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NWH

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Re: trad man/pole man?
« Reply #40 on: May 10, 2018, 08:46:16 pm »
Trust me liquidators leave marks like you’ve just started cleaning windows.

nathankaye

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Re: trad man/pole man?
« Reply #41 on: May 10, 2018, 09:46:52 pm »
In my trad days, if you saw me in the early years, you would wonder what the heck I was upto.  After I cleaned the windows I use to stand or squat to look at the windows from all sort of angles to make sure no marks were left.
The worst was leaded windows, scrimming them. After checking from two different angles I thought I had cracked the technique ut then that final different check showed the smears.
I hated leaded windows, even giving them a quick spray and scrimming I hated.   In the end I found a great dilution mix of blue titan, mopped the windows and used a 14 inch channel that allowed most pressure for glasd contact to blade off and then a light scrimming polished it up lovely.    Or should i say, detailed them brilliantly
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windowswashed

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Re: trad man/pole man?
« Reply #42 on: May 10, 2018, 10:01:47 pm »
Sorry, disagree about liquidator leaving marks. Use some GG3  as slip (good stuff) and don't make sharp turns. Clean a factory every month and it's spotless with no detailing at all apart from one badly fitted seal. I wfp most work unless I have a run of hydrophobic glass on a run of patio size glass, then I rinse frames and tops of glass with de-ionised water then use a large liquidator or combinator just pulling straight down the glass in two passes as it's quicker than rinsing off with a wfp even with a rinse bar on

dazmond

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Re: trad man/pole man?
« Reply #43 on: May 10, 2018, 10:08:19 pm »
once your experienced with WFP and have a decent set up you d be a fool to keep tradding work that would be easier/faster with WFP....the main reason some WFP window cleaners still trad is they cant carry enough water to last them a day....or they use backpacks and barrels instead of van mounts...
price higher/work harder!

Slacky

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Re: trad man/pole man?
« Reply #44 on: May 11, 2018, 01:06:05 am »
I cleaned the downstairs of my girlfriends place today trad, inside and out. It does a more thorough job IMO done properly.

I won’t be changing back though, feck that.

dazmond

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Re: trad man/pole man?
« Reply #45 on: May 11, 2018, 08:30:58 am »
I cleaned the downstairs of my girlfriends place today trad, inside and out. It does a more thorough job IMO done properly.

I won’t be changing back though, feck that.

i forgot your girlfriend lives in a retirement bungalow....did you not think of knocking on some of the other elderly residents bungalows?you could end up with a nice easy trad round... ;)
price higher/work harder!