[Mike55]

Hello,

Quick question if anyone could drop me a quick response to confirm how I should wash scrims and applicator sleeves (and how often).  Can they be done on a normal 40 wash?

Cheers
Mike

[traps7]

I think they used to say to boil wash scrims on the first wash until they're soft enough. After that just a quickwash on 40 degrees with no powder as they've picked up enough detergent. Top grade Scrims seem to be softer nowadays though.  I used to wash my scrims quite frequently.

Dont add softener and dont tumble dry.

Applicator sleeves I used to do on 40 degrees also in the same wash. Do it too often though and you'll spin the life out of them and it won't hold as much water. Just do it when it's really dirty. And wash the grooves of the t-bar if you have any.

And I'd convert over to good sized microfibre clothes.

Hope that helps.

[jonnyald]

wash the scrim heap once per week,all on their own , and just hang them out to dry  i  never tumble dry them .

iv never washed an applicator sleeve yet, no point as itll only shorten its life . lately iv been using a Lidl balcony scrubbing mop,on my WAGTAIL  and it is still not changing its colour ,weird material

[Mike #1]

when trad i used to wash my scrims and cloths at end of week powder only app sleeve twice a year line dry or radiator in winter

[Mike55]

Thanks all.

Mike

[EZclean]

end of the week.... 

what did you do with the dirty's, dry them out use them the next day?

every night i did mine. i only had a dozen or so though

[Mike #1]

i have got about 3 bin bags full of cloths or old towels and about 12 scrims 5 unger wipes

[traps7]

end of the week.... 

what did you do with the dirty's, dry them out use them the next day?

every night i did mine. i only had a dozen or so though

I used to do mine every night but didn't want to say because I thought everyone would laugh, lol.

[dazmond]

i wash scrims,t mop sleeves,microfibres,sill cloths all at the end of the week.in fact just put mine in now.40 degree wash with a bit of powder,no softner tho.fresh for monday.nearly straight up after hols.only mondays work behind by 3wks then bk on the 4 weeklys all bang on time. ;Dhappy days.weather been kind to us in manchester


best wishes dazmond

[Smudger]

All cloths washed at the end of the day - small amount of powder - no softner  40 degree

tumble dry ready for next day  ( no scrim - just microfibre )

Darran

[windowashing]

Washing the applicator makes a great deal of difference.

The cleaner the water and applicator, the better dirt lifts from the glass, and less likely to leave blade marks and smears/streaks.

Just blasting the dirt out with hose pipe works well, esp if you can get a flat fan jet type to push the dirt out of it.

You'll se it change colour, and it feels so quick on the glass!

[dazmond]

i have 6 big microfibres and 6 scrims and 10 sill cloths.the microfibres and scrims i dry out at night and use the next day and so on til the end of week then wash as above.t mop sleeves usually 2 to wash at the end of week.they dont lose the ability to hold water.what a load of nonsense.been doin it for 15 yrs no problems.unger monsoon and microtiger sleeves i use daily.great sleeves in my book

regards dazmond