[HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy)]

Right lads....got a wee job on this weekend on a cherrypicker (mewp)...anyways the facade of the building is covered by a network of metal sections and metal boxes, now this place aint been cleaned in a while so the metal work is now all white and spotty looking.....the builders of the building who are doing the renovation want the metal to be a shiny as new, which seems an impossible task.......so here i am on the forums looking for the best solution (clue in the word?) for this problem.

here is the facade in question.......it all gets done including the big square which is actually a big Q sign.....looks more like a box but there you go.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&q=healthland+glasgow&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=healthland&hnear=Glasgow,+Lanarkshire&cid=0,0,13931959372386612002&ei=vgEOTN6qI5_80wTL-PmaDg&ved=0CBkQnwIwAA&ll=55.864287,-4.260257&spn=0,0.000822&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=55.864268,-4.260093&panoid=CwkNsmm7taUEC3hURzCe0g&cbp=12,27.11,,0,-16.73

advice advice advise please.

[mci services]

good luck with that one scrimmy i would run a mile. Is it galvanised steel or aluminium

Either way its going to take a lot of elbow grease i would think

[HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy)]

great advice as usual stu

i have told them that i will do a test on it during the week to see wot works and how long it takes, if it takes too long then i walk

[Sunshine/Cleaning]

No idea!!

Looks like if you are called Stuart you would run from it! 

Good luck!

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

I would of thought something like braso might clean it up.





Matt

[Smudger]

Scrimmy - depending on the metal - stainless or galvanised steel or Ali will determine what will clean it.
and/or weather its coated/plated/painted

if raw finish and is stainless get a metal polish - brasso might be lightweight - there are better metal polishing creams for this and i wouls also use a drill with 'mop' fitted this will take out lots of effort

the same goes for ali - but i would suspect it would have been annodised - if so i doubt you will get the shine back

same for galvanised steel as the plating/coating would most likely be damaged.

Darran

[JOHN WONG]

Just out of interest, how did the cleaning of this facade turn out?
Any before and after pics?

Thanks