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Title: Best traditional soap ?
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on July 14, 2009, 10:03:21 pm: Going to be ordering my traditional soap tomorrow.

Is a toss up between 'the pill' and one of the gg's.

Any reccomendations ? And what makes it best to use please :)

I'm in a hard water area but don't mind using the pure stuff.
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Post by: mci services on July 14, 2009, 10:05:33 pm: fairy liquid. ok i will leave now as no one will agree
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Post by: Andy@w.c.s on July 14, 2009, 10:08:06 pm: fairy best there is, used it for 25 years ;)
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Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 14, 2009, 10:10:57 pm: Dont use soap, I use GG4 and when that runs out GG3 lol
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Post by: GWCS on July 14, 2009, 10:18:50 pm: im in a soft water area so gg3 for me.

doesn't leave white smear residue like washing detergents.
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Post by: mr D on July 14, 2009, 10:22:21 pm: fairy. no question!
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Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 14, 2009, 10:25:10 pm: I'm in a hard water area so that why I have GG4, but now I have pure water I will be ordering GG3 next lol
my mix in my bucket is GG4 and Sorbo glide
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Post by: NWH on July 14, 2009, 10:32:08 pm: Quote from: mattinlester on July 14, 2009, 10:25:10 pm
I'm in a hard water area so that why I have GG4, but now I have pure water I will be ordering GG3 next lol
my mix in my bucket is GG4 and Sorbo glide

I have tried that combination and it dosen`t work lol,it`s all sales pitch i`m afraid for the few i do trad i just use fairy liquid.
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Post by: easy on July 14, 2009, 10:39:30 pm: Fairy...Fairy.....Fairy...Fairy
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Post by: bad trippy on July 14, 2009, 10:40:08 pm: Fairy
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Post by: martinsadie on July 14, 2009, 10:47:32 pm: Fairy all the way either the lemon or apple ;D
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Post by: mci services on July 14, 2009, 10:51:07 pm: take back my words everybody loves fairy, not just me
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Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 14, 2009, 10:54:34 pm: Quote from: NWH on July 14, 2009, 10:32:08 pm
Quote from: mattinlester on July 14, 2009, 10:25:10 pm
I'm in a hard water area so that why I have GG4, but now I have pure water I will be ordering GG3 next lol
my mix in my bucket is GG4 and Sorbo glide

I have tried that combination and it dosen`t work lol,it`s all sales pitch i`m afraid for the few i do trad i just use fairy liquid.

It works for me ;D ;D ;D
Each to their own ;D
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Post by: Blue Frog Systems on July 14, 2009, 11:18:16 pm: Ill save me money and go with the fairy then if your all going to be like that.

Thanks guys :)
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Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 14, 2009, 11:28:12 pm: are you 100% traditional window wipers?
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Post by: jouk45 on July 14, 2009, 11:31:36 pm: am surprised manufactrers have not come out with the silicon rubber blades yet, no soaps will be needed just plain water, pure water would be best to assure no spotting,
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Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 14, 2009, 11:44:25 pm: Jouk some old guys only use water, god know how they get their blade to slide lol
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Post by: jouk45 on July 14, 2009, 11:46:27 pm: probibly using silicon rubber ;D its the only way, hes a wise old man lol
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Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 15, 2009, 12:03:24 am: lol
;D ;D

He must go through some blades lol
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Post by: jouk45 on July 15, 2009, 12:18:12 am: matt i like your Credit Crunching Offer a lot on your website ;D
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Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 15, 2009, 12:25:10 am: lol
I'm still not happy with my website, still playing around with it lol
;D ;D
Got a job of it today though lol
Big internal and external clean, mostly paint on the windows. I've booked it in for 2 weeks time lol
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Post by: Blue Frog Systems on July 15, 2009, 06:31:02 am: No matt I'm mostly wfp.

I'm just getting trad kit cos I'm picking up more inside jobs latley and finding a few windows here and there that I can't use wfp on.

I went out and bought a diy set when I first started and money was tight. Has done me till now, but it takes ages cos its cheap stuff.

