[keith rockman]

I like most other guys have had 7 working days off over christmas & new year which means i am now a week and half behind, so i started back monday just cleaning downstairs windows with scrim.
A well rung out wet scrim followed by a dry scrim, explained to the customers that its not safe to use big ladder and squeege just ices over, everyone fine with that, said windows would be half price and everyone paid no problem.
Now as we all know downstairs is only about a third of the work so i have almost caught up the week and a half and made more this week than normal. Also a big majority of customers felt sorry for me working in the freezing cold and gave me full payment and lots more brews. 

[michael papworth]

Good for you.

Just an idea, I'm by no means certain of this, but it might be worth bearing in mind.

Make sure you scrape off any bird poo. Don't wipe it around as it can contain grit and there's a remote chance that you might scratch the windows.

Or is my mind just making up ridiculous ideas? I'm going stir crazy here!

[keith rockman]

I always carry a scraper for bird muck and paint blobs etc. 

[[GQC] Tim]

If your mop freezes to the window, then your wet scrim will do as well.

Not to mention it won't give as good results as squegee, let alone wfp.

[Feen]

Good for you. Sounds bonkers to me I'd love to see the results when the sun shines

[mci services]

no reason scrimming cant clean properly and leave marks. if done correctly that is well done

[Ryan @ Transparent, Carlisle]

theres an old chap who walks round town with his WOODEN double 4meters...... a wet cloth & dry scrim, its the way he has done it for years

[keith rockman]

I have been cleaning windows since November 1976 aged 16 having just left school, like most window cleaners i first started out working for someone else and all my boss used to give us was just 1 scrim, thrown over the shoulder, wooden ladder and a bucket, no squeeges or pockets or anything like we have now, for birdmuck he told us to use a 50p piece to scrape it off.
I must have used scrim for at least the first 7 or 8 years before moving onto squeeges as my main areas are a couple of council estates where until the mid 80s was full of very old wooden framed windows with lots of small panes.
The trick with using scrim in cold or hot weather is to clean 1 pane at a time and switch cloths asap to avoid icing or streaks, also you have to know how much to wring the wet scrim out which you can only get right with experience. I see many young window cleaners struggling to use a squeegee on a small pane when all it needs is a quick going over with a scrim. 

[mci services]

I have been cleaning windows since November 1976 aged 16 having just left school, like most window cleaners i first started out working for someone else and all my boss used to give us was just 1 scrim, thrown over the shoulder, wooden ladder and a bucket, no squeeges or pockets or anything like we have now, for birdmuck he told us to use a 50p piece to scrape it off.
I must have used scrim for at least the first 7 or 8 years before moving onto squeeges as my main areas are a couple of council estates where until the mid 80s was full of very old wooden framed windows with lots of small panes.
The trick with using scrim in cold or hot weather is to clean 1 pane at a time and switch cloths asap to avoid icing or streaks, also you have to know how much to wring the wet scrim out which you can only get right with experience. I see many young window cleaners struggling to use a squeegee on a small pane when all it needs is a quick going over with a scrim. 

couldnt agree more keith i do an old church manse and wfp is out as the ledges are about a foot deep and some only a few inches in width. first time i used a cut down squeegie and it took forever so i went back to basics and got the scrimms out, now i can do it half the time

[martinsadie]

i always use scrim on georgian windows

[dave f]

you cant beat a good scrim stiill use on some of my jobs  i used to work for a guy who wuuld only used scrim tight get so i bought my own gear. happy days 

[Small but perfectley formed]

With the price of all the equipment (wfp) decided togo back to use vinegar and news paper

[Mike #1]

normally wfp but i am considering cleaning downstairs trad have done it once about 3yrs ago will see how things go snow is getting deeper and its a real chew on with trolley

[[GQC] Tim]

You guys should use microfibre with spray. That way you do not have to mess about with scrim.

Ps, I would like to see scrimmed windows in the direct sunlight. I very much doubt it will leave a good finish. But would like to be proved wrong.

[dazmond]

damp scrim/dry scrim and spray bottle/microfibre will both work but will take longer.all i used for a few years in the early 90s was scrim! :

[TonyD]

When I can't use the squeegee I use a a m/f cloth with automotive glass cleaning spray like this one -
http://www.valetpro.co.uk/Products/Interior-Products/1162-/Glass-Cleaner-5L

That's what I've used for many years when car detailing, on some pretty grubby, greasy nicotine embedded windows too.