About a year ago I bought a set of ladder mitts from soapnational.co.uk. They have been great and a lot less scratched sills etc and no signs of them wearing out at all. The only thing I found is that they were too big and kept coming off. What I did was to saw them in half so that they only covered the front tips of the ladders. (now got a spare set) Then I drilled two holes through the sides of tips of ladders and using some thin bolts and some large washers, bolted on the ladder mitts.
The large washers are important because they trap the
sponge material against the ladders otherwise they could break free and pull away from the smaller bolt heads. I wouldn't normally recomend drilling holes in ladders but as it's only the tips it will be just fine. Don't forget, on many ladders the feet already have holes drilled to hold them in so it can't be weakening them much.  

I do actually have a wfp system. It's the Freedom Trolly.
I do like it but cannot emagine using it for my domestic work. I have very little commercial. I actually bought it for an office block and all went well but the guy already had a contract on it which he couldn't get out of, so I was stuffed. I got the fibre-glass pole which seems realy heavy and I find trying to wheel around a full container of pure water realy heavy. As Iv'e mentioned on this forum before, I use trad pole system with modified wagtial which is quite amazing, for quite a lot of stuff now and have been able to reduce the ladder-work a bit at least.
I do envy you guys that have had the courage to throw yourselves into WFP. I still making excuses!
You could say I'm one of those old dinosaurs still clinging to my climbing frame!

Hi Karl,
It all depends on what version of Wagtail you have.
If its the one with the velcro fastenings it's a little different from the new version. The version with velcro on is fine as long as you also have the old pads that went with it. They are quite thick and have the velcro fastenings on already.
I currently use both but lets stay with the velcro version for now. I also assume youv'e got what is called the Flipper so the applicator pad swings back and forth, i.e. it swings over the rubber blade, you soap the glass then you "flick" the pad out of the way then blade the glass without having to change hands which is brilliant in a tight spot like on ladders etc, no swapping of tools, no letting go of ladders etc.
It takes a lot of getting used to but now I have I reckon it's realy good though nothing is exaclty ideal.
Now for the mod. The wagtail I have found is realy excellent for pole work because of the angles and its flip action. The mod I made is quite simple but makes a big difference to my mind.
All you do is get some more velcro and some realy good glue, waterproof is possible and stick a strip of the velcro ON TOP of the metal blade, the opposite to whats allready there. Then the whole thing flips in the other direction instead of from underneath its from over the top. The advantage here is that you can see what your doing more clearly and the pad no longer fouls the finishing stroke at the end. Its also easier to flip once you get used to it. This mod will only work on the pole.
Stick to an un-modded version for hand use.
If you find that the pad on the modded version swings round and attaches itself to the oringinal velcro underneath, then cover it up with somthing like another strip of velcro.
What size Wagtail are you using? It could be your using too big. Mine are 14" and 12" any bigger could be awkward at first. I now find the old method of seperate mop and fixed blade cumbersome, but I guess it takes a lot of getting used to with Wagtail.
The latest version of Wagtail has been re-engineered. I dont get on wth it but yet again I have been able to mod this so I can use the original pad. The new ones are just too thin an foppy. I wont go into this yet otherwise I'm going to confuse things.
Just give me a shout if you can't undersand what I'm waffling on about and I'll try again. It would help if I could post pictures.
Chris

Ladder mitts are the mutts nuts!

Who ever started this post said that they dont scratch the sills anymore because they have got them selfs a set of mitts... Surely common sense would tell you that having a ladder on a plastic window sill, its going to get marked or scrached? Put it under the sill and everyone is happy.

I did think of the idea about drilling holes in my ladder to sucure the mitts to the tops but couldnt do it as I have to seperate the ladder on a few of my jobs, so now I just deal with the fact of having to pick up a mitt from off the floor occasionally.