Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Frequently Asked Questions & Useful Resources => Topic started by: glenn25 on June 25, 2009, 05:20:39 pm
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Can any1 give me any advice on the best way to clean a conservatory been using pressure washer but scared of breaking the seals cheers :)
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A pressure washer is FAR too powerful and it will do damage I'm afraid :o
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A pressure washer is FAR too powerful and it will do damage I'm afraid :o
so how does he do it then?!
not done any yet, but i would soak up a panel with tfr, leave it on to activate all the muck, dont let it dry, then wfp it off...
probably wrong, but hey, i look at it just like cleaning a car, and i have done plenty of them!
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I'm new to the game but I just do them WFP.If they're proper filthy I'll put normal water in my backpack and give it a scrub over to get the worst off to save the pure water and then finish them off with pure.Could be the wrong way,as I say I'm new and haven't done that many,but seems to do the trick so far.
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I do loads of these..4 today!!
all i use is....the customers outside tap....no tfr......no magic soap, just tap water, all come up like new again!!!
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Yes i agree mick, use plenty of water to soften any growth and then nothing better than a bit of elbow grease.
The access lader on sale is ideal an safe to use.
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I'm doing a couple a week and have been for the past 4months now. I used to just use the customers tap water and scrub. Since I have found TFR and it makes the job so much easyer. Its a case of spray on, aggitate & rinse off. I tried the jet was to start, but found it a bit too messy and easily got carried away with what I was doing. Try the tap water method, then go to B&Q and grab a 2L bottle of swarfega cleaner, its in a red bottle and has a picture of a garden chair on the front. That's what I use. It works an absolute treat with warm water. I did a 5bed detatched the other day, fascia, soffits, gutters and gable ends and used 1/8 of the bottle. Did the job in 2 and half hours... Which seen as though there was upper and lower levels was really good. Really makes the job so much easyer in my opinion. Lots of other guys will agree with me too here
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Forgive the stupidity but what does
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Forgive the stupidity but what does TFR stand for?
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traffic film remover yes its at you car cleaner but b carefull of wha buy make sure its a none chostic 1 or it will ruin the seals
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if you have a cheap pressure washer you can just turn the nozzel to adjust the pressure , i would onlyreally use on to clean the detailing at the top , with medium pressure, as for the pains tfr is great btu can be expensive , make sure you buy the concentrated formula if you get it though , to be quite honest though you only need a bit of the olf fairy brushed on and off on most of them :)
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i like to give them a good soak in tfr or a good apc first and let it do it thing for a few minutes.
as all my poles use hoselock fittings, i hook them up to the out side tap and start brushing and rinsing with a suitable pole and brush. then let them drip dry for 5/10 mins while im packing away and then give them a light rinse with di water.
works a real treat and am still surprising myself with the results everytime ;)
ian
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just realized how old this post is ::)
oh wel, may help someone tho
ian
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we use a biocide of which there are plenty. we found our product by searching for lichen removal which is a service we offer in the warmer months in addition to our traditional business. The biocide works by killing the algae and lichens off. We've had many conservatories with roofs riddled to a point where they are black with algae and lichen. Just spray the biocide on and come back in 2 weeks and use your WFP to clean as one normally would. This is only for extreme cases tho. WFD should do the job if its just green algae. I found that brushing very gently works a lot better than scrubbing hard. Hope this helps.
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A pressure washer is FAR too powerful and it will do damage I'm afraid :o
so how does he do it then?!not done any yet, but i would soak up a panel with tfr, leave it on to activate all the muck, dont let it dry, then wfp it off...
probably wrong, but hey, i look at it just like cleaning a car, and i have done plenty of them!
i find the best way is to spray the conservatory roof roof with truckwash and then scrub the framework and seals with a hard sponge,attach small wfp to outdoor tap or hose and scrub,change pole to pure water and clean whole conservatory--very efficient,hope this helps,steve...:)