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« Reply #75 on: March 05, 2009, 10:01:44 PM » |
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Ok I am relatively new to window cleaning. I have only been doing it for 1 1/2 years the quickest I can do bearing in mind the houses I do are all old and very different from each other) 35mins a house, That's flat out basically running around the house to do. Is there any video to show your techniques @ agpm06
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« Reply #76 on: March 05, 2009, 10:07:43 PM » |
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just film yourself cleaning the windows and when you get home speed it up by say 10X, and then you will have an idea of the speed i used to go  used to.  |
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« Reply #77 on: March 06, 2009, 02:33:00 AM » |
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lol like one of them old films where people walk right fast. no wonder they were all thin |
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« Reply #78 on: March 06, 2009, 02:36:51 PM » |
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Lol.
So does the rubber make a difference, I know spend most my time detailing cos my rubbers miss edges and that. I have dog-eared thenm and this helps. My rubbers are Pulex (hard) feel more like soft. Where can I buy some decent rubber??
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« Reply #79 on: March 06, 2009, 03:30:50 PM » |
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take your pick mate You are not allowed to view links.
Register or Logini always used the Pulex Soft,summer and winter. could never get on with Ungers. sometimes i'd buy the long ones and cut to size, good if you use different size blades&channels |
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« Reply #80 on: March 06, 2009, 08:14:44 PM » |
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Ok I am relatively new to window cleaning. I have only been doing it for 1 1/2 years the quickest I can do bearing in mind the houses I do are all old and very different from each other) 35mins a house, That's flat out basically running around the house to do. Is there any video to show your techniques @ agpm06
practice ive been doing w/c since i was 13 now 33 go at the pace you feel comfy with then double it remember i could be doing houses with alot less windows than you  i now average 6 hs per hour these are priced £3.75---£5.50 each |
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« Reply #81 on: March 06, 2009, 10:42:53 PM » |
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Oh that make sense now. The houses I do are normally £12.00 - £16.00 .. You were prob. still a lot quicker than me. Nice one |
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« Reply #82 on: March 06, 2009, 10:57:16 PM » |
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Oh that make sense now. The houses I do are normally £12.00 - £16.00 .. You were prob. still a lot quicker than me. Nice one at they prices your quick enough mate as allan says some of the houses that are getting done 6 to the hour have only one up one down at front and maybe 2 up 1 down at rear, ive got a load of flats that only have 3 windows and i can do  well loads an hour |
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« Reply #83 on: March 06, 2009, 11:03:24 PM » |
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stu, dont tell anyone else on here as word spreads  but i do a section of old folks flats where its just the ground level, 4 windows per flat and i can whizz round 30-40 in an hour depending on how i am feeling that day, they are only 3.50 per flat, but its still not a bad wage for an hours work ( the collecting takes just as long though by the time you chat away to them) |
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« Reply #84 on: March 06, 2009, 11:06:16 PM » |
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ok mate no more said |
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« Reply #85 on: March 06, 2009, 11:13:32 PM » |
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cheers mate i knew i could rely on you |
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« Reply #86 on: March 07, 2009, 12:00:19 AM » |
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scriman stu was telling me something about you |
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« Reply #87 on: March 07, 2009, 12:32:43 AM » |
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wassat then |
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« Reply #88 on: March 07, 2009, 01:07:36 AM » |
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nothing to do with me i never grassed on anybody  |
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« Reply #89 on: March 07, 2009, 11:33:03 AM » |
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I know spend most my time detailing cos my rubbers miss edges and that.
First, try and keep your applicator (monsoon if you can get them) as dry as you can, (the more water you put on the glass/frames, the more you have to wipe up) only dip it at one end when you need to, use the drier end for the edges of the glass. The next time you dip, do the opposite end.
Then, instead of detailing after you've bladed, run a moist (but not wet) sill cloth quickly up, along, and down the putty edges - then blade. All you'll have to wipe then is the sill - and if you're using a window cleaning detergent like GG3, you should manage that by one wipe of the applicator. Use a microfibre sill cloth rather than scrim, it only needs one wipe too. By rights there should be nothing left to detail, but use a different microfibre cloth for finishing than the sill cloth.
How fast will you be now?
That'll be a fiver, thanks!
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« Reply #90 on: March 07, 2009, 12:48:38 PM » |
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nothing to do with me i never grassed on anybody it wisnae me  honest |
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« Reply #91 on: March 26, 2009, 11:24:59 AM » |
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wfp v ladders and squeegee
did a full day yesterday and about to go out just now, cos its stopped raining.
but it is really really windy, strong gusts. same as yesterday. would i have gone up my ladder in this? no chance.
i had to fight the pole a little yesterday though, but no danger to me or anyone else
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« Reply #92 on: March 27, 2009, 09:51:47 PM » |
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Lol.
So does the rubber make a difference, I know spend most my time detailing cos my rubbers miss edges and that. I have dog-eared thenm and this helps. My rubbers are Pulex (hard) feel more like soft. Where can I buy some decent rubber??
Cheers
I always use soft rubber now but since I started using the "new type of dog-earing" I don't have to detail hardly at all. Its only because of my sheer speed that I mess it up somtimes. If I go a bit slower I can almost do the perfect window with this system. Please look on this section of the forum and go back a few months to find New type of dog-earing for details. It realy works and I developed it specifically for the pole but now have all my gear modified in this way. Regards Wagga. |
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« Reply #93 on: March 27, 2009, 10:42:43 PM » |
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I always use soft rubber now but since I started using the "new type of dog-earing" I don't have to detail hardly at all.
Its only because of my sheer speed that I mess it up somtimes. If I go a bit slower I can almost do the perfect window with this system. Please look on this section of the forum and go back a few months to find New type of dog-earing for details. It realy works and I developed it specifically for the pole but now have all my gear modified in this way.
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« Reply #94 on: March 28, 2009, 07:38:29 PM » |
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Hi Karl, I only use Wagtail now and yes I dogear the ends but only in the special way. It does weaken the ends a lot and Iv'e had one or two break off, but because of the extra speed and greatly reduced detailing, it realy is worth it.
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« Reply #95 on: April 12, 2009, 11:07:41 PM » |
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Hi Wagga... Can u show a picture of your dog-earing Not super close... |
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« Reply #96 on: April 13, 2009, 06:47:05 PM » |
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« Reply #97 on: April 13, 2009, 07:03:20 PM » |
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Is i correct that it hold the rubber so water not can get under it ?? Don't know how else to explain.... |
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« Reply #98 on: April 13, 2009, 07:35:51 PM » |
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I'm realy sorry but I can't post a pic on here as the image size is too big and the forum won't accept it.
I can't work out how to reduce it. So the only image available is the original one taken a few months ago and posted on this section of the forum under "New Type of Dog-Earing" a few months ago.
All this method does is to keep the very ends of the rubber in contact with the glass especially when the frames have rubber seals all around. If you get this right it will transform your windowcleaning. Some trial and error in the adjustment will be needed.
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« Reply #99 on: April 13, 2009, 07:51:07 PM » |
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I think i know what u mean... I have done i on my own tools when i started cleaning, but in a diffrent way...
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