Clean It Up

UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: jay moley on July 17, 2020, 11:42:22 pm

Title: Leaded windows
Post by: jay moley on July 17, 2020, 11:42:22 pm
Pain in the a$$ aren't they.
Title: Re: Leaded windows
Post by: Spruce on July 18, 2020, 05:52:31 am
Pain in the a$$ aren't they.

You need the right brush. I have a dedicated pole on the van with a flocked, zero splay brush especially for leaders windows.
Title: Re: Leaded windows
Post by: alank on July 18, 2020, 07:56:21 am
As Spruce said above definitely get a suitable brush, I don't mind doing them wfp but I hated doing them trad they could be a right ball ache ;D
Title: Re: Leaded windows
Post by: Stoots on July 18, 2020, 07:56:56 am
Why? Never given a second thought to them nor can I recall having a problem with them..

I just clean them  ???
Title: Re: Leaded windows
Post by: Ooooooog on July 18, 2020, 08:46:56 am
Many of them leak.
Title: Re: Leaded windows
Post by: SB Cleaning on July 18, 2020, 12:15:50 pm
Many of them leak.
Only the old crap single glazed ones, horrible to clean they are.
Title: Re: Leaded windows
Post by: swanson on July 18, 2020, 04:41:00 pm
Same
I have a few customers with leaded windows I just clean them  as normal haven’t had any problems.
Title: Re: Leaded windows
Post by: Richard Groves on July 19, 2020, 03:07:37 pm
Soft flocked brush and fan jets has always worked for me.
Title: Re: Leaded windows
Post by: Ooooooog on July 19, 2020, 07:33:26 pm
Many of them leak.
Only the old crap single glazed ones, horrible to clean they are.

Think they’re all single glazed innit. Round here anyway. Old listed properties with families that have lived there for 300 years.
I’ve seen the odd upvc window with stick on lead ribbon, it’s just one piece of glass though. No leaks. Mock Tudor type thing. Naff.
Title: Re: Leaded windows
Post by: Bin Juice on July 20, 2020, 07:48:25 am
I can remember having a few Pubs with leads back when you could smoke ,they were hard work covered in nicotine horrible stuff to get off , i dont mind the modern ones but  i try to avoid the real old  leads
Title: Re: Leaded windows
Post by: NWH on July 20, 2020, 05:44:40 pm
I love leads they look lovely when they are cleaned it’s not so much the material of the brush although flocked holds more dirt it’s the angle of the outer bristles,the squarer the brush the better it will glide over the lead if you have a brush that splays easily it’s hard work you shouldn’t be able to hardly hear it going over the lead if it’s the right brush.