[p1w1]

was just wondering how the trial  was going (well i hope) cant remember who was doing it.

paul

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

I think it was Jouk's idea.





Matt

[p1w1]

hi matt hope things are going well mate..

paul

[windowswashed]

Just put half a dozen loose plastic washers on your pole hose to brush the grit off

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

Hi paul, its going ok mate, its not building up as quick as I like but its building up steadily.
Should be getting my guttervac within the next 2 weeks 
I am loving my SLX too 
When is it you go to S.A.?



Matt

[p1w1]

Just put half a dozen loose plastic washers on your pole hose to brush the grit off

I think i'll give that a go  have you tried that yourself windowswashed?

Hi paul, its going ok mate, its not building up as quick as I like but its building up steadily.
Should be getting my guttervac within the next 2 weeks
I am loving my SLX too
When is it you go to S.A.?



Matt

Nice one mate you will have to keep me informed how you get on with it, i'm popping over to polorbrite tomorrow myself if there open to have a look at the gutter debris removal machine  if there open . Going to S.A in just over 3 weeks..cant wait...
hopefully santa will bring you some more customers for christmas  ..

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

Paul, Craig isn't open Saturdays.
I'm off to Portugal for a short break a week on Thursday 
Going to see my sister and drop off the Christmas presents lol



Matt

[p1w1]

Paul, Craig isn't open Saturdays.
I'm off to Portugal for a short break a week on Thursday
Going to see my sister and drop off the Christmas presents lol



Matt

Doh will have to try another day then.. got 2 gutter jobs to do and wanted to put it through it's paces and hire it out for the day...

cheers and have a good break mate..

paul

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

When have you got the gutter jobs booked in?



Matt

[jouk45]

hi paul, am still working on it, was talking to alexg about it, and he was interested, but have not seen or heard from him in weeks, so i will have to work down a diffrent route,

[p1w1]

not booked yet..1 is getting back to me on monday to let me know when and the other i will just ring to let her know when i can do it. i may leave it till after xmas now as if its up to the job i wouldnt buy it till then anyway so maybe i can then hire it out for the day and if i buy it i'm hoping craig will then knock off the hire cost   lol..to be honest i'm more bothered about getting as much window cleaning done as possible before xmas then it's a month off lol..

[p1w1]

hi paul, am still working on it, was talking to alexg about it, and he was interested, but have not seen or heard from him in weeks, so i will have to work down a diffrent route,

hi jouk,
at least it's still on the cards and working then..come on fella pull your finger out  i want one...

paul

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

I hired it yesterday.
Very Very handy piece of kit, made mincemeat out of the 2 ft pieces of turf that was fixed in the gutter.
its just the case of loosening the dirt first with the agitator, then vac and then flush.
won't take long to do a 3 bed semi, I would say approximately 1 hour to lossen the dirt and to vac it.




Matt

[Clive McDonald]

What pole have you got p1w1?

[p1w1]

did you manage to do it all from the floor matt and what pole did you use on it? was it rigid enough..what was the hire cost for the day?..

[p1w1]

What pole have you got p1w1?

22ft slx mate

paul

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

did you manage to do it all from the floor matt and what pole did you use on it? was it rigid enough..what was the hire cost for the day?..

Its £45 plus VAT, yes I did everything from the floor, I had to reach over a full conservatory too.
The pole is a 30ft hybrid pole, you just leave to top section down.


Matt

[p1w1]

ok mate thanks..next day of heavy rain and i'll use it as an excuse to pop up there..

[Clive McDonald]

Okay, well as you know dirt and grit are a problem.They always have been but it's worse on the slx because the tolerances are closer and they can become very stiff to pull out and close when dirty.The other reason its worse is that the pole hose is longer because we have never been able to use a pole this long for ground floor before and opporunities for more hose being on the floor are greater.

A couple of people have had an slx for over a year and they are still mint.These tend to have a hose tidy which loops the hose onto the pole, but i don't like this because it adds to the weight.These people also spend a bit longer maintainsing and wiping over than we do.The other issue with the slx is the black carbon on hands, the best suggestion i have seen for this is car wax.

I have a clamp that acts as a third hand that holds the looped spare hose and releases it quickly when needed.When required i run the pole hose through a cloth (microfibre but probably anything would do).

If you want a gadget to keep it clean split four inches of garden hose with some cloth inside and using a clip put this near the pole base prior to extending.Remove ready for re use when you extend again.

[p1w1]

Thanks for the input slumpbuster i will try these ideas out and what ewan posted the other week.
 i also used bees wax on all the sections last week over all the worn areas and really rubbed it in and buffed it up and have to admit it has made a bit of a difference i haven't really had any black hands this week and when the sections got wet dirt doesn't seem to stick to them as much it puts a thin coating on all the sections but it doesn't come off and clog up in the clamps it has also helped with the sections slipping in the clamps as they seem to hold better but i will give it another week or two to see if there is any real lasting benifits as i'm hoping doing this will help with the wear of the pole.

paul