[xxmattyxx]

Ok chaps, into my second week of WFP and got a big georgian place to do tomorrow, its one of those thats done every 12 weeks.

Previously I used to blade it (small blade just the right width for the panes) with Fairy.

Any tips needed, just Im aware of the fact that theres gonna be horizontal bars, so is it scrub ...scrub...rinse...rinse...rinse?

One horizontal row at a time, then move done and start the second row from where you started the first row?


Tips and tricks would be appreciated, thanks.

Matt

[dave0123]

Mat i did some wooden ones middle of last week.

come up great! I cleaned all the panes and just made sure i cleaned all the bars inbetween the glass and rinsed well and they come up spotless better than doing it by hand.

so jus scrub well make sure all the muck gets washed off and rinse well!

[xxmattyxx]

These are wooden but painted well.

[Ian Lancaster]

Hi Matt,

I used to do a big Georgian oast house, same as you, squeegee for some years, then changed to WFP.

I found the trick is to concentrate on cleaning the glazing bars because any dirt on them will leave runs and spots.  By the time you've scrubbed them the glass will be clean, so just make sure you rinse each bar.  I did the whole window then rinsed each bar side to side all the way down.

Worked a treat.

After a few times, I could do a Georgian in the same time as a single sheet of glass.

[dave0123]

thanks for the tip ian.


I cleaned both window pane and bars!! it was my first go on these types of windows and the woman was out watching me did put me off slightly haha

[xxmattyxx]

Thanks Ian, sounds fairly straight-forward, shes a bit on the snooty side this one  I was thinking last week 'na, do it trad' but no, I bought WFP to use it, not leave it sat at home.

Whats water consumption like, surely its more than a normal window of the same size?

[Village Gleam]

I run a microfibre over the upward facing angle, squirt first, then just pole. These type of windows come up well, make sure you mention to the custie these words- the frames will seem a lot brighter-.

[NWH]

Do the cross bars really well on the first clean,from then on you will cringe at how you used to clean them lol.

[Londoner]

Just take your time, start at the top and do each pane seperately. I did two houses today both customers love the results.

[[GQC] Tim]

Thread resurrect!

Just got a question, instead of opening a new thread, this would be better..

So what it basically is, is clean the whole frame, and all the crossbars first.

Then start at the first pane, top left corner, do the whole row horizontally, then go to the next row.

When you've cleaned all the little panes, start rinsing the first top left pane again, in the same manner, left to right, then vertically drop down one, then go left to right again?

Thanks.

[windowwashers]

Thread resurrect!

Just got a question, instead of opening a new thread, this would be better..

So what it basically is, is clean the whole frame, and all the crossbars first.

Then start at the first pane, top left corner, do the whole row horizontally, then go to the next row.

When you've cleaned all the little panes, start rinsing the first top left pane again, in the same manner, left to right, then vertically drop down one, then go left to right again?

Thanks.

thats right 

[Rob.Hall]

Get the cross bars Tosh........

It cant be said enough.

I change to a vican brush head for small pains.

Hope it goes well.

[[GQC] Tim]

Thread resurrect!

Just got a question, instead of opening a new thread, this would be better..

So what it basically is, is clean the whole frame, and all the crossbars first.

Then start at the first pane, top left corner, do the whole row horizontally, then go to the next row.

When you've cleaned all the little panes, start rinsing the first top left pane again, in the same manner, left to right, then vertically drop down one, then go left to right again?

Thanks.

thats right 

So there is no faster way? Why do all the panes first, and then go back to the beginning and rinse, why not do a good scrub, and rinse immediately after doing each pane? Wouldn't that give the frame more time to stop dripping?

[cvdewsbury]

tell me gents are these georgian windows upvc ones or are we talking old wooden georges???

If the latter are we saying with wfp wooden georgians come up ok ....reason I ask I do a large hotel which has a restaurant extension all woden georges which I have been cleaning with a small mop and blade this gives a perfect finish but takes 2 men 2 hrs to do?

My main concern would be the finish as the windows could do with a lick of paint and water running through the putty etc...the georges are approx   5" by 5"......cheers

[[GQC] Tim]

tell me gents are these georgian windows upvc ones or are we talking old wooden georges???

If the latter are we saying with wfp wooden georgians come up ok ....reason I ask I do a large hotel which has a restaurant extension all woden georges which I have been cleaning with a small mop and blade this gives a perfect finish but takes 2 men 2 hrs to do?

My main concern would be the finish as the windows could do with a lick of paint and water running through the putty etc...the georges are approx   5" by 5"......cheers

I'm pretty certain we're talking about painted ones here. Like with all wooden frames, ideally they should be in good condition, in your case it would probably best to do a row with a backpack, and the rest normally, and then inspect for any problems.

If anyone can answer my last question, that'd be great. v

So there is no faster way? Why do all the panes first, and then go back to the beginning and rinse, why not do a good scrub, and rinse immediately after doing each pane? Wouldn't that give the frame more time to stop dripping?