[jukelook]

Hi as you have proberbly noticed i am just starting out ...i bought some scrim (ready to use scrim) but it does not seem to pick up water do i have to wet it first or what(i am using it dry).....if i put some drops of water on the kitchen work surface and wipe it up with the scrim it dont wipe it up ..its as if it isnt that absorbant
thanks

[Gleaming windows]

Have you boiled it for 3 or 4 hours?

[Nathanael Jones]

Scrim takes a while to wear in,.. it'll work better after a few uses & washes. Like Benny says, boiling it for a few hours will help a lot,.. but it stinks when boiled!!

[windowcleaninginessex.co.uk]

Even the pre washed srim, isn't really ready to use it will need a few more washes

[jukelook]

thanks very much

[Totus]

Fire 'em in the washing machine on a 90 degree wash then tumble dry 'em to start.

Try and get a batch done so they're "broken in" a bit, not to sure how many you've got but we get through about 10 a day per man. If you've got enough scrims use one for the windows and one for wiping sills this will shorten the time it takes for you to "break them in" as you're doubling up your scrim usage. Put all scrims through the washing machine every night. By the time you've got 6 weeks work done they should all be spot on.

Keep the ones that get "thin" and use them on leaded houses and for daubbing and scrimming georgian windows. One scrim per this type of house, they start to soak up really well but obviously get damp pretty quick.

Autumn is on ther way and your scrims will get damp quicker and you'll need to change them quicker than in the warmer months so getting them up to scratch now is a factor.

If you keep doing this you will always have a premium batch for detailing that stay drier for longer, a new batch to "break in" by using them on to wipe sills and old ones that get thin after months of use. Keep this process going and before you know it you'll have a range of scrims that suit all jobs....easy peasy.....

[combat1]

get some microfibre cloths they are brilliant and are largely replacing scrim for detailing.
Scrim has a dressing which makes it heavier and needs to be washed out first as others have said.
I used to use linen glass cloths which lasted in excess of three years but now use a Ramon glass cloth which is a microfibre type.

[HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy)]

somebody call me smelly?

[Smudger]

I started out using scrim,  just could not get on with it

thank GOD  for microfibre cloths

Window clean centre doing unger packs of 20 for 20 quid


Darran

[s.hughes]

I started out using scrim, just could not get on with it

thank GOD for microfibre cloths

Window clean centre doing unger packs of 20 for 20 quid


Darran

Funny that coz I dont get on with microfibre cloths, only scrim

[G Griffin]

Fire 'em in the washing machine on a 90 degree wash then tumble dry 'em to start.

Try and get a batch done so they're "broken in" a bit, not to sure how many you've got but we get through about 10 a day per man. If you've got enough scrims use one for the windows and one for wiping sills this will shorten the time it takes for you to "break them in" as you're doubling up your scrim usage. Put all scrims through the washing machine every night. By the time you've got 6 weeks work done they should all be spot on.

Keep the ones that get "thin" and use them on leaded houses and for daubbing and scrimming georgian windows. One scrim per this type of house, they start to soak up really well but obviously get damp pretty quick.

Autumn is on ther way and your scrims will get damp quicker and you'll need to change them quicker than in the warmer months so getting them up to scratch now is a factor.

If you keep doing this you will always have a premium batch for detailing that stay drier for longer, a new batch to "break in" by using them on to wipe sills and old ones that get thin after months of use. Keep this process going and before you know it you'll have a range of scrims that suit all jobs....easy peasy.....

I`d go along with that, especially the thin  ones for leads etc.   Good post.

            Gerry. 

[Sean Dyer]

i find microfibre are great when dry or just ever so slightly damp but they start smearing pretty quick as they dont hold water as well as scrim but you ca ring them out but they are never quite dry enough scrim take a while before they are too damp but once they are they become useless too til you can dry em out

[EZclean]

try and keep them out of the tumble drier, it speeds up the 'thinning' process.
and makes them to soft. check the filter in the drier after you've had the scrims in.
best to have 2 sets.

1set drying on a close maiden
1set for working