[GB Window Cleaning]

this pole is excluding rinsing technique and sill cleaning, im not interested in those! oh and its also for technique on a 4 weekly maintenance clean!

thanks for your votes.

GB

[Lee GLS]

Wahoo, a question 

[GB Window Cleaning]

Wahoo, a question 

told you it wouldnt be long lee! 

[CLEANCARE WC]

as much as nessascary GB no more no less mate.

[GB Window Cleaning]

as much as nessascary GB no more no less mate.

but how do you determine how much is necessary when you working say... 2 or 3 floors up and you cant see how much is necessary? surely you must now what you do on an avarage window  

[GB Window Cleaning]

intersting results on the poll thanks to everyone who's voted so far.

please keep them coming!!! 

[Lee GLS]

In reality GB, its hard to say "how many times" you go over the glass and frames, it comes down to experience and confidence in you work.

If i am behind and trying to catch up, then i might not even touch the frames on maintenance cleans, and you can get away with barely scrubbing the glass, because over 4 weeks there wont be much build up of dirt, and the lightest going over with a brush will loosen the dirt, meaning that the most important part of the clean is the rinse.

[GB Window Cleaning]

In reality GB, its hard to say "how many times" you go over the glass and frames, it comes down to experience and confidence in you work.

If i am behind and trying to catch up, then i might not even touch the frames on maintenance cleans, and you can get away with barely scrubbing the glass, because over 4 weeks there wont be much build up of dirt, and the lightest going over with a brush will loosen the dirt, meaning that the most important part of the clean is the rinse.

good points! thanks lee 

[Swcs]

I start at the glass line, scrub down the window and frames to the sill. Rinse off. Wipe the sill. Is this the correct technique. I'm confused?!

[Blue Frog Systems]

I dont do the frames every time (probably every other time) apart from the houses on busy roads.

Quick scrub is all thats really needed on 4 weekly cleans, another once over maybe on the 8 weekly ones

[Craig 72]

Yeah pretty much what Lee said.If the frames look good I might not touch the top on maintenance cleans.Just do the glass and then you can do the sides of the frame in pretty much the same motion.Then a quick swipe of the cill to finish.It can vary from house to house as to what your technique is.The troublesome windows can be the ones where the seal has a very tiny join at the top that you can see if you look closely.I did a clean a while back where the water had collected in this seal and after I had left it ran down and left awful runs.So now I leave a tiny gap at the top of the glass.Results are now good and no runs but you'd only know this by trial and error.

[GB Window Cleaning]

for 4 wkly maintenance cleans on 1st floor or above i start by going side to side over top of frame then rinse this part of the frame, then a quick brush over rest of frame

then start brushing on glass top, side to side then up and down over middle of glass then side to side over bottom of glass, then repeat this method once more on glass to make sure as i cant see the glass close up!

then a GOOD rinse over all the glass right from top to bottom!

for ground floor i do the same as above but just once over glass as i can inspect the results close up!

GB

[GB Window Cleaning]

so it seems that most windys do what i do...

once over frames and twice over glass 

im thinking about trying only once over the glass on ground floors though and see what the results are like, think i will stick to twice over 1st floor and above though as your not near enough to see results properley!

thank people for your votes so far, keep them coming though 

GB

[GB Window Cleaning]

once over frames & glass    = 14 (36.8%)

once over frames twice over glass = 16 (42.1%)

close call

thanks people!

anymore voted more than welcomed! 

GB

[craig mcneil]

Your results will also depend on the amount of water you use. A good, reasonably high flow of water (c. 3lpm) will allow you to be pretty speedy as it will help loosen and flush away dirt as you go over the glass and frame. A low rate may mean that you have to go over the glass more than once. A good flow also helps speed up the rinse too.

[windiewasher]

Every house and every window is different.everyone should soon get there own technique down to a tee after a week or 2.it really is simple.

[GB Window Cleaning]

Your results will also depend on the amount of water you use. A good, reasonably high flow of water (c. 3lpm) will allow you to be pretty speedy as it will help loosen and flush away dirt as you go over the glass and frame. A low rate may mean that you have to go over the glass more than once. A good flow also helps speed up the rinse too.

well said mate! i use a good flow rate now must be about 3 lpm. do you use a high flow rate and only once over glass and frames then i take it?

[GB Window Cleaning]

Every house and every window is different.everyone should soon get there own technique down to a tee after a week or 2.it really is simple.

thanks

[Nameless Drudge]

Developing a brushing and rinsing technique is one of the most daunting challenges mankind has been faced with.Though some fortunate people like doctorwindows may have mastered it in 2 weeks most mere mortals will never achieve a high level of competence in their lifetime. Even those who attain near perfect results still find a periodical check with the dentist advisable.

[richard jagger]

W.F.P technique is the maddest thing I have every heard as it does not take into account the level of dirt on the glass.
You will never get a consistent result unless you do an over kill clean each time.