[Blackbushe Windows]

What do you do if you come to a window that's had an overflow dripping on it and it's got covered in limescale. Do you clean as usual and ignore what won't come off, or do you deal with limescale and charge extra?

Previous post suggested vinegar, what do you use?

Thoughts please.


Peter

[xxmattyxx]

I might mention it to them that its going to prove difficult to remove, some calcium deposits are difficult to remove to say the least. I have one where I just leave it (cant see out the glass anyway) its caused by a buggered gutter from an annexe on the side of the house; I cant see that one ever coming up, shes left it so long. Maybe Im being intolerant, but cant she get it mended, Id do it 

[Pj]

What do you do if you come to a window that's had an overflow dripping on it and it's got covered in limescale. Do you clean as usual and ignore what won't come off, or do you deal with limescale and charge extra?

Previous post suggested vinegar, what do you use?

Thoughts please.


Peter

Just squirt limescale remover on it,  Mr Muscle or similar, cheap enough.
Scrub and rinse scrub and rinse!  Adds about 20 seconds to the job and costs about 1p.
I don't charge any extra for the odd one....all part of the service.

[windowwashers]

I might mention it to them that its going to prove difficult to remove, some calcium deposits are difficult to remove to say the least. I have one where I just leave it (cant see out the glass anyway) its caused by a buggered gutter from an annexe on the side of the house; I cant see that one ever coming up, shes left it so long. Maybe Im being intolerant, but cant she get it mended, Id do it 

why dont you ask her Matt, I would

[simon knight]

What do you do if you come to a window that's had an overflow dripping on it and it's got covered in limescale. Do you clean as usual and ignore what won't come off, or do you deal with limescale and charge extra?

Previous post suggested vinegar, what do you use?

Thoughts please.


Peter

Just squirt limescale remover on it,  Mr Muscle or similar, cheap enough.
Scrub and rinse scrub and rinse!  Adds about 20 seconds to the job and costs about 1p.
I don't charge any extra for the odd one....all part of the service.

Whenever i come across this i ask if they have mr muscle or similar...if they have i do it at no extra charge (unless of course it's lots of windows)...as the man said "all part of the service".

[DASERVICES]

PJ,

Does it effect the UPVC frames at all by discolouring them.

[Pj]

No.

If doing it trad just mop & squeegee then wipe sills as normal.

If wfp brush & rinse well

[Tosh]

Toilet limescale remover does improve the clean to some extent, but with hard-water marks, they're almost impossible to remove completely; though I've never tried a Mineral Deposit Remover.

Call me a cowboy, but I generally inform the customer of the problem, so they don't think I'm doing a shoddy job, and on future cleans I just do my best (which is to clean the window, leaving the hard-water marks where they are).

[johnny_h]

i use a limescale remover get it as clean as i can first time then tell the customer i will repeat next time

[Rob_Mac]

I have the answer to this

We had a problem working on a supermarket in Greenwich - 400 units with blinds in front of them - fixed open - aluminium surrounds and they had never been cleaned in the life of the supermarket - about 10 years.

We sourced a compound that can be diluted down and using a non scratching scourer will get the windows clean.

I am not going to tell anyone what the compound is because we will be selling it in the very near future on our new website and I can also see an opportunity to make a lot of money from this sector.

If you are interested in the compound I will sell you some but it is expensive.

Anyone that wants some let me know and I will discuss price.

Rob 

[frames to panes]

Tartaric acid?

[Rob_Mac]

I will only say that it is non acidic and no more

Rob

[john tomkins]

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