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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: jouk45 on July 28, 2008, 10:51:56 pm

Title: w/c before the squeegee
Post by: jouk45 on July 28, 2008, 10:51:56 pm
is this old man the last of his kind, it must  very rare to see a w/c still working this way,chamois and scrim,  yet we see trade v wfp here, and yet the squeegee or wfp has not stoped him geting on with it, 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sl20ruDwy0
Title: Re: w/c before the squeegee
Post by: [GQC] Tim on July 28, 2008, 11:14:32 pm
Please, tell this guy that the squeegee has been around since 1936, dear me, chamois and scrim?

www.ettore.com/pro/about_history.html (http://www.ettore.com/pro/about_history.html)
Title: Re: w/c before the squeegee
Post by: Wayne Thomas on July 28, 2008, 11:23:49 pm
I think some of the really old w/c only go out for the coffee and bics, a chat, some pocket money and to get out of the house ;D
Title: Re: w/c before the squeegee
Post by: jouk45 on July 28, 2008, 11:30:06 pm
i know, but this old chap is as fit as any of us here,  ;D
Title: Re: w/c before the squeegee
Post by: EVER CLEAN on July 29, 2008, 04:35:32 pm
i know a couple of older guys who still use leather and scrim, and looking at their work you can really see it gleaming. knowing how to use them properly is a real advantage especially if you are working inside, plus, you end up with arms like popeye ;D
Title: Re: w/c before the squeegee
Post by: Central Window Cleaners on July 29, 2008, 05:07:47 pm
Would this be in Coventry at all?

A custy I quoted a conservatory clean for on Saturday told me
her w/c still uses a shammie and leaves the windows worse
than when he started.
Title: Re: w/c before the squeegee
Post by: stig on July 29, 2008, 05:10:49 pm
I think some of the really old w/c only go out for the coffee and bics, a chat, some pocket money and to get out of the house ;D
sounds ok 2 me..... fair play to them....
Title: Re: w/c before the squeegee
Post by: jmb on July 29, 2008, 05:12:25 pm
i still use a chamois and scrim on certain jobs and im ONLY 38  ;D

it does make me smile sometimes when ive read posts on here

about how do you clean the insides off a cracker pane window ect ;D
Title: Re: w/c before the squeegee
Post by: Feen on July 29, 2008, 08:22:03 pm
When he walked out the gate, I was expecting to see his horse and cart ;D