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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Frequently Asked Questions & Useful Resources => Topic started by: lucymulligan on February 13, 2007, 02:16:33 pm

Title: squeegee TLC
Post by: lucymulligan on February 13, 2007, 02:16:33 pm

 how do you guys look afer your squeegee at the end of the day ? do you take it indoors  ,dry it ,dismantle it ? on of my squeegess looking a bit worse for wear .... how many should i own ? i got a couple of cheap ones and one bona fide daddy of squeegees  ....

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: Jake on February 13, 2007, 03:54:13 pm

Lucy

Most trad w/cs use a 'boab', and that's where the squeegee stays! I dont care how cold it is, I do not bring it indoors :)

I only use 1 squeegee, I know that some guys use a couple of sizes, personal choice I suppose.


                       

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: [GQC] Tim on February 13, 2007, 04:14:44 pm

Get a 10', 14' and 18' one, you will be using the 10' the most on Domestic accounts.

Just leave it in the van, no problem with that, I just try the blade, and that's it. :)

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: Paul Coleman on February 13, 2007, 05:40:13 pm

I take mine to bed with me.

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: mogy on February 13, 2007, 08:14:52 pm

Wow a ten foot squeege  !!!

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: DREAM CLEAN on February 13, 2007, 08:37:48 pm

yea if my one was 10' my wife would want to take me to bed. ha ha

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: lucymulligan on February 13, 2007, 08:42:10 pm

van VAN !! im supposed to have a van to ...
guess im a glutton for punishment but im walking all the way (to start with ) theres plenty oh houses within walking distance
anyway what about rust and rotting rubber !!!

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: Pat Purcell on February 14, 2007, 12:25:52 am

Lucy , either brass or stainless steel won't rust and you should be changing your rubber well before it rots

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: [GQC] Tim on February 14, 2007, 09:32:54 am

Argh, I guess inch isn't ' then, it should be "...d'oh, not from the UK originally lol (NL)  ;D

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: pjulk on February 14, 2007, 04:30:30 pm

I have about at least 1/2 a dozen squeegies probably more as some i don't like.

I like the brass squeegies.
My maintainence for squeegies go as follows.
Change rubber when worn.
Change channel if it gets bent (very rare though).

And thats it.

Paul

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: lucymulligan on February 15, 2007, 12:11:01 pm

thanks .. i think i pamper me squeegees a bit to much gonna get some more though.....i only asked the question because i only work sat and sun ...so all week there resting themselfs......... hopefully when customer base is bigger and kids go to school i can go full time in the week

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: Peter. on February 15, 2007, 08:41:49 pm

Hi Lucy,

You will know when the rubber needs changing, but don't forget to turn it round and use the other edge first.

Peter.

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: lucymulligan on February 15, 2007, 10:35:48 pm

good tip cheers !!! what equiptmant do you take on a day out ? is there anything that you couldnt live without  ? ( ps plz excuse spelling mistakes /....very drunk and just lost at poker first one out  )

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: Peter. on February 16, 2007, 12:33:52 pm

Gosh, was it strip poker? I wish I had been playing!

Scrim is what I could not leave behind, my squeegee technique isn’t as good as it should be, so I use my scrim to polish off any slight squeegee marks etc. I must be doing something right as today I received a letter from a customer thanking me for an excellent job.

Where I am falling down is on my paper work, book keeping, I just cannot seem to get this in any sort of order. To be honest it’s one big mess, bits of paper with notes on.

Peter.

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: mogy on February 17, 2007, 07:49:15 am

Dont worry Peter , found myself in same boat , still buffing and still  taking  2 hours  to balance  months takings  .
 It will get  better ...........I hope 
 Best wishes   
 Mogy

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: lucymulligan on February 18, 2007, 06:49:08 am

 i think i am learning alot of this site .but some stuff you just need to be out there ..
yesterday as the day and my sqeegee wore on ,,i was having to do more and more detailing .... so what i did was ...pop home at luchtime and put my scim in the tumble for ten mins ... it was fantastic ....anyway ...all i had done up till yesterday was fairly new houses .. but one house had like green algee stuff ....what a sod it was to got off ....need to geta scrubber ..or something

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: Peter. on February 18, 2007, 10:20:08 am

Lucy,

This is the way I do it, (window cleaning)

I wear a belt with two pockets; my right pocket holds all the wet stuff, t-bar, squeegee, old towel type rag. My left is the dry side, scrim, scraper, etc.

I keep any old towels and cut them up and have a box full in the boot of my car, scrim seems expensive to me, so I intend on make each piece I buy last.

I use the old towelling to wipe my squeegee dry and for detailing, I only use my scrim to polish the glass and remove any squeegee marks.


My scrim stays dry all day long.

Peter.

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: lucymulligan on February 18, 2007, 09:03:07 pm

looks like i am going to have to buy a belt  :( good advice for the towelling though ...what about algee ?

Title: Re: squeegee TLC
Post by: Peter. on February 19, 2007, 02:54:38 pm

I use a soft hand brush, scrub over the window, then clean in the usual way.

Peter.