[Matt - aquatec]

Hi

I did my first PVC clean today on a house that hadn't been touched for 4 years... Minging, I soaked the frames and sills in 20:1 virosol and left them for 6 mins or so... The frames have come up lovely but the sills are still grey. I scrubbed the lower ones by hand but obviously couldnt get to the first floor... I am using wfp.

Any tips for getting the grey frames clean on first floor plus???

Cheers

Matt

[james51174]

there may be a way...but i dont know it...personally i would use a ladder....have even used cif in the past

[Pope vader]

ladder or hover boots

[Smudger]

Quite often the lower frames and sills are far worse than the upper frames - if your not going to use a ladder then when quoting you need to make it clear to the custy that they will be cleaned but you may not be able to remove ingrained stains and dirt.

Ground floor frames and sills get the t-cut/uPVC restorer treatment but viro-sol/tfr is usually good enough

Darran

[Matt - aquatec]

cheers fellas,

I am actually thinking of designing a tool to fit on the end of my pole, screw fitting as per my brushes, that is basically an absorbent pad with a slightly abrasive face, no scratch of course. This would be in the shape of the sill and therefore would allow me to then apply the correct solevent by pole and therefore clean the sill??

Am i being mad or stupid???

Cheers

Matt

[mike roberts]

Ground floor frames and sills get the t-cut/uPVC restorer treatment but viro-sol/tfr is usually good enough

Darran

Out of interest how do you think virosol compares to Upvc cream - solvent ??

[mike roberts]

cheers fellas,

I am actually thinking of designing a tool to fit on the end of my pole, screw fitting as per my brushes, that is basically an absorbent pad with a slightly abrasive face, no scratch of course. This would be in the shape of the sill and therefore would allow me to then apply the correct solevent by pole and therefore clean the sill??

Am i being mad or stupid???

Cheers

Matt

hi check out unger site they have a clamp that attaches to pole to hold sponges etc

apart from that geta ladder

[Spruce]

cheers fellas,

I am actually thinking of designing a tool to fit on the end of my pole, screw fitting as per my brushes, that is basically an absorbent pad with a slightly abrasive face, no scratch of course. This would be in the shape of the sill and therefore would allow me to then apply the correct solevent by pole and therefore clean the sill??

Am i being mad or stupid???

Cheers

Matt

No, a bit silly maybe, but not mad or stupid - but you are creating a rod for your own back if you turn every clean into a window frame restore.. Every customer knows the difference between a window and frame clean and a UPVC restore. The latter is much more expensive. Their choice.
Spruce

[EandM]

Hover Boots Suck.