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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: windowwashers on October 31, 2007, 04:59:21 pm

Title: I'm loving leaded windows
Post by: windowwashers on October 31, 2007, 04:59:21 pm: is it me or is it really easy to clean leaded windows with wfp?
Title: Re: I'm loving leaded windows
Post by: NWH on October 31, 2007, 05:17:24 pm: I`ve said in the past i would change all my work over to PVC leadlights if i could,there so easy to do + 99% of the time they come up spotless.You could rag em allday long and never get em anywhere near as clean.
Title: Re: I'm loving leaded windows
Post by: Wayne Thomas on October 31, 2007, 10:33:55 pm: When it comes to cleaning 'dreaded lead's' with WFP i find using a soft bristle brush (like Ionics commercial) easier and quicker than using a firm bristled brush and find that you can wipe any really dirty sills without it splashing back onto the glass afterwards.
Title: Re: I'm loving leaded windows
Post by: M & C Window Cleaning on October 31, 2007, 11:43:08 pm: NWH, sounds like you prefer UPVC leaded over UPVC plain windows? If so, why? Do they dry better?

I'm interested because as you have probably gathered from my posts I'm new to WFP.
Title: Re: I'm loving leaded windows
Post by: simon knight on November 01, 2007, 03:49:07 pm: Yep, On leaded wfp is a million times better than trad. I'm trad and always dread doing my leaded window accounts....especially the old leaded stuff that's at all angles and pops out as soon as you put any real pressure on it.
Title: Re: I'm loving leaded windows
Post by: Sir Squeaky on November 01, 2007, 04:05:50 pm: Yeah, but they're also quicker by hand than normal panes too.
As long as you're good at trad. ;)
Title: Re: I'm loving leaded windows
Post by: simon knight on November 01, 2007, 04:28:30 pm: Quote from: Squeaky Clean. on November 01, 2007, 04:05:50 pm
Yeah, but they're also quicker by hand than normal panes too.
As long as you're good at trad. ;)

...which I'm not :o ;D
Title: Re: I'm loving leaded windows
Post by: xxmattyxx on November 01, 2007, 04:34:11 pm: One of the major benefits of leads to me is, that in the winter, if theyre due to be done, then theyre the first property to do as they warm you up straight away on cold frosty mornings.
Title: Re: I'm loving leaded windows
Post by: NWH on November 01, 2007, 04:54:29 pm: New PVC leads for some reason sheet a lot more often than the plain glass,also the lead polishes up lovely after a few cleans with the pole.