i havent dog eared my squeegies yet but will do,
Trust me, Stu - dog-earring is the canine's cojones. Combined with using a window-cleaning detergent, and a not-wet-but-barely-moist applicator, I really don't believe you can get faster.

and yes i go through less scrims in a day because i detail less but how does it save time as i am still running the microfibre round the edges at the start of the clean as opposed to at the end of the the clean
A quick beast round one side, the top, and then the other side with a moist microfibre which picks up everything has got to be much faster than going sort-of-delicately round the frame a couple of times with a scrim which needs attention every so often.

Get rid of the scrims for microfibres. Period. Once you're on dog-earring you'll hardly need to detail - promise.

The advice I gave a while ago to one guy about detailing before blading with a moist sill-cloth still stands, but I don't think he was using microfibres.

Trust me, I use one type of microfibre as a sill-cloth and a different one to polish. The sill-cloth gets used, but has to be wrung out when it gets too wet, and the polishing cloth has hardly been used at the end of the day unless there's been some lead-work. If you use a scrim to wipe a sill it normally takes a couple of goings over at least. Using your applicator or the sill-cloth when using GG3 means one wipe and on to the next frame, because GG3 doesn't produce suds. Not much per window, but over a day . . .

How about whenever the next SLWCN meet gets organised, we have a "master-class" on the benefits of microfibres and dog-earring?

thanks davie
thanks wagga i looked at the pic and threw a hacksaw in the van and i will give it a try tomorrow

Hi Karl, I use this new dogearing on all my gear up to 16" channel. I tried the 16 for a while without it but eventually did it and it made quite a difference. The wear is not so excessive as to make it impractical.
The pad does not push the bent parts of the blade back again as they are not THAT weak. You must be careful where you make the cut. The main idea of this type of dogearing is the UPWARD bend toward the tips of the rubber with only a very slight bend FORWARDS. Look at the pic very carfully and enlarge it. This blade works almost perfectly and I hardly have to detail at all on ANY type of window. The blade in the pic is 12". The whole idea of dogearing is to prevent the tips of the rubber blade floating over the very  thin rubber seals on modern glazing. With this system it does just that. If it's not working for you then youv'e got the adjustment wrong.
It will work on stainless channels also and of course will be a lot stronger.
WAGTAIL have released a new design which incorporates a stainless channel, which incidentally, will fit BOAB's (Though with the flipper you can just put the whole thing in where the trad mop would usually go)
Regards,
Chris.
 

hi
could someone tell me how to change the rubber on the wagtail.
Notice in the middle of channel is a punch mark do you bend channel out to release rubber? not tried yet dont want to break it any advice please

thanks karl

See Stu - it's not just me! Can you do the needful and send me whatever wagga put up as a picture? Thanks pal.

The new W'tails have a screw so this won't be a problem anymore.
Sods - I bought two from WindowCleaningWarehouse recently and they don't have screws!

davie i replied on the wrong post you have mail
Got that - thanks lots!

and thanks for the tips
Anytime - but I now make a solemn promise that I shall not rest until you converse with your inner self, recognise that you need help, gather up your courage, stand up at the next meeting, and say "My name is Stuart, and I use F***y" 

You'll feel much better when you do - I know I did !

you have to "log on to the site"  to be able to see it.

its ok invoice for being your pa, is in the post

Just use the screwdriver to ease it up a little. If it becomes too loose, then just re-punch it again.
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THANKS WAGGA

Has no one tried cutting a small corner out the end of the rubber? You want the new edge to be touching the very edge of the glass when the squeegee is pushed into the side.  I would say better than dog-earring.

Peter