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CraigBlues

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Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« on: January 05, 2012, 07:39:47 pm »
I have been asked by one of my regular customers to clean their car wash to get rid of the detergent and what not from the glass on their automatic car wash. I did a sample square the other week with scraper but wondered I anyone can reccomend a good method or product to speed it up.

Darranvps

Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2012, 07:41:35 pm »
These have a specific product http://www.lahega.com/contactus.asp

CraigBlues

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Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2012, 09:23:18 pm »
Someone must have cleaned the windows inside of a car wash before?

Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2012, 10:26:57 pm »
I imagine what with all the chemicals and water would be nightmare to get good. make sure you charge enough! its a big area to scrape too!

John F

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Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2012, 10:33:36 pm »
once you have limescale pretty thick on the glass then its usually too late to save it. you will get some off but once the machines have run for about a day or two then it will look like you never cleaned them!

Have fun anyway. nightmare job.

NJWindowCleaning

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Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2012, 10:55:31 pm »
When i asked about this last year or it could of been the year before someone advise me to use TFR neat and leave it for about 10mins then wash off with wfp as it came up a treat for me.  ;D ;D

jouk45

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Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2012, 10:56:34 pm »
Someone must have cleaned the windows inside of a car wash before?
i have never done this, and cant imagine many would have either, its a very rare job i think, but if it was me, i would use non scratch ready bottled sugar soap from B@Q  best stain, grease,  remover you can buy

Darranvps

Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2012, 06:39:52 am »
Try contacting Lahega - they might have a distributor in the UK and they make a product to clean this

Rob_Mac

Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2012, 07:50:51 am »
I clean these regularly.

There will be an opaque appearance (non uniform) build up of Limescale and other chemical build ups on the glass panels.

When wet they look like they are clear but don't think that you can just go in there with a pressure washer and WFP because it will not come off.

On the ones I clean we do the external roof, internal roof, internal & external glass, external cladding, all the internal metalwork (avoiding any motors and high level electrics), the glass, the floor is pressure washed, rinsing down everything, including the brushes.

I give them the option of getting the build up off the glass or just the above without getting the build up off.

I have a specific material that I have sourced, that will clean highly stained glass but have been criticised for trying to sell it on here in the past so I will not divulge what it is.

There are things out there to clean glass, to differing degrees. How much effort you put into finding them will give you the end product.

The product I found took a great deal of finding but it completely restores glass.

Allow yourself a day on it for a project and be prepared to get wet. Check with your insurance whether you are covered for works on fuel stations (if it is on one) because you need this cover.

Rob ;D

CraigBlues

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Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2012, 10:10:39 am »
Sent you an email rob. :-)

CraigBlues

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Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2012, 11:10:44 am »
I don't want to scrap it all, as I did a tester patch the other day and looked good, but a massive job to scrape it all! I need a good solution, maybe just turn up with loads of different ones and hope! ha!

Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2012, 02:53:06 pm »
Save Restore will work.

CraigBlues

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Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2012, 03:04:47 pm »
Save Restore will work.

Where can you find this?

GB Window Cleaning

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Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2012, 08:08:11 pm »
surley you will need hard water removal like "mineral deposite remover?" you could try a glass scrapper and detergent i suppose ??? do a test area first and get a scratch waver signed if using a blade!!!

Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2012, 08:23:09 pm »
U S A just google it.and order.

CraigBlues

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Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2012, 12:20:42 pm »
I'm stupid for taking this job on. TFR making it slightly lighter work but there must be a better product / method.

mike roberts

Re: Automatic Car Wash glass inside advice New
« Reply #16 on: January 11, 2012, 12:43:47 pm »
I clean these regularly.

There will be an opaque appearance (non uniform) build up of Limescale and other chemical build ups on the glass panels.

When wet they look like they are clear but don't think that you can just go in there with a pressure washer and WFP because it will not come off.

On the ones I clean we do the external roof, internal roof, internal & external glass, external cladding, all the internal metalwork (avoiding any motors and high level electrics), the glass, the floor is pressure washed, rinsing down everything, including the brushes.

I give them the option of getting the build up off the glass or just the above without getting the build up off.

I have a specific material that I have sourced, that will clean highly stained glass but have been criticised for trying to sell it on here in the past so I will not divulge what it is.

There are things out there to clean glass, to differing degrees. How much effort you put into finding them will give you the end product.

The product I found took a great deal of finding but it completely restores glass.

Allow yourself a day on it for a project and be prepared to get wet. Check with your insurance whether you are covered for works on fuel stations (if it is on one) because you need this cover.

Rob ;D

helpfull  ;D ;D

Find yourself a local chem supplier / manufacturer ... you need an acidic rinse no effect to glass or tarmac plenty of rinsing, you will however need to check framework and also check if ok to use with client ie ph levels.

We have also sourced a product which is non acidic this is used mainly in the restoration of swimming pools...  hence ph levels are critical, works a treat  ;D