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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: marc on December 21, 2008, 10:33:26 am

Title: cleaning silicon off windows
Post by: marc on December 21, 2008, 10:33:26 am

hi guys have many winndows to do with silicon over them in your opinon whats best to femove it some one said to me you can get a special silicon remover im wfp have cleaned the windows in and out alllready and they have come up ok apart from the silicon any ideas welcome thanks   marc

Title: Re: cleaning silicon off windows
Post by: tomy jackson on December 21, 2008, 11:00:34 am

scraper remeber to wet the window

Title: Re: cleaning silicon off windows
Post by: marc on December 21, 2008, 11:07:22 am

allready tried that and there is still lots on there i was going to put white spirt on it if i cant get a cilicon cleaner un less everyone on here says dont

Title: Re: cleaning silicon off windows
Post by: marc on December 21, 2008, 11:08:17 am

allready tried that and there is still lots on there i was going to put white spirt on it if i cant get a cilicon cleaner un less everyone on here says dont

Title: Re: cleaning silicon off windows
Post by: tomy jackson on December 21, 2008, 11:15:52 am

no not spirate you nead thiners

Title: Re: cleaning silicon off windows
Post by: pardu on December 21, 2008, 01:05:04 pm

Hay m8
try panelwipe..sorry havent got the web site but type it into your search engine....it dose the job realy well..hope this helps..

Title: Re: cleaning silicon off windows
Post by: Jeff Brimble on December 21, 2008, 02:02:45 pm

pass the job backto whoever, its will take you ages unless its a new watersoluble silicon.
get some cornflourbaby talc  and 000 wire wool dip the wire wool in the dry  cornflour and scrub.

Title: Re: cleaning silicon off windows
Post by: Paul Golding on December 21, 2008, 05:44:21 pm

I have the same problem doing a builder's clean. Can anyone else advise ??

I was recommended this ?? Anyone tried it ??

http://www.soapnational.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww.soapnational.co.uk%2f&WD=silicon&SHOP=%20&PN=Chemicals__Cloths.html%23a207#a207

scroll down to Titan Oil-flow 141

thanks

Title: Re: cleaning silicon off windows
Post by: mistersqueegee on December 21, 2008, 05:48:55 pm

Oil-Flo is good stuff. I would use some talcum powder and steel wool.

Title: Re: cleaning silicon off windows
Post by: Jeff Brimble on December 21, 2008, 06:00:45 pm

Oil flo is good for removing glue etc but it wouldnt work at all on the silicon i had. The large 3ftx18"panes took about 20min each but there were lots of silicon marks- messy builders  :'(

Title: Re: cleaning silicon off windows
Post by: Paul Golding on December 21, 2008, 06:48:20 pm

Oh dear !! . . I have the other half of the building to do next month and was hoping for an easier time !!

wouldn't steel wool scratch the glass ??

Title: Re: cleaning silicon off windows
Post by: Jeff Brimble on December 21, 2008, 06:56:26 pm

Not if you use fine triple zero or 0000 guage, its on the packet. Wont scratch glass but makes a mess of plastic or viynl

Title: Re: cleaning silicon off windows
Post by: Paul Golding on December 21, 2008, 07:00:12 pm

thanks. I might try that then.  :)