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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Clive McDonald on February 26, 2009, 07:58:45 pm

Title: Internal work
Post by: Clive McDonald on February 26, 2009, 07:58:45 pm: I've got a job that is a mountain of glass in a smart office space.Miles of glass, glass office partitions, glass walls etc How do you work at speed and not get any mess at all on a spotless marble floor?

Also, a large four storey internal sheet of glass.

Anyone got any ideas or tips on technique? The job has to better than perfect and done at speed.
Title: Re: Internal work
Post by: trevor perry on February 26, 2009, 08:04:51 pm: as you squeegee hold your applicator under where squeegee goes this catches the majority of the water and so there is less wiping up to do, if the windows are reasonably clean and dont require a good scrubbing then use a wagtail squeegee the one that applicates at same time as squeeging with this there is hardly any wiping up to do.
Title: Re: Internal work
Post by: Clive McDonald on February 26, 2009, 08:09:47 pm: Yes the glass is clean to start with, how big do the wagtails come?

Would I still need to hold something underneath?
Title: Re: Internal work
Post by: trevor perry on February 26, 2009, 08:14:29 pm: look on the window clean warehouse site for sizes i think mine is 14 inch but i think they do bigger ones with these there wont be any need to hold anything underneath they use very little water but the dual applicator sqweegee one is only any good if glass is already reasonably clean.
Title: Re: Internal work
Post by: Clive McDonald on February 26, 2009, 08:37:21 pm: Thanks I will look probably is my best option, anyone know how someone like ian ferguson would approach it?
I never thought too much work would be a problem but ever since i joined that stupid guild my phone hasn't stopped. Whatever it is he's done to fix that search engine he wants to unfix it and give people a bit of peace.
Title: Re: Internal work
Post by: Clive McDonald on February 26, 2009, 09:41:09 pm: Ordered a 18", £53 with spare cloth etc. If it works i'll need a few.

Thanks for the tip, when it comes i'll get practising
Title: Re: Internal work
Post by: ftp on February 26, 2009, 09:58:45 pm: Quote from: slumpbuster on February 26, 2009, 09:41:09 pm
Ordered a 18", £53 with spare cloth etc. If it works i'll need a few.

Thanks for the tip, when it comes i'll get practising

You'll need an angle adapter too - to cope with the high areas. Wagtail looks good on the vidios but they take a while to master. I've used mine several times now but still struggle with it.
Title: Re: Internal work
Post by: Clive McDonald on February 26, 2009, 10:38:12 pm: I included an angle adapter (two- a mistake) and a cloth (two), wish i'd got a 14" too.

I need to be like lightning on this so any ideas ftp.

Is this the fastest, neatest, least drippy way to mass clean insides in an immaculate enviroment?
Title: Re: Internal work
Post by: ftp on February 26, 2009, 10:54:18 pm: I would think so because it holds little solution but there's a definate knack to flicking it in to position and it doesn't seem to work too well on deep framed glass. If it's all flat glass then it should be ok. I'm not very experienced with mine and haven't found a big expanse of glass to practice on. Give us some tips when you get up to speed. :)