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Title: Grippy rubber
Post by: Tim Rose on December 08, 2007, 07:33:02 am
Why does rubber squeagee blade sometimes grip the bloody glass - even with water/soap?
Title: Re: Grippy rubber
Post by: Small but perfectley formed on December 08, 2007, 01:00:14 pm
try adding sorbo cleaning powder
Title: Re: Grippy rubber
Post by: traps7 on December 11, 2007, 07:03:45 pm
Maybe you're overlapping your strokes too much or try using a better quality rubber.
Title: Re: Grippy rubber
Post by: Tim Rose on December 11, 2007, 07:38:06 pm
Seems to happen straight away - using Ettore hard.
Title: Re: Grippy rubber
Post by: traps7 on December 13, 2007, 09:36:24 pm
Personally i always use unger soft rubber and a bit of fairy. I've tried other products over the years but i find these the best.
Title: Re: Grippy rubber
Post by: Rob.Hall on January 06, 2008, 03:33:02 pm
I have had trouble with unger soft rubber recently so I can see where Rose is coming from.

Had no troubles before.

By stretching the rubber more seems to have eleviated the problem.
Title: Re: Grippy rubber
Post by: d s windowcleaning on January 06, 2008, 07:14:13 pm
unger soft in the summer & unger hard in the winter with a touch of antifreeze .
Title: Re: Grippy rubber
Post by: traps7 on January 07, 2008, 03:45:04 pm
Unger Hard leaves big bands around the edges. You need Unger soft and fairy liquid. A perfect combination.
Title: Re: Grippy rubber
Post by: elite mike on January 08, 2008, 08:11:28 pm
Quote from: traps7 on January 07, 2008, 03:45:04 pm
Unger Hard leaves big bands around the edges. You need Unger soft and fairy liquid. A perfect combination.
yeh i go with that,but i prefer ettore soft or pulex soft
never had any probs with either
regards
mike
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Post by: Temple cleaning services on February 01, 2008, 10:28:13 pm
yeh my favourites ettore soft they last 4 ages,dont overly rate pulex!
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Post by: G Griffin on February 02, 2008, 11:20:42 am
Ettore- easily best for me.

                 Gerry.
Title: Re: Grippy rubber
Post by: S Ball on February 02, 2008, 11:54:01 am
soft rubber and a bit of unger u cant get a better combination.There is no other way
Title: Re: Grippy rubber
Post by: [GQC] Tim on September 10, 2008, 09:03:37 pm
Quote from: Tim Rose on December 08, 2007, 07:33:02 am
Why does rubber squeagee blade sometimes grip the bloody glass - even with water/soap?

I'm surprised nobody even gave him the correct answer. It's because glass can be hydrophobic, ie not sheeting (hydrophilic) glass. On Hydrophobic (beading) the water beads up, leaving 'dry' bits of glass in between the beads, hence there is more a gripping/sliding effect going on, which is quite annoying.
Title: Re: Grippy rubber
Post by: traps7 on September 10, 2008, 09:07:31 pm
You must be a vision technician. Sorry I'm just a window cleaner.
Title: Re: Grippy rubber
Post by: [GQC] Tim on September 12, 2008, 09:55:58 am
Quote from: traps7 on September 10, 2008, 09:07:31 pm
You must be a vision technician. Sorry I'm just a window cleaner.

Basic knowledge every window cleaner should have.
Title: Re: Grippy rubber
Post by: seandyer2003 on September 13, 2008, 12:58:19 pm
Sometimes also it can be the customer have cleaned their own with windolene or something which makes it really hard to squegee, but mainly its the hydro phobic/phillic thing