Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Pat Purcell on May 08, 2007, 10:47:09 pm
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Just wondering whats the most commonly used channel
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I usually try to userubber ones ;)
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I usually try to userubber ones ;)
Wouldn't rubber channels bend to much ;D ;D
I use stainless steel ones
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Tried stainless didn't like it went back to the brass.
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oops read it wrong (subject squeegee blades)
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oops read it wrong (subject squeegee blades)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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oops read it wrong (subject squeegee blades)
yep, sorry meant channels but couldn't change it when i noticed mistake :-[
Maybe one of the Mods could help
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I'm not very good at trad. Have an inside to do with lots of nine by nine inch georgian, wooden frames.
Hows the best way to do it? Blade it then go round edge with microfibre?
Have similar internal doors on my own house, and I made a right mess.
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You could cut a squegee channel to 9in and straight pull down or take a six inch squeegee and a sea-sponge ,
Wash the pane with the sponge and use the corner of the six in to cut across the top of the pane removing about a 1/4 in of water then wipe the blade with the sponge to remove any water and pull down , wipe blade again and pull down , wipe bottom frame with sponge and on to the next
Takes longer to say than to do
And it has to be a natural sea sponge, household sponges don't wipe the blade well enough
Pretty much all our domestic windows are georgians so Ive had plenty of practice
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Just say I pilled down, what about the dirty water this leaves going on the frame below?
I am interested in any comments you have to make because as you said, you do plenty.
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Used to use brass with the little clips to hold the blades in. Didn't like the way that the clips would sometimes scratch ali and upvc frames. Now use stainless steel. Love 'em.
As for rubbers, I use PULEX blades as I find other brands wear out too quick.
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VGS - I do a house trad that has something like 346 individual Georgian panes and they arent all the same size, plus when the sun is out it can be a right hassle.
I use a small t bar applicator but a cloth or sponge might be quicker given the nature of this job. I use a 6 inch sqeegee and a 12 inch one as well on the larger panes.
If its dull you can get away without soaking the glass, therefore when you sqeegee there isnt a lot of excess liquid running down, but in strong sunlight you either have to wet it more or wet fewer panes to sqeegee quicker. If you are really wetting the glass i find you need to wipe the excess liquid away to stop dripping on the lower panes.
Cutting a sqeegee down to fit the pane so you can just sqeegee straight down in one stroke cuts the detailing right down if you carefully wet the pane and dont go right to the edges. If you do go to the edges it helps to detail either pre sqeegee or post sqeegee, its up to you but the right size sqeegee really helps.
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Just say I pilled down, what about the dirty water this leaves going on the frame below?
I am interested in any comments you have to make because as you said, you do plenty.
As I said wipe it with the sponge, like you would use a scrim with your finger thru the sponge
With this method theres only 2 tools , one in each hand and a nearby bucket of solution. a bit like the karate kid, wax on wax off,
When you wash the pane with the sea-sponge it washes the frames as well when you finish with the squeegee a quick wipe of the bottom frame with the sponge being careful not to hit the glass and your done
i should add that we use a low- suds cleaner like gg3 or gg4 as suds are a nightmare wuth so many frames
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I needed an 'All of the above' Answer :P
Although I don't really use aluminium ones much...
As for georgian windows;
Unless they are filthy or covered in tar from nicotene, use a proprietory spray and a microfibre cloth (or scrim, but microfibre is better).
Mist a few panes and buff clean.
One of the best sprays is one of the cheapest...Tesco's own brand, better than the likes of the over priced Mr Muscle, and lasts a long time too.
if I have to use a cut down squeegee I'll quite often slip the sleeve off my shorter applicator and use that to wash the windows with.
If I have to do that, then it means that I'm probably doing the inside of a pub, and that means having to wash the inside of the reveal's too, so I'll wash several panes, use a scrim or microfibre to pre-detail and squeegee glass in whatever may be the best method at the time.
I've been going donkey's years at this game and can cope fine with more than one method.
The easiest I guess is to wipe the squeegee rubber between each full pass, get it right and there should be little you'll need to do in the way of detailing afterwards.
The pre-detailing will have already mopped up the excess water.
Using a squeegee on georgians is a real challenge for the newbie though I'm afraid :-\
Particularly insides! :'(
It's easy enough to say how to do it, quite another thing to put it into practice!
Ian
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They all do the same job in the right hands.
I just have brass because it looks nice. :)
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They all do the same job in the right hands.
I just have brass because it looks nice. :)
Same Here!! ;D
Shaun R.
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never tried any diff always ali
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erm what one is the unger ergo tech channel , i though it was aluminium but might be ss, arrr the mind boggles
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erm what one is the unger ergo tech channel , i though it was aluminium but might be ss, arrr the mind boggles
I think they are SS but i'm not 100% sure! ??? ???
Shaun R.