This is an advertisement
Interested In Advertising? | Contact Us Here

Warning!

 

Welcome to Clean It Up; the UK`s largest cleaning forum with over 34,000 members

 

Please login or register to post and reply to topics.      

 

Forgot your password? Click here

Chris G

Egg on windows
« on: September 18, 2008, 08:05:47 pm »
I've been asked to clean some flats and a lot of them haven't been cleaned for nearly two years, now three of the flats have been 'egged' but the egg has been on there for about 6 months!!, any ideas on how to get it off after such a long time.
I am getting a back pack set up, possiblty the Surflo and want to use it on these flats and wonder if it will be up to removing stuff like egg and mud.

Simon Brannon

  • Posts: 141
Re: Egg on windows
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2008, 08:28:46 pm »
Chris - I had a similar case and the egg was well and truly baked on. only way to shift it was a metal scraper before cleaning!!

Steve CM

Re: Egg on windows
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2008, 08:29:38 pm »
tfr if you can get near it

stevieg

  • Posts: 522
Re: Egg on windows
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2008, 08:37:30 pm »
it will not come off with mere water,scraper im afraid.

Re: Egg on windows
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2008, 08:54:52 pm »
I've been asked to clean some flats and a lot of them haven't been cleaned for nearly two years, now three of the flats have been 'egged' but the egg has been on there for about 6 months!!, any ideas on how to get it off after such a long time.
I am getting a back pack set up, possiblty the Surflo and want to use it on these flats and wonder if it will be up to removing stuff like egg and mud.

hot soapy water

vision tech

  • Posts: 235
Re: Egg on windows
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2008, 09:09:31 pm »
TFR,  I washed a white pvc downpipe which was covered in egg ,
diluted TFR soak the area then wash of,1st class.
I started out with nothing......I still have most of it.

Tim82

  • Posts: 535
Re: Egg on windows
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2008, 04:48:02 pm »
Would just soaking it with pure water and leaving it a while not soften it? pw seems to work miracles...

pdale

  • Posts: 283
Re: Egg on windows
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2008, 04:50:24 pm »
I always find white spirit removes many things, leaves a nice shine too. The only thing it tends not to remove is limescale from tap water.

Paul
Where am I knocking today?

pjulk

Re: Egg on windows
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2008, 05:03:17 pm »
Use a scrapper on a pole wet window first though.

Otherwise you will be there all day

Ian Lancaster

  • Posts: 2811
Re: Egg on windows
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2008, 06:46:13 pm »
I do a block of sheltered flats for people with learning difficulties.  The local s***bags take delight in egging the "weirdoes" windows.  It happens every time and I've told them it will be £X extra to scrape it off, so they just tell me to do the best I can with pure water, but it never touches the stuff.