[prestige cleaners]

im just about to get a new pole, gextel 17ft, from cleaningspot, £85.

ive been using them for 3 yrs now, but any advice in case ive missed something cheaper and better?

diy maybe?

also what do use to stop dirt and sand getting up it?

[Blue Frog Systems]

Gardiners C-LX18.... £85 without brush....

[LWC]

Harris £15. Takes about 5 mins to make. Saw the bottom off so hose can get through, make a whole up the top, and heat the plastic part thats already on it almost to melting poin and screw the brush into to make a new thread...works a treat.

[EZclean]

try drilling through the rubber at the bottom instead of cutting it off.

i use this type, dont know if it is correct bit but it does ok:

[david68]

With the harris pole you need gloves becaust they make you hands turn grey .... now i do not use the anymore.... but where nice and lite

[LWC]

Get a roll of vinyl and wrap the bottom section if thats a problem or be a man like me and have grey hands. Makes you look like youve done a proper days work. 

[gary999]

With the harris pole you need gloves becaust they make you hands turn grey .... now i do not use the anymore.... but where nice and lite

use heatshrink no more grey hands warmer in winter
and gives the pole a nice finish

[EZclean]

powder free nitrile

[Blue Frog Systems]

What did you get in the end Dirty Windows

[Ian Lancaster]

Get a roll of vinyl and wrap the bottom section if thats a problem or be a man like me and have grey hands. Makes you look like youve done a proper days work. 

The grey is aluminium which wears off onto your hands.  This has been linked to Althzeimers desease in later life, so beware

[gary999]

Get a roll of vinyl and wrap the bottom section if thats a problem or be a man like me and have grey hands. Makes you look like youve done a proper days work. 

The grey is aluminium which wears off onto your hands.  This has been linked to Althzeimers desease in later life, so beware

like i said before use heatshrink nice rubbery coating no grey hands
and no althzeimers












sorry what was i just saying

[Perfect Windows]

The grey is aluminium which wears off onto your hands.  This has been linked to Althzeimers desease in later life, so beware

The Alzheimer's Society tend to disagree with the Daily Mail's standard "scare the living bejeezus out of people" editorial line...

from http://alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=99

"...no causal relationship has yet been proved. As evidence for other causes continues to grow, a possible link with aluminium seems increasingly unlikely."

Vin

[richard jagger]

I slip a 28mm lagging I gwt from the pluming shop and then shrink tubing over that. Soft like cushion and keeps hands warm on Harris poles.

[dd]

The grey is aluminium which wears off onto your hands.  This has been linked to Althzeimers desease in later life, so beware

The Alzheimer's Society tend to disagree with the Daily Mail's standard "scare the living bejeezus out of people" editorial line...

from http://alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=99

"...no causal relationship has yet been proved. As evidence for other causes continues to grow, a possible link with aluminium seems increasingly unlikely."

Vin

Aluminum is toxic so prolonged exposure to it as in absorbing it through your skin on a daily basis is not to be recommended IMO. I believe it is linked to other disease conditions and just because a "Scientific" link has not yet been established with alzheimers does not mean there is no connection.

[Richard Neal]

use heatshrink no more grey hands warmer in winter
and gives the pole a nice finish

Where do you get the heatshrink from mate?

[Perfect Windows]

Aluminum is toxic so prolonged exposure to it as in absorbing it through your skin on a daily basis is not to be recommended IMO. I believe it is linked to other disease conditions and just because a "Scientific" link has not yet been established with alzheimers does not mean there is no connection.

I agree that it makes sense not to get aluminium powder on your hands more than you have to; however, to do this based on a supposed link to Alzheimers is foolish.

Remember, just because a "Scientific" link has not yet been established between water on the hands and alzheimers does not mean there is no connection.  Best avoid getting your hands wet from now on.


Vin

[dd]

Aluminum is toxic, as far as I know water is not.

[Perfect Windows]

Aluminum is toxic, as far as I know water is not.

I have no disagreement whatsoever with the statement that Aluminium is toxic.  I'm just pointing out that there is no evidence at all linking it to Alzheimers.

Vin

[NJWindowCleaning]

Does that mean that all of us will get some sort of alzheimers from using ali ladders before changing too wfp??   

[A & J Owen Window Cleaning]

will have to get rid of me harris pole then   have we strayed off the track a bit here thought he wants a pole not a medical discussion