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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Jays Window Cleaning on September 03, 2009, 04:33:40 pm

Title: dog earing
Post by: Jays Window Cleaning on September 03, 2009, 04:33:40 pm: Can you dog ear the brass ettor squeegies? only asking as they are a clipped channel.
And is does dog earing really make a difference?
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Post by: tomy jackson on September 03, 2009, 04:51:27 pm: yes & yes
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Post by: wfp master on September 03, 2009, 04:54:11 pm: yes u can it makes a big diff on detailing very little soap left round edges.
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Post by: Jays Window Cleaning on September 03, 2009, 05:48:19 pm: cheers guys
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Post by: Rob.Hall on September 03, 2009, 06:18:01 pm: Keeps the rubber tight.....
Like my walet!!! ;D
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Post by: macmac on September 03, 2009, 08:43:34 pm: Personally, I find dog earing makes no difference, tried it on all my squeegees & found no difference at all.
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Post by: L.J.Thorpe on September 03, 2009, 08:47:30 pm: Quote from: macmac™ on September 03, 2009, 08:43:34 pm
Personally, I find dog earing makes no difference, tried it on all my squeegees & found no difference at all.
me too ;)...................unless of course i just did it wrong ::)
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Post by: macmac on September 03, 2009, 08:51:49 pm: Quote from: L.J.Thorpe on September 03, 2009, 08:47:30 pm
Quote from: macmac™ on September 03, 2009, 08:43:34 pm
Personally, I find dog earing makes no difference, tried it on all my squeegees & found no difference at all.
me too ;)...................unless of course i just did it wrong ::)

Eyup forpy, how you doing stranger?
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Post by: L.J.Thorpe on September 03, 2009, 09:00:19 pm: not bad mate ;D work coming out my ears ::) might have to start running a BUSINESS soon :o :o :o :o :o
perish the thought
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Post by: wizard on September 29, 2009, 09:16:53 pm: i COULD NEVER QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT I SHOULD DO IN DOGEARING MY SQUEEGESS.What i now do is this I take a wisegrip and close it about 1/2 mm smaller than the end of the channel I then clost it on the end of each end so that the channel is closing on the very tip and this grips the rubber and stops the play in end and it defo works.
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Post by: RK Cleaning Services on September 29, 2009, 09:24:11 pm: Used a dogeared channal today for the first time and won't be going back to a standard channel ever
wish i had found this out years ago.
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Post by: Mike55 on September 30, 2009, 05:33:59 pm: could anyone give me a quick headsup on how to dog ear the channel (ie how far from the end and by how much).

Cheers
Mike
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Post by: mick partington on September 30, 2009, 05:49:10 pm: hi mike go to www.windowcleaningcoach.com
in equipment section shows picture of a dogeared channel great resource info enjoy ;)
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Post by: Mike55 on September 30, 2009, 06:04:44 pm: perfect - thanks Mick
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Post by: Barryy on October 01, 2009, 01:18:31 am: If dog-earring improves results then why are squeegees not manufactured this way?
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Post by: Smudger on October 01, 2009, 05:40:45 pm: Purely down to cost! to do dog earing would be another operation - it may cost only a penny or 2 but multiply this by hundreds of thousands and the savings are huge.

most manufactured items are not always the best but a compromise between manufacturing costs to profit and the item being good enough for the job.

Darran
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Post by: wizard on October 01, 2009, 09:23:51 pm: Take look a this its the most clean .http://www.windowcleaningresources.co.uk/html/dog_earing_window_cleaning_tip.html
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Post by: Smudger on October 01, 2009, 10:10:43 pm: If you dog ear would you not need to use clips ??

Darran ???
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Post by: paul saunders on October 01, 2009, 10:20:17 pm: If the channel that you use nomaly has clips in it, then if you dog ear the channel you will still need to use clips.