[xxmattyxx]

Is this you

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/245122/marco_turbo/

[windowwashers]

Is this you

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/245122/marco_turbo/

if it is he does not wipe the sills  : tut tut

[jdemarco]

Funny you should say that. Its not but i started cleaning that way when i was trad about 6months ago, slightly different approach. I wore 2 holsters 1 either side 2 mops 2 squeegees. Wet windows with 2 hands  squeegee windows with 2 hands and scrim aswell. Bit tricky when you have 2 different size windows and up ladders but i was getting pretty good. it shaved about 10 secs off each window doesnt sound like much but at the end of the day it amounts up. Its all about coordination, been playing drums for about 12 yrs and i think that helps. i miss those crazy old days of trad speed cleaning!!
might try 2 wfp's now!

[xxmattyxx]

You'd squeegee with 2 squeegees?

[jdemarco]

Yeh its quite easy. Im equally good with left hand as im with my right. Your left hand isnt doing anything different to your right its just copying the movement. Its really fast if you got a window with 4 similar size panes. If i do windows with 3 then i just do left and right pane at same time and whilst im holstering my left mop im wetting middle pane with my right and you do the same method when youre squeegeing. Bobs your fanny!

[xxmattyxx]

As a trad window-cleaner, for 10 years, to be able to squeegee with both hands is a necessity; but to use both hands at the same time and do a professional job isn't possible.

[jdemarco]

Trust me it is possible.  How i figured it was, you can never leave a window without scrimming the top and side  so as long as you can get the bulk, off your gonna have to scrim it anyway even if you just use one hand bladding. At first i was leaving a bit in the middle of the glass so id just scrim whatever i missed and as time went on i wasnt leaving any marks in the middle of the glass, just a residue around the edges which i have to scrim no matter what. The glass was spotless and no complaints. I did it even when i knew customers were watching me through the glass cos i was confident that they would be the same standard as before but alot quicker. Have you tried it? maybe you just cant do it. like i said you need good coordination.

 I was crap after 10 pints!

[xxmattyxx]

Trust me it is possible. 

Its possible, I dont doubt that, but to do that and be a professional is a contradiction in terms.

Have you tried it?

I wouldn't dream of trying it and expect to be taken seriously. Niether would I employ a painter and decorator who hung two rolls of wallpaper at the same time with both hands.

maybe you just cant do it.

I guess we'll never know.


Matt