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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Biscute on March 12, 2007, 08:53:23 am

Title: Frames and WFP
Post by: Biscute on March 12, 2007, 08:53:23 am
Hi troops yet another WFP question, as you all may or may not know i will be getting my system this week and i was just woundering about frames. Some of the frames i will be cleaning will be old and wooden with paint flaking, will they be ok, and is ther any other pointers yous can give me when cleaning old lead and gourgen windows?
Title: Re: Frames and WFP
Post by: Sir Squeaky on March 12, 2007, 09:12:19 am
Saves me asking...cheers Biccy. ;)

Lets have some answers then.
I've got some horrible flaky jobs.
Title: Re: Frames and WFP
Post by: trevor perry on March 12, 2007, 09:20:38 am
it sometimes works ok. other times no matter how long you spend on them they wont be right.
   my best advice is on the first clean do all the frames first removing as much of the flakes and muck as possible ,then go back cleaning just the glass and avoiding the frames, warn the customers due to the condition of their frames they may not be perfect, if on the following cleans your customers are not happy then on these jobs i would go back to using ladder, some would say get rid of the job but i am their to provide a service and sometimes the ladder is the right tool to provide the service.
Title: Re: Frames and WFP
Post by: rhys11 on March 12, 2007, 03:29:48 pm
Hi troops yet another WFP question, as you all may or may not know i will be getting my system this week and i was just woundering about frames. Some of the frames i will be cleaning will be old and wooden with paint flaking, will they be ok, and is ther any other pointers yous can give me when cleaning old lead and gourgen windows?

what i do is if the paint is flaking on the frames i just do the glass only. :)
Title: Re: Frames and WFP
Post by: Count Phil on March 12, 2007, 04:37:15 pm
If its that bad, just do the glass. Learn to be carefull not to wet the frame at the top, even the slightest amount will bring dirt down. Always do the frame if poss.
Title: Re: Frames and WFP
Post by: Biscute on March 12, 2007, 04:50:22 pm
Cheers, but from a claims point of view the water wont go into the wood will it and effect is, i no rain dosent but just being safe not sorry.
Title: Re: Frames and WFP
Post by: Count Phil on March 12, 2007, 05:16:50 pm
The water won't damage the wood any more than rain. If it isn't properly water proofed, that's their concern.
Title: Re: Frames and WFP
Post by: Biscute on March 13, 2007, 08:16:12 am
cheers