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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: andy m on June 08, 2009, 08:54:34 pm

Title: drying time WFP
Post by: andy m on June 08, 2009, 08:54:34 pm
Hi guys , Im working with wfp and was just wondering if there is anything you can put in the water to help it dry as i have noticed there seems to be a lot of beads of water left after washing and they seem to take a while to go.I saw a guy using wfp around the corner from me and the windows seemed to dry really quick.
Title: Re: drying time WFP
Post by: jouk45 on June 08, 2009, 09:04:14 pm
it  can take around 30 mins to completley dry up, even longer in the winter,  maybe the guy you saw used hot water, that dryes up quicker
Title: Re: drying time WFP
Post by: tomy jackson on June 08, 2009, 09:07:18 pm
did he have hot or wos he on the suny side
Title: Re: drying time WFP
Post by: Nathanael Jones on June 08, 2009, 09:14:50 pm
Adding IPA reduces drying time a little.
Title: Re: drying time WFP
Post by: tomy jackson on June 08, 2009, 09:35:48 pm
spell it out nat as thats going to be next Q ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: drying time WFP
Post by: Nathanael Jones on June 08, 2009, 09:52:44 pm
LOL!
Isopronoyl alcohol (search ebay for IPA) mix 1000:1 with pure water,.. job done!
Title: Re: drying time WFP
Post by: jouk45 on June 08, 2009, 09:55:45 pm
nat dont think we need it in the summer,  ;D or can we use it in summer
Title: Re: drying time WFP
Post by: Fieldsy on June 08, 2009, 09:58:03 pm
Isopropanol used in the printing industry to disperse the amount of water required to damp a lithographic plate. The IPA reduces the amount of water required on the plate by making tiny bubbles, and so reducing the amount of water on the plate, which in the print industry is a required balance ;D ;D ..............oh and dries quickly and sets on fire nicely.........lol
Title: Re: drying time WFP
Post by: Nathanael Jones on June 08, 2009, 10:02:56 pm
Quote from: jouk45 on June 08, 2009, 09:55:45 pm
nat dont think we need it in the summer,  ;D or can we use it in summer

I don't bother with it anymore,.. but it does help glass dry faster..
Title: Re: drying time WFP
Post by: [GQC] Tim on June 09, 2009, 12:32:06 am
Quote from: andy m on June 08, 2009, 08:54:34 pm
Hi guys , Im working with wfp and was just wondering if there is anything you can put in the water to help it dry as i have noticed there seems to be a lot of beads of water left after washing and they seem to take a while to go.I saw a guy using wfp around the corner from me and the windows seemed to dry really quick.

It all depends on the type of glass. I'm sure you have heard of hydrophobic (beading) and hydrophillic (sheeting glass). I find sheeting glass dries very very quick, but with beading glass there are always a number of drops that take quite some times to dry. Wouldn't worry to much about drying times.