[gavinb]

YouTube .

[Window Washers]

I will do a vid in the next week or two really busy at the mo but would be interested in seeing some
Vids too!

I can honestly say I have never seen a cleanerean the same has me and
Never seen a window cleaner were I think mmmmmmm that's  look quick and will leave the windows looking good!

I guess what I want to achieve is to see if I'm
Too fussy and my tequnique is too fidderly.

I feel the same Ronnie 

I would be happy to put a video up of me doing a house, would be good if others did as well!! I will do a video next week.

me and another guy did this a good few years back now and got slated
Which was a shame as would have helped loads of people
Groundhog the guys name was he left I think just after (shame )

[Trev Jones]

Myself by watching loads of video's and reading forums

[David Kent @ KentKleen]

Why not include with the video, how many customers you gain from referals and how many you lose per month? NOW THAT WOUD BE INTERESTING!
Not all wfp'ers can clean windows, they can rub and wet them tho. And guess what?
I love it. I want at least another 10 vans in my town please full of pole magicians!! Its so easy you can be trained in an hour, just a quick brush and squirt. Easy Money! Splash and dash, one man 60 a day is easy.

[Window Washers]

Why not include with the video, how many customers you gain from referals and how many you lose per month? NOW THAT WOUD BE INTERESTING!
Not all wfp'ers can clean windows, they can rub and wet them tho. And guess what?
I love it. I want at least another 10 vans in my town please full of pole magicians!! Its so easy you can be trained in an hour, just a quick brush and squirt. Easy Money! Splash and dash, one man 60 a day is easy.

forward thinker I like

[concept]

Ian Wicks taught me, and blew my mind with info, so much so I went from thinking about starting part time, to jumping in feet first and going for it full time.

3.5 years later, well, I'd never have guessed I'd be where I am now.

Eternally grateful for Ian's time, which gave me the confidence to do it.

[gewindows]

Clean it up taught me.

Groundhog was a cowboy. Running around someone's front lawn like he had a frog up his arse, just to make a point, his technique was atrocious. I bet he didn't get a single customer approach him in the street on the back of his performance asking for a quote.

[dave0123]

I probably am a bit slow and over scrub and over rinse but hopefully sort that out by doing a few tests of my own over the next few months.

Reason is ive had wfp for a while 2007 or 2008 i think but not used it 100% on all jobs and only the high reach ones i have sort of cheery picked. Ive only 250 litres but its enough for me thinking about getting aqua adapter to also save a little more water as i plan to make it 95% wfp now. only bunglows and the odd houses to be bladed.

[LT carpet cleaning]

A monkey

[Window Washers]

Clean it up taught me.

Groundhog was a cowboy. Running around someone's front lawn like he had a frog up his arse, just to make a point, his technique was atrocious. I bet he didn't get a single customer approach him in the street on the back of his performance asking for a quote.

No he thought different fron you, there is a massive difference Matt
Perfection is an affliction it costs money a lot of it.

Ian Wicks taught me, and blew my mind with info, so much so I went from thinking about starting part time, to jumping in feet first and going for it full time.

3.5 years later, well, I'd never have guessed I'd be where I am now.

Eternally grateful for Ian's time, which gave me the confidence to do it.

thank-you, makes me feel great knowing I helped to change your life

[Small but perfectley formed]

I don't stick to one technique some windows require less scrubbing and rinsing some more .
Time= Money

[dazmond]

i agree with matt.groundhogs video was laughable!

i taught myself with help off this forum.

it takes a while to get used to poling different types of windows and how to get a good finish.trial and error really.


the problem for a lot of guys out there is that window cleaning attracts a lot of people who have very little common sense who have very little interest in actually doing a good consistent job every time.they just want the money.

i cant believe the amount of times ive picked up customers who have a negative view of WFP due to their last so called window cleaner doing a crap job.

[bobplum]

this type of question is subjective to the individual
it does not really matter how you clean, whether your fast,slow,rinse a lot,rinse very little,do the top frame, leave the top frame,do the sills,dont do the sills,fan jets,pencil jets.
i was with Richard from isparkle that guy can move he would clean a whole house in half the time i take and his technique is different from mine,

the real test is your customers they are surely the ones who decide if its good enough,so whether you taught your self or learnt you still aim for the end result.....customer satisfaction....imo

[gewindows]

No he thought different fron you, there is a massive difference Matt
Being a bodgit-and-scarper-operator is an affliction it costs money a lot of it.

FTFY Ian  

[Tom White]

I once got a bag on with Mrs Tosh harping on at me to clean our windows (prior to her going WFP) and I basically 'splashed and dashed' them; I just worked on each window really fast.

I was amazed that they came up perfect.  Now I just cover the glass once - sometimes the frame if it looks dirty - rinse and move on.  We work with a high flow rate, and we can work fast.

It's rare I get a complaint, but I've had a few; maybe 5 of them in the past 5 years; which is a lot more than I received when I was trad, but I can live with that.

[Nathanael Jones]

I learned from the forums & youtube vids - I reckon it was 6 months before I really figured it out though, learning from my mistakes.

I got some rubbish advice from forums too (Like the numpty who told everyone that a 100gpd RO would produce more water than I'd ever need) & bought some rubbish kit when I started out (Clampless floppy pole & really heavy salmon "Autobrush"),.. even going for a trolley when a van mount suited my round so much better.

[Window Washers]

No he thought different fron you, there is a massive difference Matt
Being a bodgit-and-scarper-operator is an affliction it costs money a lot of it.

FTFY Ian  

FTFY ?

[Washing Windows]

FTFY ?

fixed that for you

it's urban text leet speak mate!

Duncan

[CLEANCARE WC]

Clean it up taught me.

Groundhog was a cowboy. Running around someone's front lawn like he had a frog up his arse, just to make a point, his technique was atrocious. I bet he didn't get a single customer approach him in the street on the back of his performance asking for a quote.

  I remember that one, and thinking he looks ridiculous....now that really was splash and dash!

[George P]

1st shown by ionics on a demo they did but wasnt impressed, then shown by facelift on a demo and much better, they also bought the pole that i asked them to bring whereas ionics didnt bother, after that practice and hands on training