Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: jeff1 on September 22, 2007, 03:51:23 pm
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My white scourer is on its last legs and I need to buy some more, anyone know where I can get them?
Thank you Chaps ;D ;)
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Jeff check your messages on wfp academy ;)
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Jeff check your messages on wfp academy ;)
Thanks Clean ;)
Just checked and reply sent
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white scourers ? ?
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white scourers ? ?
Yes white ;D
Can be used on glass unlike the green ones that tend to scratch the glass
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white scourers ? ?
Yes white ;D
Can be used on glass unlike the green ones that tend to scratch the glass
this is the one you want jeff
http://www.windowcleancentre.co.uk/productdetails.aspx?ProductID=220&SectionID=13
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Thanks Joe ;)
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maybe a silly question but where do you attatch them to your brush ?.
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maybe a silly question but where do you attatch them to your brush ?.
I just bought a couple of mk1 swivels and the come complete with a base, that has velcro srips on the bottom, stick the white scourer and scub eggs,bird nuts off the windows.
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i like the idea of that,
would you be able to get that swivel head to fit on any pole (wer a vikan is fitted?) were do you get them from?
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i like the idea of that,
would you be able to get that swivel head to fit on any pole (wer a vikan is fitted?) were do you get them from?
If you look at the black end piece, it screws directly onto your pole, I don't know about it fitting a vikan, I bought the last 2 from a local supplier, he doesn't know if he can get anymore, but I'll keep asking.
I cut one down as in the picture and fitted it to the brushes I use.
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Nice one Jeff. Swivels should come as standard on all WFP brushes. some mock those of us who use supermarket brushes, but when are manufacturers going to start making the brushes we need for the job?
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I think Alex has something up his sleeve, just hope its light and swivels. (first direction up and down please)
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Thats my Gazz brush with the new swivel on.
I broke my swivel some weeks back and it was like having my arm removed, a lighter brush with a swivel on should be standard on all poles, not the heavy vikan we get, I have 3 vikans and 2 are brand new still in there box's.
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I used my Vikan sill brush on a twelve foot extender the other day - it's like cleaning in slow motion it's that heavy. Jeff have you tried a Bentley yet? It's not quite got the scrubbing power of a Gaz brush but they are soo comfy to use. I think Alex's new version will be the one - when it comes out.
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I used my Vikan sill brush on a twelve foot extender the other day - it's like cleaning in slow motion it's that heavy. Jeff have you tried a Bentley yet? It's not quite got the scrubbing power of a Gaz brush but they are soo comfy to use. I think Alex's new version will be the one - when it comes out.
I have got a bentley Dave, (brush that is ;D) I used it on a couple of Jobs, they are so light and easy to use, but I found it gets contaminated at the tips to easy,
I was having to stop and clean it far to much, it may have been the couple of Jobs I did, but I went straight back to my Gazz brushes, i don't use anything else now.
I know a lot of guy's use the bentley and are more than happy with them, I may just give it another try one day when I'm not rushing around like a demented cat.
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thought you said white scousers lol
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thought you said white scousers lol
I'm a scouser and I'm white ;D ;D
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thought you said white scousers lol
Me too ;D ;D
John
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orright der lar ;D
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Hi Jeff
I asked you about getting water marks off Jeff. Like a limsescale stain down a window. I scrubbed, tried bleach and brick acid but each time it came back.
Would one of these white scourers help?
I just noticed on the letter post that you are getting an IBC tank today (why are they called that).
I got one about a week ago and have sited it in the back garden so that it is hidden by the shed. Cleantech put a transfer pump in, thirty metres of thick hose and a tap on the end of this. I suppose your tank was local and you will do the other bits. My Dad showed me netto selling transfer pumps but I don't lknow if they are the same.
It works well for me because I can fill my 400l tank in minutes whereas before my van was always tied to a hose pipe by the garage. I also had to worry about turning it on and then off every afternoon. Now if the holding tank is full I could go two days before I need bother with it.
It also gives me more flexibility; i can call back and refill.
I asked you about a battery charger and you said halfords etc, well I had a netto one (my dad again) and because of erratic behaviour I have changed from 75 to 110 ah and also bought the Halfords charger. I am now using far more water though.
Is this because the previous battery wasn't any good, or does the bigger battery chuck more water out anyway?
