[windowcleaninginessex.co.uk]

Picked up new customer today, the windows are covered in P.V.A, they brought house last June and moved in this week due to extensions and inside works.

Whole house was also rendered and painted, the renderers are blaming the painter and the painter is blaming the renderers, for the P.V.A.

I have only come across the odd window like this before and always scraped it off, is their any other method or chemical that can be used ?

To scrape it would take about 2 days to do, I don't mind doing this as the lady is willing to pay good money, but what a pain it would be.

Any ideas

Thanks
Darren

[bonsey]

white spirt or thinners mr darren

[Ian101]

teaching granny suck eggs perhaps and all that but make sure u have a scratch glass disclaimer signed if u going anywhere near her windows with a scraper

[windowcleaninginessex.co.uk]

white spirt or thinners mr darren

Hello Mate,
they tell me they have used white spirits already,
You having a day off

[windowcleaninginessex.co.uk]

traching granny suck eggs perhaps and all that but make sure u have a scratch glass disclaimer signed if u going anywhere near her windows with a scraper

Already discussed with the lady, but good point to beware of.

[EandM]

PVA is non convertible and water based, thinners will be ineffective. It should take on the same properties as thin vinyl.

Hot soapy water should soften it and then scrape gently with a clean blade.

[andrew tapsell]

wet it and scrape with a scraper. im a exbuilder thats how i got it off. it comes off pretty easy unless although a bit pain staking

[TomCrowther]

It was the renderer who left the PVA on the windows, a painter wouldn't use it. I have had one like this and it was a joke. I carefully scraped one small window, and then worked out how long it would take to do the rest {v big house}. As per previous post, get a disclaimer signed as any scratches whether they were already there will be blamed on you.

[windowcleaninginessex.co.uk]

It was the renderer who left the PVA on the windows, a painter wouldn't use it. I have had one like this and it was a joke. I carefully scraped one small window, and then worked out how long it would take to do the rest {v big house}. As per previous post, get a disclaimer signed as any scratches whether they were already there will be blamed on you.

It could be a sealer from the renderer, as it was fresh render, which needs sealing on first coat

[EandM]

Painters frequently use thinned PVA when initially coating render or plaster. Roller is the usual delivery method and that does tend to spray the windows.

[Rob Knapman]

Are you sure its PVA, might be waterproofer from the render...big headache to remove, if not impossible

[windowcleaninginessex.co.uk]

Are you sure its PVA, might be waterproofer from the render...big headache to remove, if not impossible

I think it is P.V.A, I have had a go at a couple of windows wetted down and scraper, to show the customer, but what a pain as they are leaded. I was just wondering if there was a quicker way...

[bonsey]

quicker way is dont do the job mr darren ! lol