[ftp]

 Turned up today at a house that had new bespoke windows fitted some time ago. Fitters came back and rubbed some silicone remover over the windows along with the stone dust they had produced when fitting more windows. What a mess! My brushes wouldn't touch it. Rummaged through the van and pulled out a Vileda bathroom/tile cleaning attatchment with a blue scouring pad on one side. Tried it on a corner of the window and it didn't seem to mark so i cleaned the whole lot with it rinsing down with the pole hose poking out of the angle adapter. Came up lovely
Just need to find a way of jetting a scouring pad now - far more effective than brushes.

[dmlservices]

hi
jeff brimble -electric window cleaner has done one , i always use white ones , was told a while ago green ones will scratch glass


daz

[craig b]

i had a old floor cleaning machine with about 15 pads.
  bought it in the buy and sell for £20..
havent used it for a bit..so cut the pads up for scrubys the red ones our super.
i use them on down stairs window for cleaning bird muck off...
also use them on new build cleans they dont break down when cleaning mortar..

so if you can get your hands on few of these you could cut them to quite a fair size..
for your project..

[trevor perry]

i cut a white one same shape as brush put holes in it where the jets are and then got the wife to attach some elastic straps to place over brush i use it on a glass canopy where seagulls sit and crap everywhere it works brilliant.

[dmlservices]

i cut a white one same shape as brush put holes in it where the jets are and then got the wife to attach some elastic straps to place over brush i use it on a glass canopy where seagulls sit and crap everywhere it works brilliant.

thats a brilliant idea  ;)will give that a try myself.

daz

[ftp]

Could just pull the bristles out of a worn out jetted Bentley and stick a preshaped pad on i suppose?

Hmmm where can i find big sheets of the stuff? Someone must produce it then cut it down for household use.

[Clive McDonald]

ftp. I think you might have a point. If we really are supposed to scrub and then rinse, the brushes aren't very good at scrubbing are they.

I expect the pad would hold dirt though.

[ftp]

www.parker-direct.com/window-cleaning/default.aspx

Bottom of the page maybe? I'm just thinking of occasional use, as a last resort like i had today.

[craig b]

it may be risky if you got a stone or a bit of grit in the scruby  it do a bit of damage..
may be a small attachment for the side of brush would be good..for bird muck..

[ftp]

Got a point there - could damage a lot of glass with stone chip.

[craig b]

i seen young lad using one them pads they use to paint with...
with a swivel connection on it for his applicator..might be worth a look at.

[darragh windows]

as daz said you should only be using the white non scratch ones the green ones can scratch the glass

[Nathanael Jones]

What about a 3M doodlebug scrubber?

[gsw]

how about instead of a dual trim brush someone makes a combi, bristles that splay well on the outside for the corners, frames etc and then for the glass the white scourer (where the shorter bristles are normally) after all we are all told its about rinsing rinsing rinsing,  so once the dirt is shifted it should be a good brush to rinse on with,

probably no good for leaded though, but i change brushes for that anyway!