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Title: Leaded decorations..
Post by: chrismroberts on January 24, 2007, 04:54:15 pm
Hi all,

Had a house to do today with a big conservatory on the back... and every other pane had a decorative rose (or something) in leading right in the middle of the pane.  Is a right pain to do, does anyone know a really good way to do them? At the moment I squeegee over then polish the leading with a scrim... which is kinda messy and messes up my squeegee rubbers  :-\ But I don't wanna use a knackered rubber, cuz 90% of the glass is plain!

Am gonna try and post a picture now to show you what I mean... Heres what i mean...
Title: Re: Leaded decorations..
Post by: steve5000 on January 24, 2007, 07:19:02 pm
Hi sheepmeister,i have a lot of these on my smaller top widows,i personally would sgueegy around them the best you can,then polish them up with a dry scrim,it takes a bit of elbow grease,but they dont take to long to come up nice. ;D

hope this helps

steve
Title: Re: Leaded decorations..
Post by: chrismroberts on January 24, 2007, 07:51:17 pm
They're a pain arent they?! Whats wrong with having normal glass?  :P

Thanks Steve, will give that a try next month.  Might take me a while to get the hang of it though! Its always a job I dread, although I priced it quite high so I don't mind as much lol. It'd be a dream with WFP!  :-\
Title: Re: Leaded decorations..
Post by: Bobs Window Cleaning on January 24, 2007, 07:56:04 pm
Squeegee around the rose then buff up the rose area with a microfibre cloth. Will look as good as new after.

 Bod
Title: Re: Leaded decorations..
Post by: chrismroberts on January 24, 2007, 08:43:45 pm
I've been meaning to ask for a while actually, but don't microfibres get wet too quickly to be used for detailing + buffing?
Title: Re: Leaded decorations..
Post by: marc on January 24, 2007, 08:48:31 pm
i would take a heavy duty scraper and get rid of all that horid lead cheeky bloody customers watch out they will want you to wipe the sills next
Title: Re: Leaded decorations..
Post by: chrismroberts on January 24, 2007, 08:49:50 pm
Hmmm... they may notice...  ;)
Title: Re: Leaded decorations..
Post by: marc on January 24, 2007, 09:37:44 pm
joking aside i would squeegee around them and in time you will find it easier
Title: Re: Leaded decorations..
Post by: Dick on January 24, 2007, 10:48:47 pm
I spray with liquid/squeege off, wipe with microfibre, then buff with scrim.
Title: Re: Leaded decorations..
Post by: pjulk on January 25, 2007, 12:43:34 am
Wash the window as normal and then buff the leaded decor with either scrim or microfibre.
I find in these damp conditions that microfibre gets wet to quick so use scrim but microfibre i think is better just need more of them.

Paul