[neiljoust]

hi guys how do you stop getting a water border round the windows thanks

[windolene]

Hi,

Dont have more then a couple of mm of rubber sticking from end of squeegee channel.

Kevin WINDOLENE.

[neiljoust]

do you mean cut of abit got just under a cm each end

[Panorama]

Hi neil, you need to dogear your channels. go on YouTube and type in mywagga, then look for dogearing your channels the new way. Top tips by wagga , job done. Regards

[james44]

Hi neil, you need to dogear your channels. go on YouTube and type in mywagga, then look for dogearing your channels the new way. Top tips by wagga , job done. Regards

There is no need to dogear! do as kevin has said and use the squeegee at the right angles,

This will help you!

Question:

I waste a lot of time detailing windows after squeegeeing them, do I have to?

Answer:

No

Practice on a window, clean the window normally but do it very slowly, watch what is happening when you go across the top and down the sides, the marks that you are leaving behind are not there because of bad luck, they are there because something is happening to put them there.  Sometimes you will find on a particular window you leave nothing behind, this is not good luck, it is because of certain rubber mouldings keep the end of the rubber on the glass.  Now the times when you do leave something behind look very close and see why, the squeegee rubber is riding up on to the mouldings, this causes a gap between the glass and the squeegee rubber, which in turn leaves solution behind.

First off make sure you have a soft rubber, hard is no good it will leave marks down the sides.  Probably the easiest way is to go across the top and down the sides at the proper angle, you want to go down the left side at this angle/ and down the right side at this angle\.  Now see what is happening

Like I said it depends on the window, they are all different, if you can see, and understand what is causing the marks that you leave behind, then you are halfway there, it is just a case of perfecting your squeegee technique so that nothing is left behind.

Practise this  technique and you will not have to detail takes time but you will get the hang of it! and you will soon be flying doing trad work!

[neiljoust]

thank you guys

[Ian Lancaster]

Easy way to improve result:  swab window and edge of frame.  With a fairly dry cloth (a piece of old towel is ideal) wipe round the edge of the glass about 1/2" in from the frame, and as much of the frame as you can at the same time - ONE WIPE ROUND ONLY.  Then squeegee - very little water at the edge so much better result

Wring out bit of towel before doing next window.

With a bit of practice you'll be able to do this with no need to 'detail' afterwards

[Darranvps]

Hi neil, you need to dogear your channels. go on YouTube and type in mywagga, then look for dogearing your channels the new way. Top tips by wagga , job done. Regards

There is no need to dogear! do as kevin has said and use the squeegee at the right angles,

This will help you!

Question:

I waste a lot of time detailing windows after squeegeeing them, do I have to?

Answer:

No

Practice on a window, clean the window normally but do it very slowly, watch what is happening when you go across the top and down the sides, the marks that you are leaving behind are not there because of bad luck, they are there because something is happening to put them there.  Sometimes you will find on a particular window you leave nothing behind, this is not good luck, it is because of certain rubber mouldings keep the end of the rubber on the glass.  Now the times when you do leave something behind look very close and see why, the squeegee rubber is riding up on to the mouldings, this causes a gap between the glass and the squeegee rubber, which in turn leaves solution behind.

First off make sure you have a soft rubber, hard is no good it will leave marks down the sides.  Probably the easiest way is to go across the top and down the sides at the proper angle, you want to go down the left side at this angle/ and down the right side at this angle\.  Now see what is happening

Like I said it depends on the window, they are all different, if you can see, and understand what is causing the marks that you leave behind, then you are halfway there, it is just a case of perfecting your squeegee technique so that nothing is left behind.

Practise this  technique and you will not have to detail takes time but you will get the hang of it! and you will soon be flying doing trad work!

Well written - well done.

So now I know there are at least two of us that can squeegy properly

If any of my staff were to wipe around the edges they would be shot! I teach them the correct way to squeegee - from day one and never mention to them anything to do with wiping.
There are a lot that do wipe because they don't squeegee properly.

[james44]

Easy way to improve result:  swab window and edge of frame.  With a fairly dry cloth (a piece of old towel is ideal) wipe round the edge of the glass about 1/2" in from the frame, and as much of the frame as you can at the same time - ONE WIPE ROUND ONLY.  Then squeegee - very little water at the edge so much better result Wink

Wring out bit of towel before doing next window.

With a bit of practice you'll be able to do this with no need to 'detail' afterwards

Ian all you are doing is detailing before blading rather than after the whole point is to have no detailing!

[David Kent @ KentKleen]

i just brush and rinse! simple 

[dazmond]

cowboys some of you guys!!   you always need to detail slightly around most windows!!

as has already been said i brush and rinse mostly these days!!WFP!!


Its impossible not to leave a little bit of water that needs wiping up.i suppose you dont clean the sills either lads?

[neiljoust]

yes mate i always clean the sills how long does normaly take you to do a 3 bedroom house

[james44]

Dazmond i know window cleaners who have been cleaning for 30+ years and still can`t blade without detailing!

I think they are just set on their ways they don`t feel it is clean until they detail it when there is no need!

[neiljoust]

what would you do just leave the border its only about 2mm

[james44]

neiljoust, get used to these angles / left \right and there will be no border to detail.

[neiljoust]

thank you will do

[mci services]

james you nicked that explanation from peters site but it is right though

[Lee GLS]

James put the same explanation on here yesterday and said where he got it from, so he isn't trying to take the credit just trying to help

[mci services]

James put the same explanation on here yesterday and said where he got it from, so he isn't trying to take the credit just trying to help

just messing with him lee, I think he knows that

[Lee GLS]

James put the same explanation on here yesterday and said where he got it from, so he isn't trying to take the credit just trying to help

just messing with him lee, I think he knows that

arr, my bad, i was reading it on my phone, i didnt see the smilies  , just add so much more to a post.