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craigR

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Using a wagtail at height
« on: November 25, 2012, 05:19:24 pm »
Internal 1st clean coming up where scaffold or scissor lift are not allowed. Considering using wagtail on pole then polishing of with dragonfly/ vikann easyshine set up. Problem is height. Highest point is about 55 ft.
Any one used this method at this sort of height and got decent results or any better suggestions.



Gary f

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Re: Using a wagtail at height
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2012, 05:45:26 pm »
Put wagga in you tube might help

Total shine cleaning services

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Re: Using a wagtail at height
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2012, 11:49:13 pm »
u may possibly struggle at that height, wagtail is ok but takes some practise, have u considered the unger vice versa or the ettore back flip, I carry all of the above and they all serve a useful purpose depending on the type of internal I'm doing

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TomCrowther

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Re: Using a wagtail at height
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2012, 10:07:42 am »
I would be amazed if you could use one at 55 ft but I guess the only way to find out is to try it. Would be interested to hear how it went.

H2GoKent

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Re: Using a wagtail at height
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2012, 10:14:13 am »
used to do the inside of a debenhams restaurant approx 30ft using an extension pole and a back flip.
Worked all right, took practice, but the joy is at that height you dont need perfection.
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craigR

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Re: Using a wagtail at height
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2012, 08:05:23 pm »
Thanks. seems like a backflip is the way to try first and could attempt with dragonfly but on glass only cleaned twice a year at most previously I doubt the results will be outstanding.

craigR

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Re: Using a wagtail at height
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2012, 09:02:03 am »
any other suggestions would be welcome

Small but perfectley formed

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Re: Using a wagtail at height
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2012, 01:51:30 pm »
What pole you going to use at that height  55ft that will be almost if not impossible to control a squeegy ???
Spit and polish

robertphil

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Re: Using a wagtail at height
« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2012, 07:34:31 pm »
after soapin it up with a Tbar ,id drape scrim over the t bar scrubber and buff/wipe it clean

craigR

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Re: Using a wagtail at height
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2012, 05:51:51 pm »
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robertphil

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Re: Using a wagtail at height
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2012, 07:32:23 pm »
i did some windows at about 40 foot with a wagtail but it was just too high to get fine control ,i was using the biggest wag i had ,a 24inch to reduce the effort ,  in hindsight  id have got better results using the method i wrote above . also at that height you really need 2 people each with a pole ,one to mop and 1 to squeegee because  putting up n down the pole to change over to squeegee is a drag .

craigR

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Re: Using a wagtail at height
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2012, 06:10:40 pm »
sound advice seems sensible. Thanks for that.

Spruce

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Re: Using a wagtail at height
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2012, 08:27:37 pm »
Internal 1st clean coming up where scaffold or scissor lift are not allowed. Considering using wagtail on pole then polishing of with dragonfly/ vikann easyshine set up. Problem is height. Highest point is about 55 ft.
Any one used this method at this sort of height and got decent results or any better suggestions.




If they won't allow that equipment, then let them tell you how to clean it. We used Unger poles, squeegy and applicator at 30 feet, but I wouldn't go higher - 55 ft is virtually twice that height.

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