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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: perfectpanesplymouth on September 04, 2009, 10:36:13 pm

Title: expanding foam
Post by: perfectpanesplymouth on September 04, 2009, 10:36:13 pm

Hi guys, I have just picked up a new customer who has approx 200 houses he wants cleaning after the builders have been in. Now these builders love expanding foam, it is everywhere along with cement/concrete/paint and anything else they could get on the windows!
What are the best products to use to get each thing off?
I use wfp
thanks in advance

Title: Re: expanding foam
Post by: Tosh on September 04, 2009, 10:49:54 pm

Trad I'm afraid.  Ladders, scraper blade, mop and squeegy!

Title: Re: expanding foam
Post by: perfectpanesplymouth on September 04, 2009, 10:53:26 pm

a scraper blade? that will damage the frame won't it?

Title: Re: expanding foam
Post by: Mike #1 on September 05, 2009, 07:01:08 am

no as long as you're careful use really soapy water so the scraper will glide over frame also , there was a previous post on here about getting the custy to sign a clause incase of damage to glass , especially with cement on glass its tricky to get off carefully, and as above ladder and scraper only way

Title: Re: expanding foam
Post by: martinsadie on September 05, 2009, 05:53:08 pm

its a bugger to get off your hands  ;D

Title: Re: expanding foam
Post by: Tosh on September 05, 2009, 06:14:00 pm

New cleans are a real bugger.  I had to do a mini-estate of them last year and I didn't mind the work because I'd priced the jobs as if I didn't want them; and then ended up getting them since their 'normal' window cleaner did not turn up on the two occassions he was meant too.

I was getting £60 a house with about 10 windows; though I did do a gutter/soffit/eves wash too with a WFP (but they didn't really need doing since the houses were brand new; so I just went through the 'motions' if you know what I mean). 

That was good money for us, though Roy Harding charges about £60 for 10 windows on his routine work!  ;D

Title: Re: expanding foam
Post by: wfp master on September 05, 2009, 07:09:06 pm

Quote from: Tosh on September 05, 2009, 06:14:00 pm

New cleans are a real bugger.  I had to do a mini-estate of them last year and I didn't mind the work because I'd priced the jobs as if I didn't want them; and then ended up getting them since their 'normal' window cleaner did not turn up on the two occassions he was meant too.

I was getting £60 a house with about 10 windows; though I did do a gutter/soffit/eves wash too with a WFP (but they didn't really need doing since the houses were brand new; so I just went through the 'motions' if you know what I mean). 

That was good money for us, though Roy Harding charges about £60 for 10 windows on his routine work!  ;D

mini estate i thought you were window cleaner not car valeter. ;)