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Title: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: brummie tom on December 13, 2007, 08:46:49 pm
what do you think is the quickest and easiest to wipe down window sills after you have cleaned the windows happy votting brummie tom :D
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: windowwashers on December 13, 2007, 08:50:39 pm
what do you think is the quickest and easiest to wipe down window sills after you have cleaned the windows happy votting brummie tom :D
if wfp leave them, if trad, either a terry cloth scrim, microwipe,  beer mat (dont like these myself screams budget unprofessional imo but does work well) and anyone that uses beer mats dont jump on my back only saying my opinion ok, each to there own  ;)

Ian
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: NWH on December 13, 2007, 08:50:56 pm
Buy some sill cloths,there like flannels.
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: brummie tom on December 13, 2007, 08:55:11 pm
been using scrims but want to try something else,  will see how the poll goes and try the top 3 and pick the beat cheers everyone
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: mick hay on December 13, 2007, 08:55:30 pm
i got some of those sill cloths from the window cleanng warehouse....they are excellent, used to use scrim or microfibre.
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: d s windowcleaning on December 13, 2007, 08:59:06 pm
tryed them all best thing is a beer towel from your local pub .
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: windowwashers on December 13, 2007, 09:00:42 pm
tryed them all best thing is a beer towel from your local pub .
dave you cant suck them when your working m8 lol
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: Stevie G on December 13, 2007, 09:04:40 pm
what do you think is the quickest and easiest to wipe down window sills after you have cleaned the windows happy votting brummie tom :D
if wfp leave them, if trad, either a terry cloth scrim, microwipe,  beer mat (dont like these myself screams budget unprofessional imo but does work well) and anyone that uses beer mats dont jump on my back only saying my opinion ok, each to there own  ;)

Ian
dont wipe the sills, are you winding him up. tom just ask friends and family to donate any unwanted towels and cut them up its free!


Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: Small but perfectley formed on December 14, 2007, 02:03:07 pm
microfibre cloths from poundland
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: M & C Window Cleaning on December 14, 2007, 02:30:49 pm
I use microfibre cloths (60x80cm) not the small 40x40cm. For me they're the best.
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: lee_dewing on December 14, 2007, 03:44:59 pm
been trying to work this one out myself as even though wfp i still do some downstairs trad.

stockinette cloth the stuff you get on a roll to polish your car with's quit good.
get a roll for a fiver cut into whatever size you like.

i like the idea of something u can just thow away as long as it works out cheap enough.
have used scrims and microfibre to wipe over frames and ledges but they get soaked and they stink! you've then got to put them in the washing machine :o.
Lee
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: cleantecross on December 14, 2007, 03:57:16 pm
i have a window cleaning supplies shop and my customers think that a towling type microfibre cloth is fantastic for sills and frames and when i first introduced them i could not meet the demand and their cheap at £18 for 20
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: xxmattyxx on December 14, 2007, 04:46:08 pm
Towels cut up into squares about 8" x 8".

I use these to detail with too, even if some might think its bodging, cant get used to scrim (too big) cant get used to micro-fibre (too soft).

I WOULD use scrim if I could find someone to sew the edges for me after cutting them into quarters, but not for sills, I'd detail with scrim and mop up with towels.

Matt
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: bumper on December 14, 2007, 05:56:04 pm
old towels cut up
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: Londoner on December 14, 2007, 06:27:09 pm
NOTHING is too tatty for wiping sills. Cut up old shirts, tee shirts, trousers, Chelsea football shirts, rags, anything. Don't BUY cloths to wipe sills.
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: Stevie G on December 14, 2007, 06:43:39 pm
spending dough on cloths to wipe sills ::)
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: dai on December 14, 2007, 08:51:53 pm
Old towels from charity shops.
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: Londoner on December 14, 2007, 08:54:48 pm
yuck.
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: Llaaww on December 14, 2007, 09:45:20 pm
beer towels are the best thing
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: NWH on December 14, 2007, 09:47:44 pm
We`ve got some tight gits on here havn`t we? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: MJH on December 14, 2007, 09:53:47 pm
i have used my sons old clothes before now-t-shirts etc, waste not want not!!
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: NWH on December 14, 2007, 09:55:09 pm
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Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: MJH on December 14, 2007, 09:57:21 pm
Seriously :o
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: Alex Wingrove on December 15, 2007, 12:44:12 am
ok you ready for my TOP TIP

go into poundland, and look for the animal towels or flannels, 40cm by 80cm 1 pound each, they are amazing,
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: The Seven Bays Window Cleaning Company on December 15, 2007, 04:59:06 am
Huck Towels for Wintecs work wonders for me. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: cvdewsbury on December 15, 2007, 03:26:30 pm
do a few nursing homes so when the residents pass away we clean the cill with there old undapants!!!
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: simon w on December 15, 2007, 03:49:31 pm
We use Spontex decorators sponges, standard size, there made from 100% cellulose and very absorbent.

We detail the glass edges with scrim then use the sponge for frames and sills, the benefit they have over cloths is they are easier to wring out. Also you dont get through so much scrim per day this keeps it cleaner and dryer for detailing glass.

simon w :)
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: dai on December 15, 2007, 05:27:56 pm
I find terry toweling excellent for the job. Ok I may buy bundles from charity shops, If I was a true professional, I suppose I would  buy new ones from Marks and sparks.
They are for wiping dirty sills for goodness sake
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: brummie tom on December 17, 2007, 05:33:22 pm
gonna try some of those micro cloths thanx all
Title: Re: ledges cloth what is best
Post by: NWH on December 17, 2007, 05:35:43 pm
Just taken delivery of 10 yellow micro sill cloths from soap national and there perfect.