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Title: Changing your rubber
Post by: brett walker on January 26, 2007, 09:46:55 pm

Hi all

how often do you change your rubber? ;D

Ive always wore one side down and changed it over but after reading some posts on the forum i think maybe i should be changing it every day.

What do you guys do

thanks in advance

Brett

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: Bazzy1999 on January 26, 2007, 09:54:30 pm

I change every day but it depends on what type of windows ill be doing that day.
I have got through 5 blades in 1 day but that was on crap windows with bad flacky frames.


Bazz...

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: Neil Williams on January 26, 2007, 10:51:23 pm

use it till the results dip then use the other side. Depends what hapens, sometimes they last a day sometimes a week or even 2

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: pjulk on January 26, 2007, 11:30:58 pm

I change mine either when it starts leaving lines or when i wear the corners a bit.
I don't use a squeegie that often now so maybe once a week sometimes goes longer.

Paul

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: david68 on January 26, 2007, 11:47:46 pm

I change mine when results look bad

Dave

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: steve5000 on January 26, 2007, 11:57:59 pm

I used to be able to go weeks withought changing mine ::),but seem to change them everyday these days,i find it gives better results,and that i can work a bit quicker with a decent blade  ;D

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: Moderator David@stives on January 27, 2007, 12:06:14 am

Everyday for me regardless , for the sake of less than a quid it just makes sense.

Dave

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: Londoner on January 27, 2007, 08:11:25 am

Every Christmas whether it needs it or not! Hang the expense!

Now I'm WFP I don't use it as much but I still do french windows and patio doors trad because of the finger marks. Probably change mine once a week but it really doesn't need changing that often.
Why change it every day? I could understand if you said you turned it around everyday and changed it every other day?

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: Paul Coleman on January 27, 2007, 08:26:16 am

I started changing mine a lot more frequently when I realised that a rubber in good condition could all but cut out the detailing.  I went from changing it about once a month to every few days.

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: S_RICHARDSON on January 27, 2007, 08:47:00 am

I flip mine every other half day and change it the next!

Shaun R. ;)

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: Chris - CBWC on January 27, 2007, 05:01:20 pm

Blimey that's more frequent than me!  Though I'm only cleaning around 30 houses a week, trad only.  I flip the rubber every 2-3 weeks, but find the flip side only lasts 1-2 weeks.  It's always the corners that go first with me, so I'll change it then, or if it lasts 3 weeks then it gets changed that weekend regardless.  Nothing like wasting a bit of work time changing the rubber to p*** me off!

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: Richy L on January 27, 2007, 05:06:05 pm

i change mine about every ten days to two weeks and i clean 95% trad.
sometimes i get a nic in it and have to change it earlier

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: dai on January 27, 2007, 05:10:00 pm

Change them every day. No way, It takes a week to break them in.

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: brett walker on January 27, 2007, 05:40:50 pm

Thanks lads for your replies so far  8)

I know a window cleaner that used to use a 14" rubber and when the corners had worn down he cut it down for his mates 12"

No matter what rubbers you use they just dont seem to last as long as they used to years ago :-\

Brett

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: Mr. S on January 27, 2007, 05:46:40 pm

thats ur age talking Brett Ha ha

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: Clear Vision on January 27, 2007, 05:47:51 pm

Quote from: Neil Williams on January 26, 2007, 10:51:23 pm

use it till the results dip then use the other side. Depends what hapens, sometimes they last a day sometimes a week or even 2

Same as me  ;)

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: brett walker on January 27, 2007, 05:58:48 pm

Quote from: riversidewindowcle on January 27, 2007, 05:46:40 pm

thats ur age talking Brett Ha ha

 ;D old age it comes to us all, im 37 feel more like 57 ;D

but only look 21 ;)

Brett

Title: Re: Changing your rubber
Post by: brett walker on January 28, 2007, 01:30:16 am

thanks for your 13 replies

does this mean the squeegy is dying out and most people have changed over to wfp it just goes to show more people are wfp'ing downstairs whats happening to trad?
I bet there is a fall in sales of rubbers

I always carry a pack of 3 ;)

Brett