Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: ftp on January 18, 2009, 02:25:35 pm
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Someone on here claims to whip round the outsides of residential work as fast as wfp.
Well having played with mine outside today i would go as far as to say it's impossible to use one outside on a pole with casement windows. If anyone claims to do it then please tell me how and show me a vid of it being done because i just don't believe it.
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They may 'whip' round just as fast as WFP, but I wonder what the results would be like!
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That's my point, i can clean them but i can't detail them and i can't stop the blade drawing the solution down from the top edge i also can't alter the angle of attack (although there is an angle piece available that could help). The pad has to be flipped quite vigorously to get it into position over the blade which tends to flick water about.
The squeegie and angle piece needs to be very secure especially if stretching over a conservatory roof. I can't get the blade to the bottom of the glass either without fouling the window sill. Maybe someone out there can do it but i can't.
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I have had success on inside work but it needs big panes of glass so that the blade can be snaked along the top edge and down the sides but for a straight pull it's not particularly good and no better than a normal squeegie on a pole.
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i didnt use mine on a pole but didnt get on with it at all. I only got the 12inch which should be more easy to use but i dont no just could not see it being any faster as you say you need to detail still.
i used it on a shop maybe a bigger one would be good for this but i dont no how people think its bette faster etc
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I find making a sideways 7 is the way to get started then its easy from there (the grey extension is important for good results IMO) but as FTP says great on big internal panes but no chance on small residential windows on a pole. We do detail inside with a microfiber in a Unger fixi clamp.
Its no way as good as wfp externally ;)
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Had one for about a month now. Wouldn't dream of using it on a pole. WFP every time. However on large panes downstairs it's the business. It's not so much that it's quicker on the actual window, it's that you have no p*ssing around with poles and tubing. Window: Clean: Go. Like everything else in this business, find out what suits you and your work and use it where appropriate.