I'm afraid this post is going to have more trad v WFP in it....it wasn't supposed, it is really done in response to a remark Squeaky made regarding how slow the guy in the 'procurve' video clip was in doing a large plate glass window,
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=9544.msg190043#msg190043!Pah!' Says Squeaky, 'I could do it faster than that!!'
Well the guy looked very casual, but if you time him, he was pretty quick.
So I thought that as I am considering getting one of these Procurve pole setups, whilst I was in town this morning doing my shops I would have an experiment to see how fast I could clean a particular pane of glass with my existing pole and squeegee.
Rog, the pane is question is the larger of the 2 panes of glass that face out into the high street on the Peter Briggs shoe shop.
Now the top of this pane is about ten feet off the ground, the pane is maybe, 7 or 8ft wide, closerto 7ft perhaps.
This is a pane of glass that done trad needs to be done with a 5ft pole, you can use an 8ft pointer on it, but you have to do it in 2 moves due to the width of the pane.
so with stopwatch at the ready, my applicator fitted to the pole, I click start and quickly wash the glass (it's a weekly clean and there were no greasy marks to remove)
Squeegee at the ready, applicator thrown on the ground, squeegee slapped and and away we go!
Brought it down as far as I needed to before finishing off with squeegee in han, and just like Turbo Terry, I finish with a wipe of the squeegee across the bottom edge.........
Stop the watch!
How long do you think??
Ok, the title of this thread gives it away.....I felt I had done it quick, but was quite shocked to see it had taken me 60 seconds to do it
So I thought I would compare it to WFP.
Up until now I would have said with absolute certainty that no way could WFP be quicker on a single pane of glass...or so I thought.
Same process, pole at the ready, start the stopwatch!
And away we go!
I don't feel I am going as fast as I did with the squeegee, and I am having to spend time getting rid of the soap residue, carrying on though and finish with a wipe across the bottom edge!
Stop the clock!!
Check time taken with one eye closed..then open both eyes wide
37 seconds
Genuinely shocked!
No way did I think that would be possible.
So I finish of the rest of the shop (3 min 40 seconds) and decide to have a couple more goes trad on that pane of glass.
I made 2 more attempts, and I was going very quickly I promise you, I assure you I am no slouch with the pole and squeegee.
Best time was 49 seconds, the other attempt was 52 seconds.
I was treating it like a race too, no wway would I want to work at that pace.
I have a very good and effective pole technique, and I think I am fast...
But not as fast as with the WFP, and with WFP it was done at normal working pace too.
This was really done by me to see what, if any difference there will be when I purchase the Procurve setup, I am now even more curious to see if it will be quicker than my normal method.
I've just had to include the WFP element I'm afraid, but it is really about speed when working trad with a pole...
Your comments I shall watch with interest...........
Ian