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Title: bentley rinsing on
Post by: Gringo on February 17, 2009, 08:52:53 pm
anybody using a bentley brush and rinse with brush on glass, i use a bentley and always rinse off, just wondered how you found it, also of the 3 gardiner supalight brushes which is best for rinsing on,
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Post by: tomy jackson on February 17, 2009, 08:59:38 pm
i use bentley and rince on most of the time
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Post by: elite mike on February 17, 2009, 09:00:19 pm
i use bently rinsing on with no problems

also viking , but a bit heavy
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Post by: trevor perry on February 17, 2009, 09:02:49 pm
if your flowrate is pretty high then rinsing with a bentley brush on is ok, as for alex brushes the best for rinsing brush on would be his monofilament double trim one but me personally much prefer the flocked brush as i feel it cleans better and i rinse with this one brush on and never had any problems
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Post by: NWH on February 17, 2009, 09:08:40 pm
Do people still use them brushes then lol. ;D
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Post by: Gringo on February 17, 2009, 09:16:02 pm
cheers i'll give me bentley a go rinsing on then see if it will sort me backache out ta
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Post by: mark dew on February 17, 2009, 10:44:45 pm
I rinsed off when i had a bentley but after a few months i realised how crap the brush was after going back and checking a 1st clean.  :o
Re-did with a vikan. Much better!
I now use one of alex's superlites (which is what the bentleys were called before he got some good uns) and it is better still.
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Post by: Handyman Window Cleaning Services on February 18, 2009, 01:16:02 am
i used my bently to chuk in the bin
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Post by: Window Washers on February 18, 2009, 11:36:42 am
i used my bently to chuk in the bin
I use mine for sweeping the floor as thats what is was good for.
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Post by: [GQC] Tim on February 18, 2009, 12:43:35 pm
Washed my van with it once, even with that it was no good. Promptly sold it.

Should have used it as a broom, but hey, somebody paid £10 for it hehe.
Title: Re: bentley rinsing on
Post by: Alex Gardiner on February 18, 2009, 03:15:26 pm
cheers i'll give me bentley a go rinsing on then see if it will sort me backache out ta


Whilst most workers can achieve a very good clean with the Bentley brush and they are very light, they are probably the worst brush on the market for rinsing on. They have the most flocking so as a result will not allow a free flow of water with the bristles in position on the glass.

To get the best out of rinsing on you will need to switch to a mono-filament brush or at least a different flocked brush that has less flocking.
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Post by: Tosh on February 18, 2009, 03:50:33 pm
I did my own windows on Sunday, I use a Bently and I rinsed on, and they're perfect!

No problems.

However, I've only had my Bently brush about three-or-four months and it's starting to look a bit scabby with bristles sticking up in places where they should be straight; so I may have to order one of Alex's superlight brushes!
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Post by: tomy jackson on February 18, 2009, 04:53:47 pm
can you not aford £1.44 at asda we will have to have a wip rownd for tosh ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: elite mike on February 18, 2009, 05:11:56 pm
can you not aford £1.44 at asda we will have to have a wip rownd for tosh ;D ;D ;D ;D

he,s got plenty tomy ;D

the brush from alex is £42 with p& p :'(
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Post by: Alex Gardiner on February 18, 2009, 05:16:59 pm
can you not aford £1.44 at asda we will have to have a wip rownd for tosh ;D ;D ;D ;D

he,s got plenty tomy ;D

the brush from alex is £42 with p& p :'(

Or 2 for £68.89!  ;D
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Post by: tonylee on February 18, 2009, 06:52:42 pm
Oi Alex
Thats not fair. I had ONE delivered today with some hose but was not offered two at a discount.
If I ordered another one would you honour that with free postage?
Tony
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Post by: Alex Gardiner on February 18, 2009, 07:03:43 pm
Oi Alex
Thats not fair. I had ONE delivered today with some hose but was not offered two at a discount.
If I ordered another one would you honour that with free postage?
Tony

It's not a discount, just free postage over £45.  Yes, we'd send another one out with free postage to you, no problem  :D
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Post by: tonylee on February 18, 2009, 07:09:01 pm
Go on then!
Please email me the cost of the brush and I will see if I can find a few other bits to make it over £45.00 With two teenage daughters on holiday this week, your killing me man!
tonylee750@aol.com
Thanks
Tony
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Post by: jouk45 on February 18, 2009, 07:45:01 pm
the problem with bentley brushes is that custys recognize them straight away as a sweeping brush,
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Post by: Tosh on February 18, 2009, 08:03:30 pm
the problem with bentley brushes is that custys recognize them straight away as a sweeping brush,

Do they?
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Post by: jouk45 on February 18, 2009, 08:20:12 pm
yes, every house wive has them, even i have 2 sweeping brushes that are bentley in my house, lol
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Post by: dai on February 18, 2009, 08:27:08 pm
I have used both the Bentley flocked and monofilement, the latter looking worse for wear after I washed it in water that was too hot.
there are loads of cheap brushes out there that can give excellent results, far better than the Vykan I started off with.
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Post by: tomy jackson on February 18, 2009, 09:04:47 pm
i cud biy 47.84278 brushs for tha at asda   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: bentley rinsing on
Post by: jouk45 on February 18, 2009, 09:08:14 pm
i think vikan are the best brushes out there, ok slightly heavy, but not that bad, you would think a company like that would be on the ball to make it much lighter
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Post by: NWH on February 18, 2009, 09:26:41 pm
i think vikan are the best brushes out there, ok slightly heavy, but not that bad, you would think a company like that would be on the ball to make it much lighter
Gardiners have.
Title: Re: bentley rinsing on
Post by: jouk45 on February 18, 2009, 09:39:22 pm
what, vikan lighter brushes you mean,
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Post by: NWH on February 18, 2009, 09:43:07 pm
The new flocked superlite brush and if i do say so myself had i not niggled Alex for days on end it probobly wouldn`t have come to light,this brush does everything and more than the vikan does but weighs about 1/3 of it you hardly feel it on the pole.
Title: Re: bentley rinsing on
Post by: jouk45 on February 18, 2009, 10:05:37 pm
yes i have got to get one yet, the feed back is very good,