[Pittmonkey]

I’ve just picked up a new job and the customer was showing me one window above the outside BBQ. They do a lot of cooking on it, most evenings actually. The window gets full of cooking grease and obviously gets in a real mess.

Has anyone tried to clean greasy windows with Wfp, will it work?
What about the brush after the clean?
or
If need to do trad what would be the best way?

Thanks
Wayne

[macmac]

I think you'd be better trad'ing that one mate, a 4" scraper me thinks.

tony

[Kev R]

I use ungers gel on a mop, give a good rub, then wfp. Rinse your brush in gg3/4 and carry on with the rest. 

[Pittmonkey]

I should mention that this hasn't been on for ages, his wife is always telling to clean it.  He uses lots of neat fairy, rubs then washes off with hose.

This is going to be a good customer for me well paid, Regular Con clean and facias etc very house pround type.

I would like to go and show that it can be done without too much fuss look the part and leave custy happy.

I use ungers gel on a mop

Is that neat on the mop? (Mop as in Sleave/Washer) sorry for the lack trad knowledge.

Would Oilflow also do the job?

Wayne

[Pat Purcell]

pour some neat ammonia on a wet mop , scrub a little and squeegee
oilflow would probably work too

[borg]

what about TFR on it that should cut into it.

[Pittmonkey]

Mop, sleave, washer all the same thing I presume

[Pat Purcell]

Mop, sleave, washer all the same thing I presume

yep

[Pittmonkey]

Sorry cant squeegee window is leaded  

[Pittmonkey]

The other awkard part to this is that the BBQ is fixed directly below the window it has a lid to cover it but using any chemicals i may have to be a bit careful

(Yes I know, Strange place to put a BBQ)

[EasyClean]

Suggest the situation about the greasy window to your customer asking them politely if they could move the BBQ a little further away from the window otherwise you may have to charge a little more for the extra work and time spent cleaning this one particular window in future. To clean the window easier put a detergent tablet in a bucket with a little water and wash & blade trad.

[Ian_Giles]

BBQ fat on glass is not easy to deal with - think oven glass - WFP by itself won't touch it, and even doing it trad is a sod
Use something such Oilflow or TFR, but diluted and not neat, put in a hand sprayer and spray on & leave to soak for a couple of minutes while you do the windows around it.
Use something like a rough kitchen pad...what are they called!...you buy them in packs from your local Tesco and so on...anyway, not the really abrasive one, just one that gives you some extra scrubbing power.
I use these on mirrors I have to clean on a local Greggs cake shop I do, and been doing so every week for years too and not scratched the glass (before anyone wonders!)

once it has soaked for a couple of minutes, give it another spray and quickly scrub the window, leaded or not won't particularly matter.
Hold your WFP brush off the window and just rinse first (just to get rid of any excess detergent) then wash as normal.
You'll have to wash & scrub a little longer than normal of course because there will still be detergent getting on the bristles.
Should only add a few extra minutes to the job in total.

I've had these windows in the past where I have scrubbed and scrubbed, and even used a razor knife on them - and that's on a purely squeegee window - and there are still spots from the BBQ fat left behind

So if they are cooking out there all the time, don't expect to get it perfect.

Ian

[Adam Boss]

Hi Pit,

did an appartment last week with exactly the same problem.
Soap the window and use a new scraper blade and scrape in one direction and it will remove the grease. Squeegee off and you will see where you have missed so repeat untill it's gone.
The one I did was really coated.

Regards

Adam

[Biscute]

Iv had this before m8 just put a bit more fairy in the water mop it up leave to soak then scrim it off if its lead.

[Londoner]

The old favourite Cillit Bang shifts most things and its cheap. If they use the BBQ all the time all you are going to do is a damage limitation exercise because the next time you go it will be back to where you started.

just a note for anyone who hasn't experienced this before, BBQ grease can really travel. It ends up on windows far away from the actual site of the cooking.

[Pittmonkey]

Thanks for all the help guy’s, much appreciated.

The customer is a nice guy and is well aware of the problems I may have so he’s not expecting miracles, it’s just me wanting to do a top quality job.

It’s not until the end of next week but I’ll let you know how I get on.

Wayne

[vwm]

i do a hotel kitchen window and it thick grease every time and they want it spotless.

farily  power spay just spay on leave a few mins then rinse comes up spotless frames and glass just dont touch window with brush just use to rinse

i am not one for using fairly but this stuff works and i charge accordenly

you can use a whole bottle on a couple windows mind but this is the only window i use it on so i buy them when on offer then charge normal price + time
manager is over the moon with resuilts and when asks how i do it i tell him its a trick of the trade mate lol lol lol 

[Pittmonkey]

I said I'd let you know how I went on with the Greasy Windows.

Did a full clean for a nice house today Suffits, cladding on Porch Roof. Then 1st clean on all the windows. Hard Work but well worth it and got a nice tip as well custy very very happy.

So, the greasy window. I went prepared with everything TFR, Oil Flow Fairy Power Spray, Unger’s Gel etc etc.

Read the instructions for the fairy power spray it said,

"DO NOT LET IT COME INTO CONTACT WITH PAINTED SURFACES"

So gave that a miss as they are wood stained frames. Applied Unger’s Gel onto a small kitchen sponge, wiped window left for 10 mins washed of with same sponge and water then rinsed. PERFECT!! Didn’t let the brush touch the window.

Look forward to cleaning it again next month.

Thanks again for all the tips guy's

Wayne