Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: jikwan on May 24, 2007, 08:46:32 pm
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sometimes i see trad wcleaners working in the rain
even the wind blows it on the glass
rain and no wind ok
whenever i do it it leaves lines
the lines have got to show up especially south facing windows with the sun shining
how do these guys get away with it?
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I take some of those claims with a pinch of salt to be honest.
If I work in the rain Id expect to leave lines and if Id try to detail the edges with a damp/wet cloth, well, Id fully expect customers to start wondering and quite possibly complaining.
If Ive started a house and rain comes on whilst Im midway through I try to finish it and expect payment.
Just 3 weeks ago though I was doing a couple of bungalows side-by-side and the heavens opened, I packed them in halfway through and went back the next day and redid what Id done the day before.
I cannot see how anyone can scrim the edges with a damp cloth and NOT leave smears.
Matt
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i dont kwow how a sqeegy user that leaves lines can sleep at nights
sometimes i stand and study a trad wc hell,with the same scrim they wipe the blade clean the frame mop up the sill and dothe detailing and probably blow thir noses in it when no ones looking
im not anti trad 60% my work is tradsqeegy
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its all about your technique, dont worry about the rain just get on with it and use a dry scrim
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I cannot see how anyone can scrim the edges with a damp cloth and NOT leave smears.
If you've been doing it for thirty years it's easy. If your scrim is dry or very slightly damp, you detail after you've bladed. If your scrim is to damp and not drying (ie: in colder weather or in light rain) you use your aplicator first followed by your scrim to soak up the excess water round the edges which takes enough water off the edges to allow you to blade the rest off without having to detail after. I've used this method for years and it leaves as good a job as doing it the other way round (ie: Detailing after blading). It allows you to work in light rain and if you keep a new blade in your squeegee, you'll seldom leave lines.
Incidently, this only works with a well wrung scrim, not with a soaking wet scrim.
Working in light rain is not a good idea though if you haven't had rain in a while. There'll be a lot of dust/muck in the atmosphere that'll be in the rain and will mess up your work and possibly cause problems with your customers.
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I detail before and after I squeegee all the time. Before helps prevent runs from off the frame and after to tidy up; unless theyre particular frames that just dont need detailing at all, there are some out there of that nature.
But still find dampness/mistiness etc in the air and rain falling is going to render a scrim useless very quickly.
Matt
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If you detail before there is no need to detail after.
Just dont wet the edge with the applicator.
Paul