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Topic Summary
Posted by: VG Window Cleaners Posted on: Today at 02:36:27pm
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Hi Jeff
I asked you about getting water marks off Jeff. Like a limsescale stain down a window. I scrubbed, tried bleach and brick acid but each time it came back
Mineral Deposit Remover (MDR)
Put in on with a rag -leave for a few mins then wipe it off and buff it up.
sold by www.windowcleaningwarehouse.co.uk for about a fiver will last for ages
Thats off a post from a few months back...never cleaned w indow yet so never tried it...but if i keep posting i could be a clean it up God in another couple of weeks....laffin
mark
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I used some limescale remover from B&Q 'tother day with a scourer. Meant for kettles really but it seemed to work although it was a bit pungent. I've bought a bottle of crystal clear 550 but not found a window to try it on since.
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Hi Jeff
I asked you about getting water marks off Jeff. Like a limsescale stain down a window. I scrubbed, tried bleach and brick acid but each time it came back.
Would one of these white scourers help?
I just noticed on the letter post that you are getting an IBC tank today (why are they called that).
I got one about a week ago and have sited it in the back garden so that it is hidden by the shed. Cleantech put a transfer pump in, thirty metres of thick hose and a tap on the end of this. I suppose your tank was local and you will do the other bits. My Dad showed me netto selling transfer pumps but I don't lknow if they are the same.
It works well for me because I can fill my 400l tank in minutes whereas before my van was always tied to a hose pipe by the garage. I also had to worry about turning it on and then off every afternoon. Now if the holding tank is full I could go two days before I need bother with it.
It also gives me more flexibility; i can call back and refill.
I asked you about a battery charger and you said halfords etc, well I had a netto one (my dad again) and because of erratic behaviour I have changed from 75 to 110 ah and also bought the Halfords charger. I am now using far more water though.
Is this because the previous battery wasn't any good, or does the bigger battery chuck more water out anyway?
Hi VG
I doubt if this scourer would be any good for the water marks, Try Mdr or similar product, if that doesnt work Go and buy a roll of 000 guage wire wool, this is the finest they do, (It won't scratch the windows) wet the window and the wool,with a little detergent in the water) and rub the marks gentley in a circular fasion, if that doest shift it, then the window is probablly etched with the stain and the only cure for that is window replacement.
Don't ask me why its called an IBC tank, maybe it means its a bloody big container ;D ;D
I bought my 240v transfer pump from toolstation there £21 from them complete with a float switch, run every day since december last year and no problems.
I also had problems with flooding the shed, but cured it by building myself a water alarm, soon as the tank is at the level I want, I have an audible alarm go of in my kitchen, Cost a fiver to build.
Re your water, and your new battery?
Do you use a varistream or similar controller with your pump? I'm susspecting you don't
Now you have a good battery and a decent charger, your running your pump the way it should be? at its full 12v, this way you will use more water, To help you on that one I would need to know how your pump system it made up. ie fitted controller, or by using it to drain back into the tank?
The amps of a battery give you the lenght of time your pump will run, so the more amps the longer it will run, its the voltage that runs the pump, you old battery was probably on its last legs by the sound of it, this reduces the voltage, hense your pump will run slower, giving less water out put..
Hope thats answered some of your questions. ;)
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IBC = International Bulk Carrier. ;)
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Yes thanks. I'll try some mdr.
I have an ecoflow and a tap on the end of my minibore. Emptying 400l in about 5 hrs.
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IBC = International Bulk Carrier. ;)
I've gone by what these say :-\
IBC = Intermediate Bulk Containers
From smiths of dean website....
The white intermediate bulk containers are all palletized with a galvanized steel cage. You can buy one individually or by the lorry load.
These type of tanks are advertised by us, at different times throughout the year in the local and national press - weekly and monthly. See new IBC's on our IBC Page.
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Yes thanks. I'll try some mdr.
I have an ecoflow and a tap on the end of my minibore. Emptying 400l in about 5 hrs.
Just turn your flow down on your ecoflow then VG
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Hi Jeff
Please tell us where you got your swivel bases from. I think your idea of a white scourer pad on the bottom is just the business.
Thanks
Spruce
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Hi Jeff
Please tell us where you got your swivel bases from. I think your idea of a white scourer pad on the bottom is just the business.
Thanks
Spruce
Hi Spruce
I got my swivel complete with base from Gaz h20 email camper1@tiscali.co.uk