[trippyboy]

Just had a bloke work opposite me with two scrims, one in hand other tucked in his trousers dangling down, up ladder ragging the windows  at a rapid rate of knots. Was almost gonna ask him if he knew a good accountant  

[bobplum]

when i saw ragging i thought it might have been an extension of dogging or something similiar :-

[Positivity]

Damp scrim, Dry scrim that was the way when I was a lad, before all this rubber squeegy and poles and stuff.

[Ian Lancaster]

You can all laugh

Back in the late 60's early 70's nearly all window cleaning was done by ragging - just one scrim, washed and wrung out almost dry.

Skilled shiners (with muscles like Popeye) could clean a window spotless in not much more time than it would take the average WFP man.

Every few windows he would dunk his scrim in his bucket and wring it out again, crack it like a pistol shot, shake it out and carry on.

Couldn't do it today, no such think as REAL scrim anymore.

Larger panes like shop fronts would be (grudgingly) squeegeed.

 

[pdale]

crack it like a pistol shot

Thats the way I was taught ... whip each corner of the scrim 

[8weekly]

You can all laugh

Back in the late 60's early 70's nearly all window cleaning was done by ragging - just one scrim, washed and wrung out almost dry.

Skilled shiners (with muscles like Popeye) could clean a window spotless in not much more time than it would take the average WFP man.

Every few windows he would dunk his scrim in his bucket and wring it out again, crack it like a pistol shot, shake it out and carry on.

Couldn't do it today, no such think as REAL scrim anymore.

Larger panes like shop fronts would be (grudgingly) squeegeed.

 

This made me think of my dad who was a windy in the 70s. It was amazing how tight he could twist the scrim. He used a chamois first though, not a wet scrim. He always did shops with a squeegee though I think. Sadly he died about a year before I became a windy, but I remember working with him in the holidays and his tales of customers. 

[Frankybadboy]

think what trippy is saying is that he ran out of water and had to get the ladder out and rag.


ive seen him many a time rag on head one in pocket.))

[geoffreyspecht]

Just had a bloke work opposite me with two scrims, one in hand other tucked in his trousers dangling down, up ladder ragging the windows  at a rapid rate of knots. Was almost gonna ask him if he knew a good accountant  

its called scriming the windows not ragging

[Ian Lancaster]

Just had a bloke work opposite me with two scrims, one in hand other tucked in his trousers dangling down, up ladder ragging the windows  at a rapid rate of knots. Was almost gonna ask him if he knew a good accountant  

its called scriming the windows not ragging

Maybe to you young upstarts - us old pros have always called it ragging - my dad and his dad before him

[Don Kee]

Just had a bloke work opposite me with two scrims, one in hand other tucked in his trousers dangling down, up ladder ragging the windows  at a rapid rate of knots. Was almost gonna ask him if he knew a good accountant  

Was going to ask if it was frank but i think he's taken to wearing lycra to work aswel as when cycling....

[tom20001]

when i saw ragging i thought it might have been an extension of dogging or something similiar :-

lol

[geoffreyspecht]

Just had a bloke work opposite me with two scrims, one in hand other tucked in his trousers dangling down, up ladder ragging the windows  at a rapid rate of knots. Was almost gonna ask him if he knew a good accountant  

its called scriming the windows not ragging

Maybe to you young upstarts - us old pros have always called it ragging - my dad and his dad before him

yep 59 years old, just a young man,cleaned windows for 37 years

[concept]

Ragging still has its place.

Recently we've had to do it on a University and currently on a Hospital.

Sometimes it's the best option.

[TomCrowther]

A guy near me uses scrim on the openers and soap and squeegie for the larger panes. I also have a large job in Bowdon, and when I took on the job, I asked the customer what technique the previous window cleaner used, because the windows were mint {frames, filters too}. "He just rubbed them with two cloths" Don't knock it.

[stuart mc]

I like ragging, anything to small for a 14inch squeegie gets ragged if trad, great on insides too

[dazmond]

yep i started off ragging all windows back in 1992 when i worked for another cleaner.21 years later im still doing it albeit only on some small openers and little door windows!

[John pearce]

Always got a rag in me pocket ...   

[geoffreyspecht]

ive got a ragtail

[Geoff]

Always got a rag in me pocket ...   

Jammy git.

[rosskesava]

I do most internal windows by ragging. It's a bit labour intensive but easier, less messy and often quicker except I use a damp microfibre and a dry one. It's also a very quick way to do internal doors that have paines of glass in them as well as mirrors.