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Title: Squeegee sizes
Post by: frames to panes on April 08, 2008, 06:55:02 pm
What's the most useful sizes how many do you carry?
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Post by: henryroberts on April 08, 2008, 07:04:48 pm
14 inch and only 1
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Post by: Jason Atwell on April 08, 2008, 07:14:54 pm
I use a 12  for most stuff, but in my opinion, you also need a smaller one, as a 12 and a 14 wont fit in all top lights and small windows.

Also for larger windows like shops, the bigger the better really!
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Post by: Dean Aspects on April 08, 2008, 07:15:15 pm
14" and 18" does all my trad work and always has done

Dean
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Post by: Mike 108 on April 08, 2008, 07:19:54 pm
8" and 14"

Its amazing how many panes of glass (top openers and door glass) are exactly 8" wide!
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Post by: Londoner on April 08, 2008, 07:45:23 pm
10" and 14" and a cutdown one about 4" called the titchy.
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Post by: clean on April 08, 2008, 07:47:09 pm
12" and 18"  ;)
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Post by: Gordon_Taylor on April 08, 2008, 08:23:23 pm
I've got 18" 12" 10" 6" a couple of smaller ones that I've Cut down.

Gordon
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Post by: Ian W on April 08, 2008, 08:44:38 pm
10 inch and 6 inch.
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Post by: mci services on April 08, 2008, 08:53:29 pm
14,12,10,6 but use 14 and 10 only
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Post by: [GQC] Tim on April 08, 2008, 08:54:08 pm
10" and 14" is all I use on domestic. Works great.
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Post by: Rob.Hall on April 08, 2008, 08:57:07 pm
12 - 8 - 6

Could do with a 14 and 18 but mainly do wfp so no urgency.
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Post by: macmac on April 08, 2008, 08:59:35 pm
6" 10" & 14"
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Post by: frames to panes on April 08, 2008, 09:36:49 pm
Do you just change your stroke from vertical to horizontal if you have a narrow window or do you change squeegee size?
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Post by: mark311069 on April 08, 2008, 09:38:45 pm
8 14 18 inch wagtail flippers
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Post by: L.J.Thorpe on April 08, 2008, 09:43:39 pm
12 and 6 inch only
aint used the 6 inch for over a year tho
(story of my life ::))
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Post by: m.b.s. on April 08, 2008, 10:15:28 pm
ive got 22" 18" 16" 12" but only realy use 12" and 18"on shops when not wfp 22" just can not get the nack of ;)
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Post by: Simon_King on April 08, 2008, 10:24:58 pm
I use 22" and 18" on most of my shops. I did have a 30" allumax but I cut it down to 22" cos it was just too big to use on anything but the biggest panes.

16" , 14", 12", 10" and 4" to cover the rest.
12" and 14" seem to be the favourites for domestics....when I'm not using the water fed!
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Post by: m.b.s. on April 08, 2008, 10:28:42 pm
I use 22" and 18" on most of my shops. I did have a 30" allumax but I cut it down to 22" cos it was just too big to use on anything but the biggest panes.

16" , 14", 12", 10" and 4" to cover the rest.
12" and 14" seem to be the favourites for domestics....when I'm not using the water fed!
dont you find that with 22"you have to go slower or is it me just not used to  it
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Post by: Terry_Burrows on April 08, 2008, 10:38:08 pm
 ;D 12 incher ;D :o ::) :-*
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Post by: Richy L on April 08, 2008, 10:43:48 pm
14", 12" & 6"

I only use the 14" and the 6" though
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Post by: Simon_King on April 08, 2008, 10:49:24 pm
Dont think I have to work slower with a 22. If I do work slower its made up by the fact that more glass is being cleaned with each pass.

22 just feels better on big shop windows. Using an 18 on a big shop sometimes feels like using a 6 on a patio door!
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Post by: brett walker on April 08, 2008, 11:06:34 pm
12"  :D

brett
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Post by: windolene on April 09, 2008, 07:40:45 am
Hi,

I always have a hacksaw in boot to cut channel to size if needed.

Kevin WINDOLENE.
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Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on April 09, 2008, 07:59:14 am
I always had an 8 inch for fan lights and then I either carried a 14 or 16 inch depending on what the houses were like. I had to get up a ladder first time in ages yesterday to do a bit of a builders clean still fast, like riding a bike.

Simon.
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Post by: windowwashers on April 09, 2008, 08:02:10 am
What's the most useful sizes how many do you carry?
12 and 18 anything smaller is done by hand anything bigger is done with pole.
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Post by: Ian 31 on April 09, 2008, 01:42:56 pm
Always carry at least 3. 12", 10", 6", You never know when you will need it.

Ian
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Post by: D woods on April 09, 2008, 01:45:15 pm
I have a 12inch.
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Post by: frames to panes on April 09, 2008, 02:02:16 pm
But you don't use it as a rule?
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Post by: Small but perfectley formed on April 09, 2008, 02:54:16 pm
8,10,12,14,and the whopper 36 sorbo need a man to handle this ;D