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rycalshaw

  • Posts: 442
pole spray
« on: December 10, 2020, 06:18:45 pm »
Hi guys, any recommendations on pole spray for carbon?..thanks

Phil J

  • Posts: 638
Re: pole spray
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2020, 07:45:53 pm »
PTFE spray, Gardiners sell it.

richard connett

  • Posts: 300
Re: pole spray
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2020, 06:26:15 am »
Dry ptfe spray. I assume the oily one encourages grit

chris turner

  • Posts: 1492
Re: pole spray
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2020, 07:31:31 am »
Its false economy to be cleaning your equipment for extended use. Surely you guys are buying new poles every week with the amount of dosh your raking in.

dazmond

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Re: pole spray
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2020, 07:37:02 am »
I usually use gardiners own dry PTFE spray but I've ran out so I'm using some  other stuff I've got lying around(WD40 dry PTFE).....
price higher/work harder!

dazmond

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Re: pole spray
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2020, 07:38:57 am »
Its false economy to be cleaning your equipment for extended use. Surely you guys are buying new poles every week with the amount of dosh your raking in.

If your not happy with your earnings keep going....you ll get there in the end if your persistent,professional and do a good job....
price higher/work harder!

chris turner

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Re: pole spray
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2020, 08:16:25 am »
Its false economy to be cleaning your equipment for extended use. Surely you guys are buying new poles every week with the amount of dosh your raking in.

If your not happy with your earnings keep going....you ll get there in the end if your persistent,professional and do a good job....

I'm all those things already but I still can't afford a new pole every week. Please help me Dazmond.

Slash

  • Posts: 1875
Re: pole spray
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2020, 06:03:42 pm »
GT85,can get it from  Wilkinson's or Halfords.

dazmond

  • Posts: 23967
Re: pole spray
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2020, 06:08:39 pm »
Its false economy to be cleaning your equipment for extended use. Surely you guys are buying new poles every week with the amount of dosh your raking in.

If your not happy with your earnings keep going....you ll get there in the end if your persistent,professional and do a good job....

I'm all those things already but I still can't afford a new pole every week. Please help me Dazmond.

you will one day........................when you ve been window cleaning for 27 years...... ;D ;D ;D
price higher/work harder!

rycalshaw

  • Posts: 442
Re: pole spray
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2020, 09:33:27 pm »
GT85,can get it from  Wilkinson's or Halfords.
Thanks, i,ve been looking at this online, quite cheap too..

Ched

  • Posts: 441
Re: pole spray
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2020, 09:41:14 pm »

Jonny 87

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Re: pole spray
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2020, 09:42:57 pm »
GT85,can get it from  Wilkinson's or Halfords.
Thanks, i,ve been looking at this online, quite cheap too..

Gt85 isn’t recommended, it’s a dry ptfe you need.

Gt85 and wd40 can actually penetrate the carbon and weaken it.
Vision Technician / Visual Engineer /  Vision Enhancement Operative /...........................................................OnlyUseMeWFP AkA Jonny the Windy Wesher

Re: pole spray
« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2020, 03:26:54 pm »
GT85,can get it from  Wilkinson's or Halfords.
Thanks, i,ve been looking at this online, quite cheap too..

Gt85 isn’t recommended, it’s a dry ptfe you need.

Gt85 and wd40 can actually penetrate the carbon and weaken it.
But WD40 do actually sell a PTFE dry spray though as in Cheds link. Anyway, I use the Toolstation one, have done for years. It's cheap and effective.

M & C Window Cleaning

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Re: pole spray
« Reply #13 on: December 12, 2020, 08:09:44 pm »
Have to be honest I don't understand the point of using it.  I used it when it was first recommended but have to say found no apparent benefit to it at all, not that I could tell anyway. 
My poles never worked any better when I used it.  It didn't stop grit getting in the pole and embedding itself in the stop tape when the hose was wet.  It didn't make it so I can take my pole apart and clean it any less often.  So I don't use it anymore.  I just clean my poles regularly and they work just fine.   This is my experience anyway

Jonny 87

  • Posts: 3488
Re: pole spray
« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2020, 07:35:16 pm »
GT85,can get it from  Wilkinson's or Halfords.
Thanks, i,ve been looking at this online, quite cheap too..

Gt85 isn’t recommended, it’s a dry ptfe you need.

Gt85 and wd40 can actually penetrate the carbon and weaken it.
But WD40 do actually sell a PTFE dry spray though as in Cheds link. Anyway, I use the Toolstation one, have done for years. It's cheap and effective.

Yeah, that’s what I use. Gt85 doesn’t though.
Vision Technician / Visual Engineer /  Vision Enhancement Operative /...........................................................OnlyUseMeWFP AkA Jonny the Windy Wesher