[Rob_B]

I didn't go to the show so I haven't seen it close up. I have just watched the you tube video from jouk's link. Does it really work? I have done many jobs where the windows were dirtier on the insides than the outsides, surely this would just smear it around the window.

The windows in the video looked pretty clean already.

I'm going to have to have a play spraying pure water and using micofibre pads.

Also on regular cleans is there any reason then why it wouldn't work on outside windows? It would get rid of a lot of problems like weight of tanks, hose pipe bans producing 000's of litres of water a week etc.

[jouk45]

I have popped on this thread as Clive asked me about it


i might have missed something ( and i didnt go to the show, thus i havent seen it ), but its just a flat pad ( like you get for laminate floors and a spray ) alot like the FLASH mops they sell, couldnt you just take the head of the FLASH mop and use that ? ? ? ?

have i got the right idea on what this is  ?? ? ?

I have got one of those electric Flash mops for hard floors and they work very well. They have an excellent swivel, removable pads and a very good battery run spray which has a button on the handle, this sprays from a changeable bottle. With no effort you could use it as an indoor system. Cost us about £8 in Asda they had them on sale. You could easily fit ordinary microfibre cleaning pads to the head as it uses Velcro to hold the current floor pads in place. It even has a scritchy pad on one side for stubborn marks. I really think they have done the job for us at a bargain price, just fill the bottle with pure water (and maybe isopropanyl) and away you go.

that seems the right idea alex, are they light enough to hold up,

[Alex Gardiner]

It's 1.2kg with half a bottle of liquid.  Fine for two-handed use, you wouldn't really want to use it one-handed.

[ftp]

Is the flash handle threaded or riveted on? I can't tell from the pic.

[Alex Gardiner]

Screwed on.

[ftp]

So it might be possible to whack it on the end of a bare wfp for higher work inside if you can figure a way of triggering the squirter.


I can see a new logo already - Aquaflash!

[jouk45]

think it would be just a wire running through the pole, to the handle,  extending  it should be easy enough

[matt]

I have popped on this thread as Clive asked me about it


i might have missed something ( and i didnt go to the show, thus i havent seen it ), but its just a flat pad ( like you get for laminate floors and a spray ) alot like the FLASH mops they sell, couldnt you just take the head of the FLASH mop and use that ? ? ? ?

have i got the right idea on what this is  ?? ? ?

I have got one of those electric Flash mops for hard floors and they work very well. They have an excellent swivel, removable pads and a very good battery run spray which has a button on the handle, this sprays from a changeable bottle. With no effort you could use it as an indoor system. Cost us about £8 in Asda they had them on sale. You could easily fit ordinary microfibre cleaning pads to the head as it uses Velcro to hold the current floor pads in place. It even has a scritchy pad on one side for stubborn marks. I really think they have done the job for us at a bargain price, just fill the bottle with pure water (and maybe isopropanyl) and away you go.

exactly what i was on about

the only issue it the switch ( to squirt the water ), but you could ditch the batteries in it and just mount a small battery on a belt ( in a pouch ) and fit a switch to it

job done, problem solved

[Captain Scarlet]

I dont speak double dutch  but did get some freebie cleaning solutions off the guy in the crocodile shoes.

that guy in the crocodile shoes, he lives in canne! very rich I pressume

[Clive McDonald]

Brilliant team effort on finding a solution. well done all, what the forums all about.

[matt]

Brilliant team effort on finding a solution. well done all, what the forums all about.

you only had to ask me clive, you know me, a knowledge of all things bodgy 

[Glyn H]

Just tested a special weave microfibre pad designed specifically for internal window cleaning first sample of the product was released today Great for
xterior glass - cleaned a vehicle windscreen with it and the cloth was then coated in dirt and too wet to use on other glass. Definantly somthing that we will be looking at developing over the next few weeks/months.
The normal microfibre pads although they work well are not as good or as quick as this new weave, I would think that as many as 20 of the new pads
would be needed a day for office window type work as when they become too damp the efficiancy declines.

[matt]

you could get some1 with a sewing machine to stitch a micro fibre cloth to form a pocket and just slide it over the FLASH pad

job done

[Clive McDonald]

Looking at the baudoin video i believe that the underlying principle is that given that the glass is 'already clean' a very fine mist of pure water,not enough to cause a run or a dribble is applied.This is then wiped to give a line free finish, much the equivalent of dusting something that is already clean. As we know inside windows dry very fast so a constant spray of mist is sustainable and the pad will never, ever become too wet to use.

It may become too dirty to use.

A wet and dirty windscreen wasn't a fair test.

I'll put a photo up of a pad system.

[ftp]

Just a thought - what's the point in using pure water with a pad?

Suppose the jets might stay cleaner for longer.

[Clive McDonald]

They were selling these cheap- 50p- each i bought all he had.