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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: johnm on March 14, 2007, 03:46:27 pm
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where do you get them ;D ;D ;D just kidding
what kind of brush is it what do they look like how much are they where do you get the jets
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where do you get them ;D ;D ;D
ASDAS ;D ;D ;D Just kidding
There called Bentley (name printed on them) brushes and they cost less than £2 with the handle. Keep the black screw thread on the end of the pole, if you want to make your own poles, Disposable brushes I call them.
The jets are just the rain water feed jets and the tubing, you can buy from B&Q garden section.
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the asda one has grey bristles but looks identical otherwise. However, it is alot better and the bristles don't stick together. Still 1.44 including handle and for some reason its better. It is also a bentley.
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the asda one has grey bristles but looks identical otherwise. However, it is alot better and the bristles don't stick together. Still 1.44 including handle and for some reason its better. It is also a bentley.
Watch out Dude, they have pink one's aswell now. ;D ;D
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I use them, they're brilliant. Dai
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I use them, they're brilliant. Dai
What the pink one's :o ;D
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I am using a Melody Tesco brush.
Blue back and grey bristles.
Its a bit softer than the Bentley one but a bit stiffer tham a Salmon.
Mimd you they do wear down after about 3 months!
David
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Bentley have got a stand at the nec show they look good brushes
every little helps :D
Brett
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I am using a Melody Tesco brush.
Blue back and grey bristles.
Its a bit softer than the Bentley one but a bit stiffer tham a Salmon.
Mimd you they do wear down after about 3 months!
David
Hi Dave
Three months wear for less than £2 we can't moan at that can we? ;) £ less than £8 for a year ;D
Disposable brushes is what I call mine now.
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What the pink one's Shocked
Mine's pink and lilac. What the hell, does the same job. Dai
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What the pink one's Shocked
Mine's pink and lilac. What the hell, does the same job. Dai
:o;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I used the Bently monofilement brush today for the first time. I am really impressed.
I used it for bottoms only so that I could check the results.
It's the stiffest brush I have used so far, It left no spots rinsing on or off.
This brush would be great on first cleans, or if theres a lot of bird muck to scrub off.
Dai.
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I just bought the Bently grey bristled brush from Asda as I am going to make my own mini downstairs pole. From the previous post I am guessing this is what is known as a mono-filament brush?
I usually use a Salmon white brush, blue bristled - what would this be called?
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All Bentley brushes are flocked.
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All Bentley brushes are flocked.
Jeff no they aren`t i have got a monofilament Bentley brush :D,
Gaz
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All Bentley brushes are flocked.
No Bentlys do make a mono brush, I've got one too. The brisles are quite course, but do an excellent job. I was using it again today on Conwy Marina. The painters have been roller painting the walls in the wind, tiny spots of paint on the glass.
This brush removed most of then. Mind you I was using it for bottoms only and able to put plenty of pressure on the brush. I use a Bently flocked brush for the tops, but may change for the mono one on first cleans, or really dirty glass. Dai
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so....what does it mean when someone say a brush is a mono-filament....! I don't understand ???
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so how many of us on here use these cheap bently brushes ?
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Addis for me ;D
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how much do they cost are like the bentlys or very different john
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Gaz do you supply them ?
The rep on the bentley industrial stand at the Nec told me they don t do mono.
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Jeff...sorry to jump on this post but you are just the man I need to ask.
I have just installed a pump in my van..100psi shurflo...6 amps.
I had to extend the wiring to the leisure battery and switch and I used the orange cable you find on outdoor electrical equipment lke hedge cutters. The wiring has a lad of 10 amps. Is this ok to run the pump with?
Thanks
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Gaz do you supply them ?
The rep on the bentley industrial stand at the Nec told me they don t do mono.
Jeff, most company reps hav`nt got a clue ::),
i`ll see if i can get you one,
Gaz ;)
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The gardiners Supalite brush is one of the Bentley ones, have to say I love it, the bristles spread well and also retain their shape, it's monfilament too.
Up until now I've used the Salmon brushes, the Salmon brush is monofilament, or at least those supplied by Peter Fogwill are!
The Bentley may only be a cheap as chips sweeping brush (as many of the WFP brushes indeed are) but it is so light, and really is perfect for WFP (even if totally unintentional!!)
I saw the Bentley stand up at the NEC, but all the brushes I lifted felt far too heavy to be used for WFP, but then, that isn't their intended use.
As time passes, it is going to become increasingly important to have the lightest possible brush/jets/gooseneck etc, just a few grams at 30 or 40 feet makes an enourmous difference!
Ditto with poles, get that combination right and the difference on your body is staggering.
The cheapo Aluminium pole from Unger is a very light pole (many disadvantages over others, but it is lighter than most) and I've done a particular job with this pole at 35ft and the Fogwill Salmon brush attached.
Bloody hard work and it's also a good job I'm physically a strong man because some of the windows (not possible off ladders) needed a lot a strength to clean.
Done this week with the Gardiners Supalite pole and Supalite brush....what a difference!!
One of the biggest differences is the weight at the business end, the brush, jets, gooseneck are all as light as you can currently get them...huge difference...
I've seen some of the various goosenecks and the methods used to attach whatever brush was being demonstrated up at the NEC.
Some wonderfully solid bits of engineering were on display...but that all means heavy!!!!!
Not in your hand of course, but by god, up at 30 or 40 feet and extended over a roof of some description you are really going to know about it!
Another thing to consider about an ultra light brush is the fact that as well as considerably less strain on you the user, there is also less strain on the gooseneck and pole, meaning of course that they don't need to be so solidly robust.
I don't know if Gardiners have started pushing this area in the advertising, but I'll bet that if their system isn't the lightest on the market, then it ain't far off!
God, look at the time...7am! I'm late for work :o
Ciao for now,
Ian
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so....what does it mean when someone say a brush is a mono-filament....! I don't understand ???
Steve,
monofilament bristles are when they have been kept in a single tipped form ie (mono).
flocked bristles are when they have been split tipped to soften them
here`s pics
1st pic monfilament
2nd flocked
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e275/GAZMAN5/IMGP0737.jpg)
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e275/GAZMAN5/yellowbrushflocked.jpg)
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Jeff...sorry to jump on this post but you are just the man I need to ask.
I have just installed a pump in my van..100psi shurflo...6 amps.
I had to extend the wiring to the leisure battery and switch and I used the orange cable you find on outdoor electrical equipment lke hedge cutters. The wiring has a lad of 10 amps. Is this ok to run the pump with?
Thanks
If its a 10amp rated cable then it should be fine to use, If it was running all day with out stopping then I would suggest the 15amp cable, if you ever get worried just feel the cable at 10amps and a long use it should be just warm to the touch and not hot, if it is hot then upgrade to 15amps.
Hope this helps.
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how much do they cost are like the bentlys or very different john
I get them from the co-op, monofilimant, think it was about £4 white and black bristles.
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thanks ;)
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Thanks Gaz, now I get it!