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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ste_Kinsella on January 29, 2005, 03:53:28 pm

Title: microfibre vs scrim
Post by: Ste_Kinsella on January 29, 2005, 03:53:28 pm

I posted a thread several months ago as a new starter ("Tales to Tell")
well, i`m still here with first real cold spell behind me and the bills were paid !!
My round is a good earner due to me being consistent with my pricing in Liverpool where people visibly go pale when I quote £6.50 for a semi. (Extra for extra glass of course)
At first, I was anxious to build a round and took on some undesirable cleans ie: half a mile between houses in the same area- ladders on car/ladders off- georgian windows etc.
Now I am able to concentrate my work on the long roads prepared to pay and I have to offload the little ones which are too costly in time.
Anyway, things are looking good and I am seriosly considering taking someone on as I can not increase my earnings on my own.
Any advice on this appreciated.
I am also a microfibre cloth user and have recently been experimenting with scrim. After boiling and softening up etc, I find a strange white powder substance is left on the glass...no idea what it is but uts a pain as I have to go over the glass with microfibre to polish the dust off. I have a feeling it may be due to the applicator drying out and some element of the soap (squeegee off) drying on the glass.
What do you think?
By the way, I cannot begin to thank you all for continuing to inspire and enthuse me when its drizzling out the bedroom window and I know its going to be a tough day out there. 10 minutes on this site and I am raring to go.
Cheers a million.

Title: Re: microfibre vs scrim
Post by: martin19842 on January 29, 2005, 07:21:54 pm

hi there,

we use micro fibre clothes, for lots of different tasks, cleaning windows, frames, bathrooms, kitchens, woodwork, metal work.

the whole lot, brilliant, i bought some of the larger ones for one of my vehicles, they sat in the van for weeks, until they ran out wypall, and hey presto " those microfibre cloths are brilliant" and they even take them home to wash at the weekend.  perhaps they do listen after all

have a great weekend.

regards

martin

Title: Re: microfibre vs scrim
Post by: Jon T.C. on January 30, 2005, 12:31:21 am

Microfibre everytime for me!!

Title: Re: microfibre vs scrim
Post by: rosskesava on January 30, 2005, 07:36:58 pm

I use a chamois on the glass and microfibre for everything else unless it's something like real filthy frames and then I use old scrims first.

Title: Re: microfibre vs scrim
Post by: Duke on January 31, 2005, 04:40:48 pm

I changed over to microfibre as well before I got the pole....was really good, though at that time the only ones I could source were the small domestic type....would have been nice to get them the size of scrims...or even half that....ah well, all water under the bridge now, so to speak.

Title: Re: microfibre vs scrim
Post by: karlosdaze on January 31, 2005, 08:59:48 pm

I still prefer the scrim.