[mike henderson]

Thanks for the quick replies to my dilema.  But just sitting here waiting for more replies my sweet wife took a hold of my wagtail : and just pulled on the rubber and it slid past the crimp in the middle of the blade, so problem solved.


   Mike in Missouri

[Pat Purcell]

Mike as a US window cleaner what do you think of the ladder v wfp debate and the wahd regulations

[mike henderson]

Ive been considering moving into the wfp option.  Ive read all the posts till im dizzy.  Its just so exspensive to get set up.  The process dosent seem that complicated to where you could set up your own system but its still a pipe dream.  Most of my work is commercial, returants and the like, so wfp would work for the outside but what about inside work.  Would the time saved on the outside really be so great that seting up the system and getting cleaning would be worth it. 


   Mike

[Pat Purcell]

Mike we started out in New England about 20 years ago with a pure water system , we just brushed the windows with an Unger pole with a brush head attached then Pressure washed the windows with pure water it worked great about 50% of the time ,but its a handy tool to have when you vet your work for it
, I believe over here you can rent a di- system from Culligan or other water purifying co,s and the diy unger pole would probably be effective if you were not using it all the time, We gave up on the pure water system about 1996 as it was more trouble than it was worth but i am considering getting a cheapo diy setup for those certain jobs , i picked up a 45ft tucker pole the other day free from a customer who had tried to hace his maintenabnce guys clean the windows, Ive only extende it once to see what it was like and while it was light it certainly felt like it would be hard to work with,
 If most of your work is restaurants and the like then Im guessing its probably not worth your while but you would be better served gettin advice from people who use them theres a US forum called WIndow cleaning network or something like that its run by Gary Maur whos the scratched glass specialist  www.scratched-glass.com there should be a   link on there for the forum  Best of luck   Pat         



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[dai]

Mike, I am a great fan of the wagtail. Not many of us use them over here.
Can you give the guys on this forum your honest appraisal of the Wagtail Combi. Dai

[mike henderson]

Hi Dai

This was my first day using my wagtail.  To be honest at first it was a bit of a pane.  I realized later that this was mostly because i was sort of forcing it to do its job.  I even left it in my bucket for most of the morning and went back too my 18inch unger squeegy.  Later today i had  another try with it and really got the hang of it .  Too quote star wars " you really have too let go and let the force take you"  what i mean is i finaly started to just clean the window without thinking of twisting the handle to make it fan the glass and i found it naturaly faned from side to side as i needed it too.  I also discovered its great for cleaning in tight  places becouse it finds the best angle. if you know what i mean.
overall i would recomend this tool and plan too continue to work on my technique becouse i can see its going to speed me along and thats to me what its all about as well as clean well obviously.  hope this helps

    Mike

[dai]

Thanks Mike, I have been pushing the Wagtail on this forum since I first used one a couple of years back. I am nothing to do with this company, just an ordinery shiner, who thinks it's the best bit of kit ever invented for trad work. As you said it does take some getting used to, just like most new things. I love the way it twists for you, rather than having to keep turning the wrist. Dai

[Pat Purcell]

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=120048852291&rd=1&rd=1    if you are      interested Mike, Saw this on Ebay