Now I've built my round up I can start buying some kit to make my life easyer :)
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Post by: seandyer2003 on July 15, 2009, 07:33:00 am: fairy is great if your not gonna wfp the same window at later date
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Post by: jonnyald on July 15, 2009, 07:39:41 am: W5 from LIDL is very good. i heard about it on this forum and now use a dash of it every day
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Post by: Blue Frog Systems on July 15, 2009, 07:41:46 am: Won't be using wfp on any of the windows as they are insides, in garages/carports with no where to run
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Post by: newclean on July 15, 2009, 07:50:38 am: pre- wash dirty windows with gg3 ( 1st cleans) wfp after, gg3 & fairy the best
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: Best traditional soap ?
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 15, 2009, 09:28:18 am: window wipers, if you have a supply of pure water, then I would use GG3 over GG4 as the GG3 is more concentrated.
the 3.8ltr bottle (US gallon) will last twice as long, and its the same price.
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Post by: Central Window Cleaners on July 15, 2009, 09:44:49 am: we still swear by fairy
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Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 15, 2009, 10:30:53 am: Central have you used GG4?
Also noticed your in the next town to me lol
I'm in Hinckley.
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Post by: gr cleaning solutions on July 15, 2009, 10:52:16 am: fairy love it especially when its buy one get one free ;D
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Post by: cozy on July 15, 2009, 12:29:27 pm: Got Fairy with Oxide here, been using it for a week and find I get better glide and it suds up better.Dunno if Oxide is the main cause or if ze gurmans have changed the concentrate too.Been using it for years. Can't get GG's here.
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Post by: DaveG on July 15, 2009, 02:58:53 pm: any washing up liquid does for me, the amount of time i use it
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Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 15, 2009, 04:13:36 pm: YWCS hows the nissan today?
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Post by: trevor povey on July 15, 2009, 04:29:36 pm: I,m a complete fairy :-*
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Post by: clean on July 15, 2009, 04:38:36 pm: I`m also a fairy man :-*,
iv`e used probably every other make there is out there morning fresh is probably second best ;)
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Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 15, 2009, 04:57:19 pm: YWCS :'(
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Post by: martinsadie on July 15, 2009, 07:40:15 pm: Quote from: YWCS on July 15, 2009, 03:42:54 pm
Morning Fresh washing up liquid is just as good as fairy and its on 2 for 1 more often.
dont agree,fairy 2 for 2 quid at Tesco at the moment
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Post by: pjulk on July 16, 2009, 10:13:49 am: I have gone back to fairy as i can get it anywhere.

Im mostly WFP and most of the time the wife is with me so she does downstairs with good ole fairy.

If she is not with me i WFP them and some people say you will get spotting if you WFP a window you have previously cleaned with fairy which i find is utter rubbish.

I WFP windows we have cleaned with fairy and they come up perfect.
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Post by: sparklebright on July 16, 2009, 11:05:35 am: Fairy, Nannette Newman did not lie! ;D
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Post by: mlscontractcleaner on July 16, 2009, 12:21:04 pm: Fairy Liquid all the way.

I used to add a liquid called "UBIK" when folk were allowed to smake in pubs but I don't need it now.

At a quid a throw it's the best value around ;D
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Post by: tony talbot on July 16, 2009, 04:28:42 pm: fairy when i have to do trad, no question ;)
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Post by: macmac on July 16, 2009, 06:35:40 pm: Quote
some people say you will get spotting if you WFP a window you have previously cleaned with fairy which i find is utter rubbish.

I WFP windows we have cleaned with fairy and they come up perfect.

100% correct! IMO it was just a theory that's snowballed out of controll, like many things regarding WFP! ;D

Does make me laugh though-
We have pure water that's ultra agressive. So much so it rots wood, strips polish off cars even puts holes in T-shirts :o! Oh, & it's sterile! ;D

BUT THEN- it can't shift a micro-film of water-dissolvable washing up liquid! ;D ;D

Yer gotta laugh ain't ya?
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Post by: G Griffin on July 16, 2009, 08:48:49 pm: Anyone tried WCW`s Ultra Shine?

Gerry.
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Post by: martinsadie on July 16, 2009, 08:50:14 pm: Quote from: G Griffin on July 16, 2009, 08:48:49 pm
Anyone tried WCW`s Ultra Shine?

Gerry.
nope
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Post by: G Griffin on July 16, 2009, 09:11:51 pm: Quote from: Stan The Man on July 16, 2009, 08:50:14 pm
Quote from: G Griffin on July 16, 2009, 08:48:49 pm
Anyone tried WCW`s Ultra Shine?

Gerry.
nope
::)
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Post by: elite mike on July 16, 2009, 10:09:29 pm: i have used fairy for years :) then they changed the formula :(

so i swapped to morning fresh , i find it really good on every thing i do trad

and cheap

tried gg3 & gg4 and unger liquid

rubbish in comparison , honestly
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Post by: Neil271052 on July 17, 2009, 11:41:19 am: Still using a large amount of Ettore squeegee off that I bought ages ago but in reality any washing up liquid is just as good, a lot cheaper and easily obtainable.