This is an advertisement
Interested In Advertising? | Contact Us Here

Warning!

 

Welcome to Clean It Up; the UK`s largest cleaning forum with over 34,000 members

 

Please login or register to post and reply to topics.      

 

Forgot your password? Click here

Simon Trapani

  • Posts: 1555
Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« on: January 18, 2018, 04:22:43 pm »
Hi guys.

Any advice on cleaning the inside of a car showroom? Are ladders a no no even if footed?

Or am I looking at trad pole or an internal dry system maybe?

Ian Lancaster

  • Posts: 2811
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2018, 04:51:32 pm »
Trad style cleaning and mop up as you go.  If you're nervous about laddering on their polished floors, stick a pair of these on:

https://www.midlandladders.com/swivel-suction-feet

Simon Trapani

  • Posts: 1555
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2018, 05:19:12 pm »
Thanks Ian. I won't put those on though. I'd rather not do the job if it comes to that.

It's the top one's in the picture that concern me. There will be two of us so one could foot the ladder. I'd trad pole it but I think with the steel in the way it'll be difficult to finish.


dazmond

  • Posts: 23938
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2018, 05:26:28 pm »
an unger trad pole with their angle adaptor on would allow you to finish at the bottom of the windows.

personally id pass the job on as i dont want inside work.in fact i havent got a single inside window cleaning job anymore thank god! :)
price higher/work harder!

Slash

  • Posts: 1875
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2018, 05:28:39 pm »
Excelerator on a pole in the swivel position.

carl stanton

  • Posts: 818
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2018, 05:28:57 pm »
Used to do a load of car showrooms  including  Volvo and a porche showrooms, personally with eyes in the back of your head and ears with a foam end handle (just for belt and braces) trad pole and wagtail or moerman liquidator. Makes sure the bottom frame is cleaned so dirt is less likely to go back on Glass.

Splash & dash

  • Posts: 4364
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2018, 05:39:08 pm »
We generally use a scaffold tower as it’s difficult to clean the deep ledges between the pains from the ground

Simon Trapani

  • Posts: 1555
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2018, 05:51:03 pm »
I'm now thinking footed ladder with mitts and finish up squeegee on sides of top panes not at bottom as like you said that metal ledge is deep.

Just depends if I can reach the top without overstretching.

Simon Trapani

  • Posts: 1555
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2018, 05:52:54 pm »
Looking again though the vertical bars look deep also. ::)roll

Elfyn

  • Posts: 495
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2018, 06:38:24 pm »
I regularly clean six car showrooms (in and out) and find the vikan system with a long pole ideal. No water to get on the floors or (god forbid) the cars, no ladders - all done from the ground.
http://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/all-products/indoor-specialized/indoor-glass-cleaning/vikan-easy-shine-replacement-microfibre-mop.html

Simon Trapani

  • Posts: 1555
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2018, 07:03:34 pm »
I've never used a Viking though so might look like a right amateur!

Also the pole is out of stock at the moment.

Splash & dash

  • Posts: 4364
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2018, 11:04:03 pm »
I've never used a Viking though so might look like a right amateur!

Also the pole is out of stock at the moment.





We tried using one made a hell of a mess very smeary , ok if very very light clean needed but if reasonably dirty we found the only way to get good consistent results that looked good in low angle sun on it was to get up close with squeegee

rosskesava

  • Posts: 17015
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2018, 12:29:59 am »
We tried using one made a hell of a mess very smeary , ok if very very light clean needed but if reasonably dirty we found the only way to get good consistent results that looked good in low angle sun on it was to get up close with squeegee

Using only pure water will not clean internal glass like the ones in the picture very well unless it was spotless to start with or is in an environment with heppa type filtered air conditioning.

I use SYR pads with two trad poles. I spray a  solution of pure water with a small amount of white vinegar and a very very small drop of window cleaning solution like squeegee off or unger liquid on one pad, taking care not to soak the pad, and buff with the other. The results are blinding.
Just chant..... Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. It's beats chanting Tory Tory or Labour Labour.

jk999

  • Posts: 2088
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2018, 11:33:38 am »
I would take a guess chance s are they probably own a big pair of step ladders use them .or if using ladders make sure you protect the ledges you put them on

Simon Trapani

  • Posts: 1555
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2018, 03:08:32 pm »
I got ladder mitts but won’t use any ladders other than ours jk.
I’m thinking squeegee inside tops first time then possibly Viking.

andyM

  • Posts: 6100
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2018, 08:22:51 am »

I’m thinking squeegee inside tops first time then possibly Viking.

That's how I would do it.
If they are to be cleaned regularly inside the Vikan will be fine for the tops after the first clean.
If you do the lower panes with a mop and squeegee, which will all be within direct line of sight I'm sure it will be acceptable.
The trick with the Vikan is to apply the least amount of water/solution possible to the glass.
It doesn't need much.
I do that by just dabbing the glass with a mop and use the vikan pad straight after to just buff the glass off. 
One of the Plebs

Elfyn

  • Posts: 495
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2018, 09:49:38 am »
When using a vikan system I add a little meths to the pure water. It helps break up any grease on the glass.

Simon Trapani

  • Posts: 1555
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #17 on: January 20, 2018, 09:54:06 am »
Andy, can I just lightly spray the pad from the bottle? That was how I imagined it.

Elfyn - meths -really?!

dazmond

  • Posts: 23938
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #18 on: January 20, 2018, 01:17:30 pm »
what about a karcher vac on a pole?
price higher/work harder!

Elfyn

  • Posts: 495
Re: Advice on cleaning inside a car showroom
« Reply #19 on: January 20, 2018, 02:34:01 pm »
Yes - meths - really. It's one of the few solvents that is soluble in water. I mix up a 5ltr container of pure water and add about a cap full of meths. Cuts through grease (finger prints etc.) and won't smear. I've been doing this with a vikan systen for about 6 years now.