[Craig 72]

I've had a few months experience with wfp and by and large it's going well.However I'm still,fairly regularly,getting these white spot marks in the top corners of windows.This is despite making sure the frame has been properly scrubbed and left to stop dripping and with plenty of rinsing.It's happening too often and I'm getting baffled.It's defeating the object a bit if I have to stick around until they dry off and then wipe the spots away with a cloth.Any ideas would be appreciated.

[Clive McDonald]

No water is getting too the corners.Try fan jets, or change brushes.

[birdymiller]

Spend more money on wfp or just go back to ladders for a easy and low overhead life

[Craig 72]

No water is getting too the corners.Try fan jets, or change brushes.

Yeah I think that's all I can do.Can't believe I'm not getting into the corners though.

[Craig 72]

Spend more money on wfp or just go back to ladders for a easy and low overhead life

I'm going to give wfp a fair crack of the whip before knock it on the head.It's got so many advantages over trad imo,if you can get it right.The annoying thing is that on some windows it seems perfect.Doesn't seem any rhyme or reason to it.These white spots are getting infuriating though I must admit.

[John Walker]

Hi Craig

I had similar when I first started.  I found the brush wasn't getting into the corners as well as I thought and I wasn't scrubbing and rinsing the frame above enough.  Rinse, rinse and more rinsing seems to be the order of the day.  Also, are you keeping your brush clean - this is extremely important.  A lot of guys including myself soak their brushes between cleans in pure water and GG3 or GG4.  Just a few ideas which I hope might help - stick with it!

[luther1]

Ring Gardiners and get a flocked dt,problem solved.

[john tomkins]

 Also, are you keeping your brush clean - this is extremely important.  A lot of guys including myself soak their brushes between cleans in pure water and GG3 or GG4.

Nice idea, but you do realise as soon as you touch the frame/sill/glass the brush will again pick up dirt and be contaminated, so unless you clean off the brush after every single window you ain't gonna win.

[John Walker]

 Also, are you keeping your brush clean - this is extremely important.  A lot of guys including myself soak their brushes between cleans in pure water and GG3 or GG4.

Nice idea, but you do realise as soon as you touch the frame/sill/glass the brush will again pick up dirt and be contaminated, so unless you clean off the brush after every single window you ain't gonna win.

Sorry - didn't mean after every window when I wrote after each clean - just in soak while moving from area to another etc.  Just reduces the chance of contam building up through the day.

Cheers

[Craig 72]

Thanks folks.I'll order that brush from Gardiners I think and persevere.

[Londoner]

This is always a problem. Even nearly four years on I still get it. Concentrate on the corners when you brush them and make sure you rinse them properly.
You might try drying troublesome downstairs windows. I routinely now squeegee dry  patio doors for this very reason.

WFP is good and its quick but its not perfect and people who say you can do a house in no time flat are misguided.

However, you are aware of it and thats the big first step. Knowledge is power.

[macmac]

WFP is good and its quick but its not perfect and people who say you can do a house in no time flat are misguided.

However, you are aware of it and thats the big first step. Knowledge is power. 

The best advise of this whole thread!

[s.hughes]

Would it be better to use fan jets then? do you have to rinse with them?

[Londoner]

Would it be better to use fan jets then? do you have to rinse with them?

I'm not convinced about fan jets because of the risk that you may spray water where you don't want to and dislodge dirt that will leave marks.

[kris martin]

i very rarely get these spots any more but i dont do the top frames  , i use a gardiners sl duel trim but im thinking of changing this to a single trim because i sometimes feel the inner bristles aint doing that much when doing windows above ground floor, i use quite a low flow but makeing sure i rinse right into the corners (off the glass), in my eyes rinsing is the key and not how much you rinse but how you rinse..

kris