feeling the cold???

« **on:** February 03, 2006, 03:14:08 pm »

Hi all,

Don't know how many of you are still cleaning the traditional way. Seems to be most are using the wfp systems now. But I was sure feeling the cold on my fingers this morning.

As i'm not fully booked up yet i decided enough was enough today when the water started turning to ice as soon as it hit the windows.

Can anybody out there recommend a good brand of gloves for using in the freezing weather. I'm currently using the unger neoprene divers type and they're bloody useless at £12.50 a pair.

Thanks in advance for replies
Sunshine

« **Reply #1 on:** February 03, 2006, 03:45:07 pm »

Hi sunshine

I use sealskinz gloves cant fault them keep my hands lovely and warm sometimes too warm.

Got them from soap national around £16. www.soapnational.co.uk http://

Regards john

« **Reply #2 on:** February 03, 2006, 03:48:33 pm »

thanks john i'll get a pair on order now. Any discount for bulk buys??

sunshine

« **Reply #3 on:** February 03, 2006, 03:52:22 pm »

Don't know about gloves but you get discount on bulk rubbers definitely one off the cheapest around.

john

« **Reply #4 on:** February 03, 2006, 06:52:45 pm »

hi all

i rang my cousin for something , he lives in south africa , i was how are things there he said

ahh nice hot today its 30 c , and his at the beach !!

and there i was holding a 20 ft pole of ice cleaning windows !

icant handle much more of this

shawn

« **Reply #5 on:** February 03, 2006, 08:05:36 pm »

We've been doing commercial work today. It was all mop and squeegie stuff and the whole lot was outside work.

Started at 9am.

By 2pm I was done in from the cold.

By 3pm I'd had enough.

Does anyone else find the cold tiring?

« **Reply #6 on:** February 03, 2006, 08:11:37 pm »

I started at 9am today, and by 9:30am thought what the hell am I doing! Why did I give up my office job last year!

But I worked until 3:30pm and got all jobs in that needed doing today, and I earnt more than I would have if I was still in my office job

« **Reply #7 on:** February 03, 2006, 08:21:13 pm »

I done one commercial job this morning which took a hour and half for inside and out which pays £100 and called it a day. Waiting till its a bit warmer

« **Reply #8 on:** February 03, 2006, 08:23:05 pm »

Quote from: batterbee on February 03, 2006, 03:45:07 pm

Hi sunshine

I use sealskinz gloves cant fault them keep my hands lovely and warm sometimes too warm.

Got them from soap national around £16. www.soapnational.co.uk http://

Regards john

Thanks for the link. I've ordered some for Wor Lass.

« **Reply #9 on:** February 03, 2006, 08:33:18 pm »

wot do you wear gloves for? there just for girl thingys,years ago we used to have real winters with snow. Tip, let your fingers go numb and then the hotaches and after they will stay ok all day. Stop whining and get on with the job

« **Reply #10 on:** February 03, 2006, 08:40:53 pm »

No problem

soap national prices are very hard to beat I've used them since i started window cleaning 7 years ago, they've always got wot you want in stock and never takes more than 3 days to get them, also very friendly a pleasure to do business with

Regards john

« **Reply #11 on:** February 03, 2006, 08:55:10 pm »

This is the best start to a year since I began cleaning. I have not lost any time at all since starting back on 2nd January. My Indonesian Mrs went on strike on Wednesday. Poor girl having grown up on the equator couldn't hack it. I always wear gloves summer and winter, need them as well with the aluminium pole first thing in the morning. Ive been using cycling gloves from Aldi. They aren't water proof but your hands stay warm even if they get wet. Well worth the £2.99 a pare. Dai

« **Reply #12 on:** February 03, 2006, 09:00:25 pm »

Quote from: jon adams on February 03, 2006, 08:33:18 pm

wot do you wear gloves for? there just for girl thingys,years ago we used to have real winters with snow. Tip, let your fingers go numb and then the hotaches and after they will stay ok all day. Stop whining and get on with the job

Jon

The only reason i wear gloves is that i have an alloy wfp and at 5am its like holding a lump of ice which is then a lot harder to control, this i could if hack if i wanted too but whats the point i put the gloves on no icy hands and i can control pole better sounds sense to me

Regards john

« **Reply #13 on:** February 03, 2006, 09:07:10 pm »

I use ungers and this is how they work

1. Rest the cuffs under the rubber mat on your dashboard and let the fingers hang over the heater vents.

2. Put a pair of those gloves you get at filling stations on first. (Polythene - loose fitting)

3. Put warmed up Ungers on top.

4. Go like Billy Whizz and you'll stay warm.

(After a couple of months the thumb and forefinger ends wear thin or into holes and thats where the polythene underglove extends their life until spring.)

« **Reply #14 on:** February 04, 2006, 02:18:09 am »

Quote from: jon adams on February 03, 2006, 08:33:18 pm

wot do you wear gloves for? there just for girl thingys,years ago we used to have real winters with snow. Tip, let your fingers go numb and then the hotaches and after they will stay ok all day. Stop whining and get on with the job

I wear gloves because I'm not too keen having tramps p|ss, drunken puke and green flob on my hands after cleaning shop doorways etc. However, I agree that those who wear them for the cold are poofs

« **Reply #15 on:** February 04, 2006, 08:20:10 am »

do any of you actually find you are more productive at this time of year, i know i am like malc said , go like billy wizz. I never thought i would say this, but its a lot better than the summer no fly s**t hardly any cobwebs. just wear the right kit and gloves and no probs at all, when the wind gets up though, thats a different story
cheers simb0

« **Reply #16 on:** February 04, 2006, 08:43:03 am »

Got to admit it Boys..........

