[timdiv]

Dear Polers

This is my first winter using the pole and I seem to be getting a small amount of spotting now that the cold is here. Is it to be expected that because the water stays on the glass a lot longer there is more likelihood that spots will occur?

BTW my TDS meter(have tested thats its working ok) reading is 0 even though I haven't changed the resin for about4 months(I have an R\O system)

Any thoughts

cheers

Tim

[JM123]

The colder the water the less dense it is, meaning it won't absorb dirt as well - you need to use more water, brush more and rinse rinse rinse.  There, the doctor has cured another patient, next please

[windows_chepstow]

The colder the water the less dense it is, meaning it won't absorb dirt as well

Is that correct?  I would've thought the colder the water; the MORE dense it is.

Or is that what you meant, and I'm 'doing a Malc G' on you?

[timdiv]

Interesting theory. I thought it might be that coz the water is sitting on the glass longer it was more prone to collecting dust.

But who am i to argue...

I'm just a 'dense' window cleaner.


Cheers Doc.

[Ben Walker]

I would go with that theory to be honest
for instance, warm air holds more moisture than cold air (like clouds form as worm wet air rises and cools for instance)
so warm water can hold more sediment than cold water.

like making gravy!
The granuals get absorbed into the hot water easily, not so with cold water. When gravy cools it gets thicker and gloopy!
 

[Ian_Giles]

water doesn't get gloopy! Lol

Others have found that you can use less water in winter simply because it isn't drying out as fast, ergo the gravity draws more of the water down the glass and thereby taking microscopic particles with it, as against evaparating quickly and leaving them behind.

Winter weather IS dirtier though, more wind + more rain + falling leaves + road salt and so on and so on.
So what with spray from traffic getting pushed into the air from vehicles, all this muck gets into the atmosphere, blown around by the wind and settles on the glass
In summer weather it is dust that settles on the glass and frames, but winter much is going to be damp or wet, so it is going to 'set' onto the glass and be harder to get off than dust.

Make sure you rinse your frames thoroughly, particularly the top edges.
Most spotting occurs near the top of the glass, so this should really give you a clue as to where the small amounts of soiling are causing the spotting...usually from the top of the frames.


Ian

[JM123]

Sorry my mistake - cold water is more 'dense' than warm water, thats what i meant - anyway, Ian Giles is also correct in that winter weather is dirtier (think of hemel hempstead and the smoke cloud staying low) so air is dirtier especially as lots of people burn coal fires at this time of year.  like i always say - rinse rinse rinse