Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Adam_london_uk on April 02, 2009, 07:17:18 pm
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Just started using trad.
The main piece of glass looks ok but after wiping round the edge wih microfibre I am not 100% happy with results.
Any tips guys?
thanks
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Yeah make sure it`s clean and dry.
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Just started using trad.
The main piece of glass looks ok but after wiping round the edge wih microfibre I am not 100% happy with results.
Any tips guys?
thanks
If your micro fibres are new put them through the washing machine a few times, hot wash no need for any detergent, micro fibres normally need braking in a bit before they work well for polishing glass.
You could also try using scrim, IMO pre washed scrim works better for detailing windows, they also last a lot longer, when you wash scrim or micro fibres put them on a hot wash and don't use any detergent as they will already be saturated in the stuff from cleaning windows.
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Just started using trad.
The main piece of glass looks ok but after wiping round the edge wih microfibre I am not 100% happy with results.
Any tips guys?
thanks
i only use scrim ;D ;D
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Scrims good!
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If your micro fibres are new put them through the washing machine a few times, hot wash no need for any detergent, micro fibres normally need braking in a bit before they work well for polishing glass.
You could also try using scrim, IMO pre washed scrim works better for detailing windows, they also last a lot longer, when you wash scrim or micro fibres put them on a hot wash and don't use any detergent as they will already be saturated in the stuff from cleaning windows.
So long as you are using flat weave microfibre cloths they can be used absolutely perfectly straight out of the bag, no washing required.
Scrim on the other hand always needs a good boil wash and several days braking in before they reach peak efficiency.
I used scrim for over 22 years, but microfibre beats the hell out of it.
If you are just starting out trad then it is going to take you some time to get the hang of it, the more skilled you get with a squeegee and applicator the less detailing you will need to do.
When you start out you will go through no end of micro's or scrims every day, eventually you will only use a couple a day.
The odds are you are over wetting the glass, going right up to and over the edges of the frames, meaning that you will have loads of detailing to do, and the wetter it is, the more rubbing you have to do.
If your squeegeeing is up to scratch there should only be a thin bead of water at best to detail, but however much you have there, it has to be left bone dry after detailing, if your cloth is too damp you will only end out with a smear after detailing.
Don't hold the cloth in a great bunch in your fist, use only a couple of fingers pushed into the folded cloth so that you don't have too much material going onto a couple of inches of the glass.
This may only be a semi skilled job, but it does take a fair amount of skill to become good at it...
Keep practising, keep your detailing cloths as dry and clean as possible, use a separate one (this one can become wet) for sills and frames, wringing it out when required,...er...or rotating it with the dry ones as they become to damp to detail effectively with.
Totaly agree with washing without detergents regardless of whether you are using micro's or scrims, at least to begin with....
Ian
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As a newbie to trad compared to others i find the window cleaning warehouse microfibres better then any ive tried and also using ettore squeegee off a lot better and less detailing needed compared to washing up liquid.
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Use scrim much better i find.
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Microfibre cloths are better than scrims, and I agree with Ian you need the flat weave ones which are smooth to the touch. I use mine very slightly damp and the are fantastic for spotting. Plus they can be used striaght out the bag and washed 100's of times without falling apart.