[Tim Downer]

Hi

Have posted this on the cleaning side of this forum....thought i had better place it here for you guys too.....

Went to a site today where it was deemed necessary to re-point all the brickwork on a large block of flats.....after the windows where fitted!!

They have covered the windows with plastic, however, with the elements and sloppy workers.....there is a lot of brick dust over the glass and frames with the odd lump of cement.

I am happy with the glass.....done that many a time!!

However, the grey powder coating on the frames.....just wiping the dust with my finger, caused light scratches to appear very quickley.....

How would you over come this, as even the site manager has expressed concern on using cloths / window cleaning equipment.....due to scratching the surface??

Is there something i could spray with a hand pumped sprayer??  In fact, would pressure spraying do the trick without scratching the glass surface / window frame??

The frame surface is flat and about 2 inches wide all around the edge.

Thanks Guys

Tim

[niceandclean]

Its probably the same as paintwork on a car that is dusty and dirty. Clean the frames with water to rinse the dirt away before wipeing. A decent hand pumped sprayer with warm water should do the trick, then you can wipe clean! Try on a window that can not be seen from the ground to test.

[Tim Downer]

I will try that while the scaffolding is still up.

Thanks

Tim

[Ian_Giles]

If you know another local window cleaner that has WFP, see if you can get him to test a window, it may well be worth a try.

This isn't meant as a plug for WFP by the way, merely a possible answer to the specific problem!

Generally WFP isn't a lot of cop for builders cleans!!

Ian