I'm a big wimp when my danny's is cold!!!

so I got a pair of Unger Neoprene Gloves. First couple of days.... lovely... Them they split between the forefinger and next fimger on the right hand....letin water when i wring out the sill cloth. I rang Cleantech and they Kindly sent me another glove.
Two weeks letar exactly the same thing.

I think the UNGER GLOVES are b....y useless!!

So I'm going to order some of those Sealskinz

David

« **Reply #17 on:** February 04, 2006, 09:00:59 am »

yes i agre unger gloves are not good go to a good hiking shop they sell water prooth gloves very warm as well .these are the gloves what mike miears wears (sas)

« **Reply #18 on:** February 04, 2006, 09:15:38 am »

If you ask me its miserable working in the cold so this time of year i do as little as possible. I have always found that most customers are more than happy to miss a month in the winter..
Actually you are doing them a favour as well because most of them are skint after Christmas anyway.
I have found very few people are bothered, only really houseproud people want their windows cleaned in the winter.
But by American or Canadian standards this is not cold, over there they have months where it way below freezing.
How do they get on over there? Does anyone have any experience?

« **Reply #19 on:** February 04, 2006, 10:49:24 am »

Quote from: martindrz400 on February 04, 2006, 09:00:59 am

.these are the gloves what mike miears wears (sas)

do you mean mike myers

yeah baby

didnt think he was in the SAS though, would have been funny to see that

« **Reply #20 on:** February 04, 2006, 11:39:08 am »

hi, i use glacier curve gloves from window clean centre about £25, this is 2nd winter for them been about 3-6 degrees this week takes about half hour to warm up wear a hat as well, also hand warmers sold in argos(sorry don't know name in camping section of catalogue) reviewed in pwc mag meant to be good look like t-bags pop in gloves last 7hrs, haven't used them myself, i,m also traditional, go out with hot water, some on here put anti freeze from halfords in bucket, not had to do this myself.
lee

« **Reply #21 on:** February 04, 2006, 03:53:35 pm »

According to the radio this morning

January was milder than normal

Telboy

« **Reply #22 on:** February 04, 2006, 07:50:21 pm »

I bought waterproof Sealskinz gloves - they're weren't!

Sent them back and got another pair - still not! :

Refund time I think

« **Reply #23 on:** February 04, 2006, 07:51:56 pm »

Quote from: sunshine windows on February 03, 2006, 03:14:08 pm

I'm currently using the unger neoprene divers type and they're bloody useless at £12.50 a pair.

I defo agree with that, Also my wife wont come near me untill Iv'e washed my hands as she says they stink to high hell, I dont know if anyone else has found this?

Chris

« **Reply #24 on:** February 04, 2006, 07:58:39 pm »

Yes they do make your hands stink! I used them for a couple of years but this year as soon as I put on a new pair I had a allergic reaction, hence the leaking sealskinz!
Back to good old skin I think

Rod

« **Reply #25 on:** February 04, 2006, 08:58:21 pm »

If your getting cold your not workinng hard enough

gaza

« **Reply #26 on:** February 04, 2006, 09:55:25 pm »

I have worn gloves twice this winter for about 20 mins each time.

I just dont think it is that cold. Normally if we get a strong northely or eastly wind were it takes the temp down to -10c against the skin I will were gloves just to warm my hands up now and again.

I think a lot of you are too soft. Be men and take the cooler weather in your stride.

Nel. ( A Hardy Northener )

« **Reply #27 on:** February 04, 2006, 10:01:34 pm »

TRY PICKING BRUSSEL SPROUTS IN LINCOLNSHIRE

WIND SNOW RAIN ICE KNEE HIGH PLUS WET BRUSSELS,PICKING THEM BY HAND NOW THATS WAT YOU CALL COLD

GAZA

« **Reply #28 on:** February 04, 2006, 10:47:03 pm »

Quote from: gaza on February 04, 2006, 10:01:34 pm

TRY PICKING BRUSSEL SPROUTS IN LINCOLNSHIRE WIND SNOW RAIN ICE KNEE HIGH PLUS WET BRUSSELS,PICKING THEM BY HAND NOW THATS WAT YOU CALL COLD

GAZA

Been there ... done that ...... never again

« **Reply #29 on:** February 05, 2006, 06:17:36 pm »

Yeah, I've worked at cokkel picking mid winter. I've seen a hard man cry with pain whilst doing it.
Any fool can have dirty, chapped, cracked hands. Come to think of it why bother with shoes? I wear gloves summer and winter. Dog pooh on shoes gets on your rungs, then hands. same thing with your hose. No thanks. Skin absorbers chemicals that come in contact with it, that's how nicotine patches work. It makes sense to protect your hands. Your Mrs will appreciate it too. Dai

« **Reply #30 on:** February 06, 2006, 06:32:45 pm »

I'm the same as Dai and wear gloves pretty much all year round; mostly to protect my mild-sensitive skin from detergent and chemicals; the big Geordie poof I am.

Anyway, a good glove is a Marigold; a strong type with a cotton inner.

It still provides good manual dexterity for writing invoices and when the inners get wet with sweat, just change them for a dry pair.