[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

Try WD40 it works on grey, black and brown guttering.




Matt

[Robin Ray]

get her to call the "plastic surgon"

[kevinc]

  ok then,please bear in mind during the day i'm a window fitter and over the last two years i've been trying all sorts of cleaners(i used all sorts of things on customers old windows and when we go back to them in say six months time to do another i check to see how they are)the ONLY thing which works and stays clean for over a year is morrisons cream cleaner with bleach(must have the bleach added)this works better than anything else i've tried its similar to the cream cleaner for pvc you can buy which is really jif or cif cleaner the added thing is an old pan scrubber the green plastic ones with a sponge on the other side.
method     wet the frame well apply the cream cleaner to the sponge and scrub well you'll see it coming clean straight away-keep the frame wet if you can-makes the job quicker
once you've cleaned the frame either wfp it to rinse it all off or hose pipe it-this option is better(for the pole)then clean as normal
the results you can get are brilliant-i overlook one house i did last year and they were manky yet after a year they still look as good if not better than the neighbours ones try it on your own windows first to see the results mate-kevin

[A & J Owen Window Cleaning]

yep new frames mate

[Craig Trevain]

Theres a solvent that most double glazing companies use called type10 its a strong solvent that removes top layer, used to use it loads in days of doing build cleans. made by company called worth.

[Ian_Giles]

Once the finish has been compromised on the wood effect upvc there is nothing you can do, any stain of any kind will just make the area darker, which is no good on a plastic veneer as it makes the "WHOLE" patch darker by the same shade. This is ok on a veneer that is all one uniform shade or colour, but on doors & frames etc there are different shades and colours to give the wood grain effect.
Your customer is going to have to take it on the chin I'm afraid 


Regards restoring white upvc; if you clean them as stated, how does it effect any oxidization levels?
Without personally knowing so, I would have thought that even though the window frames may look like new, they will surely continue to oxidize??

Ian

[kevinc]

hi ian,in relation to oxidisation it all depends on the quality of the pvc,any 1980's or early 90's frames the pvc was extruded slowly so was of good quality ie rehau,kommerling,plastmo,halo etc.some mid 1990's pvc was crap to be fair/extruded really quick and has a coarse/gritty  finish to it  thankfully quality seems to have improved somewhat since then,its early days for me but judging by the results on homes i've done i don't think i'll be doing the frames again for a few more years to come one after two years is still spot on and looks pretty new even though some are over 12 years old-some even older-hope this helps