might give that lime lite a go
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Post by: Denise l on June 03, 2020, 05:33:20 pm
White vinegar glass spray
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Post by: the king on June 03, 2020, 09:17:02 pm
Unger rub out works very well but its ladders and elbow grease  ::)roll
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Post by: lee_dewing on June 04, 2020, 07:29:59 pm
I use a thin slither of unger rub out
On my Gardiners mixed hybrid brush.

Wet window scrub
Foams up nicely

Can leave to soak briefly
Rinse 👍

Only thing is £12 a bottle
Can get a bashing summertime!

Gardens getting splashed from hoses

Inflatable paddling pools

Water pistol fights 😤