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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mack's Window Cleaning on March 13, 2010, 09:30:46 pm
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Hi guys, does anyone know how to get silicone off glass?
Any advice would be great. Thanks alot
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use a scraper if it's ground level otherwise you might need to go up a ladder ;D
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Dust it with talcum powder to dry it up, then use 000 grade steel wool to remove it.
It works well honest.
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SILICONE!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
windys nitemare :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
gotta be the worst thing on glass ive ever come across :o :o :o :o
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It's dried on from renovation job a month ago !
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It's dried on from renovation job a month ago !
if i get it i tell the custy i will b chargin more. fed up with stuff like that all over the glass >:(
builders n painters make all the mess they want at our expence ******* >:(
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Boing
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iv got 1 house recently had new windows and theres some kind of gookie that is near the seals,like a silicone grease. more you polish the windows the worse this stuff comes out . nitemare !
and a couple of these brand new windows have what looks like hard water stains but you only see it when you wash the glass,maybe this is some kind of silicone on it ,its too thin to scrape
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Oil Flo 141 may be what you need ;)
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dont worry about all the mess... the window cleaner will get that off.... >:( >:(
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Where would I buy Oil 101 from and how much? Thanks
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Cleaningspot along with many other suppliers.
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Hi guys, does anyone know how to get silicone off glass?
Any advice would be great. Thanks alot
scraper with new blade in
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If it's blobs then the Ungar scrapers are very good, the blades are very thin (the one-sided razor blades we used to get). If it is smears, which gets worse when you try rubbing it off, I use a clean cloth with a bit of white spirit, although you will have to leave it for a short time to evaporate, otherwise it will interfere with your water. I just had to do a house with four new windows on the back all smeared with silicone. why can't tradespeople finish jobs off properly????
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why can't tradespeople finish jobs off properly????
SPOT ON IAN B ;D ;D GIVE THAT MAN A JOINT :o I MEAN CIGAR ;D
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as said earlier OILFLO will do the job , most online w/c suppliers do it i personallly use Soap national
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as said earlier OILFLO will do the job , most online w/c suppliers do it i personallly use Soap national
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soap national went the extra mile for me when delivering me some stuff i ordered. +gave me something extra for free .
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Update- Thanks alot for all your help on this one chaps, I didn't have time to order the Oil Flo 101, but will get some for the future! I used white spirit and it came off a treat. I spent hours trying to get it off before I put out this cry for help and had told the custy I had all but given up hope on it, so when she saw the end results today, she was very impressed. now she is going to see the builders and get some extra money off of them because of the mess they made, and give it to me!!! Plus, she was so chuffed I had spent nearly three days doing the clean, she has recommended me to her company who are just in the process of building 52 houses!!!!
Thanks again guys for your help, you can't beat an experienced head that's for sure.
All the best!
Ray :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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You can use talcum powder on steel wool.
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White spirt and a new razor blade, and white scouring pad
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new blade in the scraper and some elbow.
I try to avoid sticky fingered toerags, I once washed about 300 3' x 2' windows, every fourth one was covered in the stuff, not only was he puttin windows in slower than his mate but he was also makin my day a lot harder. I do hate sticky fingered toerags who leave the stuff all over the place. >:(