[xxmattyxx]

What do you Trad shiners use when detailing.

Ive only ever used dis-used household towels and find they do a reasonable enough job, but if they were so wonderful surely we'd all be using them.

The scrim thats available usually comes in sizes far too large for my liking, thats one of the joys of cutting up old towels, I prefer something about a foot square.

Is there anything you guys would recommend as Im going through a review of everything Im doing.

Thanks.

Matt

[simon knight]

Just scrim mate. Have moved away from Micros cos I don't think they're as absorbent.

You can cut a good quality scrim in half and get yer missus to hem it.

[drakestar!]

microfibre cloths

[xxmattyxx]

Those microfibre cloths





dont look like they'd absorb jack-nutse though

Might have to do that Simon, ta.

Matt

[Trevor Knight]

There are plenty of suppliers who sell 1 meter sq scrim, just cut and hem it, takes minutes.

If you find a local dry cleaners they often have seemstresses who will do loads for you for an hourly rate.

regards,

trevor

[mark dew]

i use microfibre for most of the detailing i do now. Depending on which is better for the job. I use to cut scrims in half when i started but after a few months they would seem to shrink to something not much bigger than a handkerchief. Leave them whole now.
I do like a well worn scrim for normal windows. Though i only seem to detail
very old leaded windows nowadays. And i find microfibre better for those.

[Richy L]

i used to use scrim all the time but now its microfibres all the way. i usually only get through about two a day. if its hot i only need one micro all day. far far better than the scrim!


richy

[East coast window cleaning Services]

when i started out i used microfibres but for the last 3 years been using scrims there brilliant when there beded in and been washed about 200 times.

[dai]

Scrim for me too, I like them big, it's easier to find a dry, clean bit. Even more so when the rubber seals start going black.
I hate old scrims, I have some that have been washed hundreds of times, they aren't as absorbent. I like a new scrim that has just been broken in, I find, being rougher, it has far more bight on the glass.
I have used scrim before we ever had squeegees. I think that saying the old scrim is best, is the biggest myth in window cleaning.
What do you other old timers have to say on this. Dai

[brett walker]

microfibre 
they are also good for wipeing frames


brett

[Sir Squeaky]

As I do about 75-80% of my work wfp now, I forget to clean my microfibre.

I used it on my pubs this morning, then realised it hadn't been washed for about 3 or 4 weeks.
I must have done £100's with it!
Probably made the job a bit harder than it needed to be. 

[Highrise]

I use a beer towel to wipe excess water away and wipe frames around then scrim... Lovely job 

[edd]

I use wfp to detail simple wash and go!!!!!!!!!

but microfibres are best imo

[Tosh]

Matty,

When you first buy scrim, it does seem big and bulky; but once it's been broken in properly it's great.

You'll love the size.  Wor Lass - and she's only little - used to find them too big, but now prefers there size; uncut and big.  (No sexual innendo intended or implied).

For routine trad window cleaning, I prefer scrim.  It's big and robust and lasts for ages once you hone your squeegying technique.

[jikwan]

guess you guys dont think much of using paper
its lightning fast, absorbent, and has a real drag that
clears away detergent deposits where scrim slides over it
comparatively expensive though  and has limited uses

[mark dew]

guess you guys dont think much of using paper
its lightning fast, absorbent, and has a real drag that
clears away detergent deposits where scrim slides over it
comparatively expensive though  and has limited uses

For the 1st 6 months of wc my arms felt like they were going to drop off waving a scrim around like a madman.
What sort of paper do you use and would my arms feel like those 1st 6 months again if i tried it?

[jikwan]

rolls of paper  like handdrying stuff in the washroom
2 quid a roll or much less by the box   from janatorial suppliers  yellowpages

[jikwan]

try experimenting with different types  thin thick etc
downside is use only for detailing  not for wipingblade sills frames nose etc

[xxmattyxx]

try experimenting with different types  thin thick etc
downside is use only for detailing  not for wipingblade sills frames nose etc

No where else then that you'd like to share with us?