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TomCrowther

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snail trail tip
« on: September 26, 2019, 05:39:44 pm »
Been window cleaning for ten years {WFP} and only today discovered that circular motions with the brush head remove the snail trails so much faster than straight movement it isn't even funny. Twice one way, twice the other and Bam, the trail is gone.
Thank me later.
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Windy Miller

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Re: snail trail tip
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2019, 05:50:12 pm »
It's a brilliant technique not just for snail trails but bird, spider and fly poo. I used to scrub at different angles or digging the flock of the brush in but unbelievable how simple and effective this is!
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nathankaye

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Re: snail trail tip
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2019, 07:09:12 pm »
Wasn't this on another thread a short while ago
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Simon Trapani

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Re: snail trail tip
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2019, 07:11:13 pm »
Ten years it's taken you to discover that? You part time lol? ;D
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Simon Trapani

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Re: snail trail tip
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2019, 07:12:19 pm »
Try circular motions when it's over a bush and the pole is extended out a bit - it's painful!
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TomCrowther

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Re: snail trail tip
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2019, 08:33:23 am »
Quote from: Simon Trapani on September 26, 2019, 07:12:19 pm
Try circular motions when it's over a bush and the pole is extended out a bit - it's painful!
Nope. Us professionals skip those types of windows. Treat them like frosted panes.
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Simon Trapani

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Re: snail trail tip
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2019, 09:25:27 am »
Really? And I'm not lol?
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SB Cleaning

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Re: snail trail tip
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2019, 09:36:43 am »
Quote from: TomCrowther on September 26, 2019, 05:39:44 pm
Been window cleaning for ten years {WFP} and only today discovered that circular motions with the brush head remove the snail trails so much faster than straight movement it isn't even funny. Twice one way, twice the other and Bam, the trail is gone.
Thank me later.
Turning the water off is the best way to get rid of them.

Bloody amateurs ;D
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Slacky

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Re: snail trail tip
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2019, 10:01:34 am »
I just don’t take on customers who leave snail trails.
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Plankton

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Re: snail trail tip
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2019, 11:00:30 am »
Wonder how many more tips you'll discover 9 years 11 months to late :)
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Spotfree

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Re: snail trail tip
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2019, 11:14:51 am »
Circular motion with a 14" extreme and a rinse bar on all windows (except upstairs as its beatch) and your rinsing as you scrub. Too easy!
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NWH

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Re: snail trail tip
« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2019, 08:22:46 pm »
You Could just get hot water.
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davids3511

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Re: snail trail tip
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2019, 10:37:28 pm »
Quote from: Simon Trapani on September 26, 2019, 07:11:13 pm
Ten years it's taken you to discover that? You part time lol? ;D
Yes he is, very.
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mufcglen

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Re: snail trail tip
« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2019, 09:51:28 am »
I had to work with cold water last week for a few days and I was so thankful when I had hot back up and running, it just melts away the snail trails!
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TomCrowther

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Re: snail trail tip
« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2019, 11:26:10 am »
Quote from: davids3511 on September 27, 2019, 10:37:28 pm
Quote from: Simon Trapani on September 26, 2019, 07:11:13 pm
Ten years it's taken you to discover that? You part time lol? ;D
Yes he is, very.
It's true.
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mac74

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Re: snail trail tip New
« Reply #15 on: September 30, 2019, 06:02:44 pm »
If i can reach them its faster to cloth them over quickly, if not, i turn the water off, then flick most of the water from the brush head, then go over them again. I always use a flocked brush anyway, which removes them a bit easier then a mono, good thing is that its mainly just bottom windows, drives my mad though, snail trails and webs  >:(
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dd

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Re: snail trail tip
« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2019, 06:36:47 pm »
Yes, I find snail webs the worst.
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