[M & C Window Cleaning]

Thought I'd start a new thread on this subject as I'v just read something about 1yr old egg on another thread.

How does WFP cope with relatively fresh egged windows, say less than a month old? Or is this still a ladder job?

I ask because I regularly have problems with it in my localty, especially at certain times of the year. On one occasion I had to remove 7 eggs from one house and 5 from another and I can imagine it would mess up the brush.

[East coast window cleaning Services]

wouldnt put my brush on that. As lonf as it was no high then first floor then charge the job up and jump on the ladder must say to remove 5 eggs from one house id be charging them up good a proper

[steve m]

dunno but I did some that were about3 months old and they were a nightmare. in the end I squitedf ronto the windows d thatonly jus dide trick

[M & C Window Cleaning]

The 5 egger was a custy that used to handle the local kids badly when they kicked their footballs up against the side of their house. The kids got their own back on halloween. A nieghbour, also a custy who had the same prob with the same group of kids used to handle them much better and the kids respected her for it and never touched her windows.

[steve k]

wfp will not touch it unless you stand there for about 8 hours on constant wash/brush...

has to be done by hand with a scraper

[Kev R]

I recently had this type of job, it was residential job just a standard 3 bed semi, 1 egg was on window above conservatory. I soaked with wfp left 10mins and then wfp scrubbed but no joy. I used a procurve pole with a mop on and scrubbed with that, still not taking it off! I then used some neat ungers gell on the mop and then used a 6inch blade on the pole. Then wfp, this did the trick. I was worried about scratching the glass but the ungers gel was an excellent lubericant for the blade. If egg was accessable by ladder then would be quicker to remove by hand but I found the experience to be beneficial as now I know it can be done without a ladder if necessary.

[M & C Window Cleaning]

I went with a friend to a 'Tucker' Demo back in December and the guy made it seem that egg was no problem.

'Just wack on some detergent and it comes off real quick,' was his reply to my question about eggs.

Couldn't see it myself in view of how hard it is to get it off traditionally with a lot off elbow grease. Also if you get it anywhere near your scrim it's goodbye scrim till it's been through the wash.

Have to admit though, the salesman did say he'd never cleaned windows traditionally so he's got no experience to compare it to I suppose.

[Alex Gardiner]

Unless you get the egg off within a couple of days then it will always be a scraper job.

[NWH]

What`s the worst possible thing someone could get on there windows that would be a nightmare to get off.

[Luke Johnson]

Araldite

[Alex Gardiner]

I reckon that Araldite would be easier to get off than some of the egg that I've come across.

The other difficult one I have come across is milk!  One customer sprayed it on her roses! and it had baked on Yuk!

[john tomkins]

What`s the worst possible thing someone could get on there windows that would be a nightmare to get off.

Someone owes you money then mate?

[NWH]

LOL yeah your spot on there mate.

[john tomkins]

I know kids just throw the whole egg at windows and it makes a right mess, but does it have the same effect, possibly worse if you crack the egg and whisk it together first then just splash it on
Definately goes a lot futher

[M & C Window Cleaning]

I'd agree about the milk. I once had a custy who had a full bottle of milk thrown at her living room window. Incredibly the window didn't break but by the time I came around it had baked on and was full of tiny shards of glass that made it all the more difficult to get off. Only ever happened once and I remember how hard it was to get completely off.

[Count Phil]

I think the tucker man was right. The tucker detergent has protein removers in it and works a treat on egg.

But unless you have the dispenser attached, it's as quick to ladder it.