Did a first clean today, all wooden frames, and a milimeter gap in between the glass and the frame, under there were the seals, but they were about 2mm in.
You would not believe HOW much the windows soaped up. I don't understand where it all came from, it was from those gaps, and the glass, but 80% came from those gaps. It was like a car wash, I'm not kidding. Flowrate was very good, the water blew out at over 2l/pm, and the soap (not just small bubbles, no it was everywhere) just kept coming and coming, I used so much water, and jamming my brush in between the edges.
So I first did the whole frame, getting the brush in between the gaps. After spending quite some time on that, I went over the window about three times (but those smaller scrubs that you do in between probably added up to 5 times lol) it was still soaping quite a bit from those gaps, then rinsed it very properly twice. First rinsed the whole glass, including around the edges, then a final rinse more focused on the center, trying to steer away from the gaps. It seemed like all the soap on the actual pane was gone.
When it dried up (lovely sunny weather, lady went away, so stuck around and checked them) there were quite a few spots, not the very small ones, but the waterdrop shape that has been dried spots.
So I'm a bit baffled, I got one other house with all wooden frames, and they don't seem to come up very well. Sure they look great from the outside from a meter away, but if you look inside out, you can see the spots.
So I'm wondering if it was the wood, or the soap, or a combination of the two. Next time I'm positive soap will still come out of those gaps, but I was spending so much time even for a first clean on it, that I had to keep it a bit economical, time and water wise.
My goodness, never have I seen such a bad soaping up effect.
Any tips?