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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: JSMC on August 24, 2009, 06:11:17 pm

Title: vikan indoor cleaning kit
Post by: JSMC on August 24, 2009, 06:11:17 pm
you could diy one of thos ekits  easy i reckon. Be sosimple to make. just stick microfibre cloths on one of thos floor mops and away ye go i say
Title: Re: vikan indoor cleaning kit
Post by: Steve CM on August 24, 2009, 06:22:10 pm
funnily enough i've just ordered one today. i thought they would be good for inside of con roofs and some high difficult glass
Title: Re: vikan indoor cleaning kit
Post by: ronnie paton on August 24, 2009, 06:38:54 pm
iv got one not great for un regular cleaning of glass but if the glas is maintained then it saves time.

proberly could make one but thats only if you have time on your hands i suppose
Title: Re: vikan indoor cleaning kit
Post by: Glyn H on August 24, 2009, 06:46:09 pm
The microfibre pad is woven differently to standard microfibre.
I feel the Vikan kit is very efficent for regular internal cleaning jobs.
Title: Re: vikan indoor cleaning kit
Post by: ROBERT GEDDES on August 24, 2009, 07:51:10 pm
i have one would not like to diy it ,i use it on some big contracts insides would look like a right
COWBOY ,makes cleaning inside so much simpler
Title: Re: vikan indoor cleaning kit
Post by: JSMC on August 24, 2009, 09:13:56 pm
was thinking of diy for doing the odd con roofs
Title: Re: vikan indoor cleaning kit
Post by: jouk45 on August 24, 2009, 09:20:05 pm
i have one would not like to diy it ,i use it on some big contracts insides would look like a right
COWBOY ,makes cleaning inside so much simpler
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Title: Re: vikan indoor cleaning kit
Post by: JSMC on August 24, 2009, 09:47:19 pm
lot of money ofr somethbing very similar to those mops used in kitchens if ye ask me
Title: Re: vikan indoor cleaning kit
Post by: chuggers on August 25, 2009, 12:14:04 pm
The microfibre pad is woven differently to standard microfibre.
I feel the Vikan kit is very efficent for regular internal cleaning jobs.

Agreed. The microfibre pads are such high quality and they justify a fair amount of the cost, especially when you consider that you can wash them 100's of times. The rest of the kit could quite easily be DIY'ed though i guess
Title: Re: vikan indoor cleaning kit
Post by: ROBERT GEDDES on August 26, 2009, 06:52:21 pm
i just use a good quality spray bottle filled with good quality water it reaches high enough, or spray on to pad ,also polish off with a clean microfibre
Title: Re: vikan indoor cleaning kit
Post by: Mike_G on August 26, 2009, 07:27:53 pm
I can see the benefit with these kits for cleaning hard to access windows but why use them if you can just squeegee them? Few quid for a applicator and squeegee which will last ages or £70 for the easy clean kit which I guess will need new pads if used all the time quite often
Title: Re: vikan indoor cleaning kit
Post by: Steve CM on August 27, 2009, 05:16:02 pm
i've just got my kit today. the pads arn't microfibre are they? how are you suppose to use this?
Title: Re: vikan indoor cleaning kit
Post by: Alex Gardiner on August 27, 2009, 05:30:56 pm
i've just got my kit today. the pads arn't microfibre are they? how are you suppose to use this?

The angle shaped pads are for fitting to the swivel holder and can be lightly sprayed and used as a single polish pad for lightly soiled glass or used as a one-wet and one-dry for heavily soiled glass. They are microfibre but just a different kind to some other brands. The grey polishing cloths are not for fitting to the swivel pad, but are for using as hand finishing/wiping cloths and are great for low level work that needs a quick polish. The grey polishing cloths are the best microfibre cloths I have used.
Title: Re: vikan indoor cleaning kit
Post by: Steve CM on August 27, 2009, 05:34:36 pm
oki doki ;)

other microfibres i have used are different but i have used this kind for buffing before on my car