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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: ronnie paton on December 01, 2007, 08:27:22 am

Title: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: ronnie paton on December 01, 2007, 08:27:22 am
well they was mega chuffed with this job i think i might start advertising for these more all though there not regular i think you could build a business of just doing this.
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: ronnie paton on December 01, 2007, 08:29:30 am
another one!
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: Chris Cottrell on December 01, 2007, 08:33:58 am
Ronnie

How much did you charge for that ? cos there's still green bits in the grooves on the roof supports
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: ronnie paton on December 01, 2007, 08:39:44 am
now that would be telln!! the pic is enlarged which does highlight this more. but if im getting a con roof lasser to get close with a tooth brush this would mess more time and obviousley more money ;)
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: Chris Cottrell on December 01, 2007, 08:44:46 am
the pic is enlarged which does highlight this more.

The pic may be enlarged but not as large as the roof in real life thou, ??? I would be charging around £75 for that and would certainly get the grooves clean
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: Chris Cottrell on December 01, 2007, 08:49:17 am
this one was done in an hour all with wfp
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: Chris Cottrell on December 01, 2007, 08:50:04 am
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Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: ronnie paton on December 01, 2007, 08:50:33 am
it looks filthy and the other one is three times the size ???

Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: ronnie paton on December 01, 2007, 08:53:09 am
and the second one is that far away you cant tell??
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: Davew on December 01, 2007, 08:57:13 am
Any tfr on either of them?
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: Chris Cottrell on December 01, 2007, 08:58:28 am
Well I like to wind you up up some more Ronnie but I gotta go out , don't take offence mate if your customer is happy and you got paid .. nice one

Davew .. not on mine
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: ronnie paton on December 01, 2007, 09:03:20 am
doesnt wind me up  pal....if you had comeup with some spotless pcs done  just with your WFP brush i would say fair play but untill :-X

Dave yes used TFR it helps alot i think. saves on the all scrubbing
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: Tim Rose on December 01, 2007, 10:06:33 am
Ronnie

How much did you charge for that ? cos there's still green bits in the grooves on the roof supports
Thats not how I see it at all.  The black bits are the rubber pieces that cushion the roof supports from the roof panels.

Looks like a good job to me.  I'm always amazed at how you wfp boys can do these con roofs with so little pressure, especially when you must be standing away from the roof by a little distance. ???
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: mark dew on December 01, 2007, 10:13:03 am
I'm always amazed at how you wfp boys can do these con roofs with so little pressure, especially when you must be standing away from the roof by a little distance. ???

I find it much quicker to wfp the roof when i'm using a ladder. But tfr does make the job so much easier. Just like a hot knife through butter.
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: Tim Rose on December 01, 2007, 10:15:22 am
Mark, how do you apply the tfr?  Have it in a bucket neat and let it dilute as you dip the brush in it?
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: mark dew on December 01, 2007, 10:19:59 am
No i bought one of those hozelock pump action crop sprayer or weed killer things from b&q. It cost £20. I dilute it at 20/1 and leave for 10 minutes or so.
A garden broom and an outside hose pipe could do the job just as good on a polycarbonate roof.
After the tfr is applied and left a little while, it just melts away with a sweep of the brush and water.
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: Jon-scwindows on December 01, 2007, 12:45:25 pm
i think theres good money just doing conservatories this winter, as most of them ive seen are filthy with green gunge... and not clear like before... iv had a fair bit of conservatory work.. its good
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: AuRavelling79 on December 01, 2007, 01:49:40 pm
?So ... you spray the tfr mix on with the sprayer and then ten minutes later use wfp with pure water to scrub off?
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: vivaro 013 on December 01, 2007, 02:26:27 pm
wfp on its own for cleaning any upvc , does not work in  my opinion , the only way i find is a cleaning solutions like tfr  or something simlair  which breaks down the green stuff and muck
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: jayclean on December 01, 2007, 04:01:43 pm
Hi guy what does TFR stand for ? and where could i get it from? sorry for the silly question    ;)
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: Dean Aspects on December 01, 2007, 04:08:45 pm
Hi guy what does TFR stand for ? and where could i get it from? sorry for the silly question    ;)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-WASH-CONCENTRATE-TFR-25-LITRES-RRP-45_W0QQitemZ370001046549QQihZ024QQcategoryZ72201QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Traffic Film Remover

Dean
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: jayclean on December 01, 2007, 07:25:58 pm
hi dean thanks for your help  :)

James
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: NWH on December 01, 2007, 07:43:27 pm
If you can apply TFR through a backpack the coverage is 100% better than by doing it with a normal hand held sprayer,it also enables you to reach the top of the con roof and soak the fiddly bits with TFR.
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: mark dew on December 02, 2007, 02:27:10 am
?So ... you spray the tfr mix on with the sprayer and then ten minutes later use wfp with pure water to scrub off?

yes, pretty much. Though if i can i connect my pole to the outside tap and use that first.
Then give a final rinse with pure water.

If you can apply TFR through a backpack the coverage is 100% better than by doing it with a normal hand held sprayer,it also enables you to reach the top of the con roof and soak the fiddly bits with TFR.

I don't have a backpack yet and have never tried it with my trolley to be honest. But the crop sprayer with adjustable nozzle can jet out to around 5 metres or so and was £20.
The crop sprayer i use is a 3 litre thing that i sling over my shoulder. I did use a little 1 litre hand sprayer before that and while it did the job it didn't have a man enough spray to cover the roof as quick.

http://www.grovelands.com/acatalog/Hozelock_Premier_Sprayers.html

was £19.99 in focus.
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: Tim Rose on December 02, 2007, 02:37:31 am
Good price.
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: Ian Rochester on December 02, 2007, 07:20:17 am
Traffic Film Remover, you can get it from most professional chemical suppliers.

We use Champion, costs about £7.00 for a 5 ltr tub, it has a very high pH which is what you need to cut through the green.

http://www.restormate.co.uk/epages/Store.sf/?ObjectPath=/Shops/15094/Products/CRAFT49/SubProducts/15094-29746-1
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: Tim Rose on December 02, 2007, 07:39:33 am
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/search/filter/traffice+film+remover/page/1
Title: Re: conservatory roof i did yesterday
Post by: James Smith on December 02, 2007, 11:48:15 pm
I use a battery powered paint sprayer duct-taped to an unger pole to apply the TFR to the roof, works great. I then use something similar to this attached to the customers tap http://www.drivewerks.com/catalog/shopcart/CARE/POR_CARE_CARAN1_pg2.htm to scrub the roof.

P.S. How are people getting the white bits on top clean?