[james44]

you have to leave a 2 inch gap round the frame in order to just squeegee!!

No you dont dazmond, look at the angle of the squeegee when you first start a window the leading edge! keep this angle all around the window and you will not have to detail,

This angle \ going down the right side and this angle / going down the left side simple

[james44]

There you go dazmond this is from peters site and how i learned to do it!

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How do I clean windows without detailing
« on: January 22, 2004, 05:44:23 PM »
   
Question:

I waste a lot of time detailing windows after squeegeeing them, do I have to?

Answer:

No

Practice on a window, clean the window normally but do it very slowly, watch what is happening when you go across the top and down the sides, the marks that you are leaving behind are not there because of bad luck, they are there because something is happening to put them there.  Sometimes you will find on a particular window you leave nothing behind, this is not good luck, it is because of certain rubber mouldings keep the end of the rubber on the glass.  Now the times when you do leave something behind look very close and see why, the squeegee rubber is riding up on to the mouldings, this causes a gap between the glass and the squeegee rubber, which in turn leaves solution behind.

First off make sure you have a soft rubber, hard is no good it will leave marks down the sides.  Probably the easiest way is to go across the top and down the sides at the proper angle, you want to go down the left side at this angle/ and down the right side at this angle\.  Now see what is happening 

Like I said it depends on the window, they are all different, if you can see, and understand what is causing the marks that you leave behind, then you are halfway there, it is just a case of perfecting your squeegee technique so that nothing is left behind.

Practise this  technique and you will not have to detail takes time but you will get the hang of it! and you will soon be flying doing trad work!

[Griffus]

Grade A Pre-Washed Scrims tend to be the softest and best, although even these perform better after a few uses / washes.

[Jackal]

well been having a bit of a go at it today (not detailing) depends on the window edge, and how much solution you use if you use hardly any water/soap on window and miss the edge of glass by 1/2 to an inch then its possible, in summer when the sun is out you need to use more water/soap so would be alot more difficult,either way i would still want to check all around the edge to make sure iv not missed some so might aswell just give it a quick wipe anyway

[richard jagger]

I domt use a sqeegee or scim because I am amazing. Nananaaaa

[james44]

well been having a bit of a go at it today (not detailing) depends on the window edge, and how much solution you use if you use hardly any water/soap on window and miss the edge of glass by 1/2 to an inch then its possible, in summer when the sun is out you need to use more water/soap so would be alot more difficult

Jackal it does not matter how much solution you use the end result is the same! and why miss 1/2 upto the edge  you can go right up on the edge of the frame practise give it more time and it will all come to you, summer/winter it makes no difference!

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

After squeegeeing the window I use a microfibre cloth to go around the edges, is this what everyone else uses or is there a cloth that better suits

Learn to squeegee the right way and you won`t need a cloth!

I think it's impossible not to leave an edge that needs wiping

it`s not!it is very easy to do once you get your technique right!

i suppose it more a case of how good a job you want to do!

no chance you can squeeqee a window a not leave anything on the edge of glass,no matter how good your technic is,if you dont wipe around edge its a bodge job

very rarely do i av to detail a window as been
said if your using yr squeegee properly
minimal detailing be told stokie

[mark m]

Grade A scrim i find the best 

[mikecam]

The art of window cleaning is not to leave any marks/borders around the window

What does he do in the meantime while he's practising Bob? Stay all day on the one window perfecting his technique?

[Bobs Window Cleaning]

Mike

I was taught to  clean windows without detailing. This was way before I started up my own round (5 years ago)

So I think its fair to say others should learn the trad way properly first so save time.

Not to say every window is the same and even now, I still detail some but not many.