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stephen donald

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inside window cleaning
« on: November 24, 2007, 06:55:59 pm »
Hi i'm new to window cleaning and use wfp only.Whats the best and quickest  way to clean inside windows using the pure water.steve

M & C Window Cleaning

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Re: inside window cleaning
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2007, 07:05:26 pm »
I use trad tools with pure water and GG3. Or an atomiser with pure water and microfibre

stephen donald

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Re: inside window cleaning
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2007, 07:13:43 pm »
Thanks for that

Re: inside window cleaning
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2007, 07:31:24 pm »
I use trad tools with pure water and GG3. Or an atomiser with pure water and microfibre
same as but use gg4 instead or gg3 as in hard water area

Feen

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Re: inside window cleaning
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2007, 07:34:51 pm »
Why use pure water and then add gg3/4 ??? ???
Feen

Spursboy1972

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Re: inside window cleaning
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2007, 07:44:29 pm »
Why not? It makes the sqeegee glide.

Your next question may well be why not ordinary water? My answer would be because you dont need as much detergent with pure water!

Hope that helps?
Clear Vision~"The Difference is Clear"

Southampton- Hampshire

Feen

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Re: inside window cleaning
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2007, 07:52:34 pm »
Tony, So you think it's more cost effective to purify water in order to save money in detergent?
Feen

cvdewsbury

Re: inside window cleaning
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2007, 09:13:57 am »
sd...one squeezee..£9.00
0ne applicator.........£8.00
0ne scrim or
micro fibre................£5.00
one bucket................£1.20
fairy...........................£1.00


use normal hot tap water you,ll be fine

Spursboy1972

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Re: inside window cleaning
« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2007, 09:45:19 am »
I never said that. He already uses pure water so why not use a little of it to do insides. He asked whether he can use it or not? I said yes and put a lttle gg4 in it to make the sqeegee glide easier.

Dont put words in my mouth!
Clear Vision~"The Difference is Clear"

Southampton- Hampshire

Nathanael Jones

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Re: inside window cleaning
« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2007, 10:07:12 am »
Just charge more for insides than outsides,.. as it does take a lot longer!!!

Ian_Giles

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Re: inside window cleaning
« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2007, 10:08:31 am »
if you are doing insides then you need trad tools and skills.
Whatever kind of water you use, if you are using a squeegee and applicator then you will need a detergent of some kind in the water, whether it is pure or otherwise.

When you use WFP outside there is a continuous flow of water and most soiling on windows is water soluble.
On inside cleaning there are other contaminants, cigarette smoke and so on that need a little more than water to break down and clean properly.

Trying to squeegee off a window without detergent in the water is awful!!

For smaller panes, use an atomiser and pure water, but add a drop of GG3 or any other specialist liquid, lightly (very lightly!) mist the glass and buff dry with a microfibre or scrim (I personally think Microfibre is WAY superior to scrim).

Or buy a cheap spray bottle that already has a window cleaning solution in it. Tesco's own brand window cleaner is excellent by the way..and very cheap.

Another way is to buy a 5 litre container of windscreen washer liquid, very cheap to buy and will last you forever, you only need a capfull at most in an atomiser.

Or, a method I often use is to lightly dampen a clean Microfibre cloth with pure water, on georgian windows, if you are on a repeat clean then you can, if you have have the Microfibre just barely damp, get away with cleaning with just that...
Though that is a very real skill that takes some developing, better to use a damp cloth and polish off with a clean dry cloth.

And as has been said, you could simply put the pure water in an atomizer and not put in something to breakdown any grease you might come across, simply mist & buff dry.
On relatively clean glass on repeat cleans this would be all that's needed.

IF you are WFP, then the water in your tank is going to be water that's softer than a baby's bum, so you need only use GG3, as GG4 if for hard water.

Ian
Ian. ISM CLEANING SERVICES

stephen donald

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Re: inside window cleaning
« Reply #11 on: November 25, 2007, 09:28:59 pm »
Thanks for all the info next week we shall see the results
steve

Londoner

Re: inside window cleaning
« Reply #12 on: November 26, 2007, 06:26:47 pm »
Get some good microfibre cloths. Don't settle for scrim because its cheaper. Oh and some cheap towels for the sills.