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chrismroberts

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Leaded decorations..
« on: January 24, 2007, 04:54:15 pm »
Hi all,

Had a house to do today with a big conservatory on the back... and every other pane had a decorative rose (or something) in leading right in the middle of the pane.  Is a right pain to do, does anyone know a really good way to do them? At the moment I squeegee over then polish the leading with a scrim... which is kinda messy and messes up my squeegee rubbers  :-\ But I don't wanna use a knackered rubber, cuz 90% of the glass is plain!

Am gonna try and post a picture now to show you what I mean... Heres what i mean...

steve5000

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Re: Leaded decorations..
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2007, 07:19:02 pm »
Hi sheepmeister,i have a lot of these on my smaller top widows,i personally would sgueegy around them the best you can,then polish them up with a dry scrim,it takes a bit of elbow grease,but they dont take to long to come up nice. ;D

hope this helps

steve
steve

chrismroberts

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Re: Leaded decorations..
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2007, 07:51:17 pm »
They're a pain arent they?! Whats wrong with having normal glass?  :P

Thanks Steve, will give that a try next month.  Might take me a while to get the hang of it though! Its always a job I dread, although I priced it quite high so I don't mind as much lol. It'd be a dream with WFP!  :-\

Bobs Window Cleaning

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Re: Leaded decorations..
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2007, 07:56:04 pm »
Squeegee around the rose then buff up the rose area with a microfibre cloth. Will look as good as new after.

 Bod
Why oh Why did he spell my name as bod & not bob on my wedding invites.

chrismroberts

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Re: Leaded decorations..
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2007, 08:43:45 pm »
I've been meaning to ask for a while actually, but don't microfibres get wet too quickly to be used for detailing + buffing?

marc

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Re: Leaded decorations..
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2007, 08:48:31 pm »
i would take a heavy duty scraper and get rid of all that horid lead cheeky bloody customers watch out they will want you to wipe the sills next

chrismroberts

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Re: Leaded decorations..
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2007, 08:49:50 pm »
Hmmm... they may notice...  ;)

marc

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Re: Leaded decorations..
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2007, 09:37:44 pm »
joking aside i would squeegee around them and in time you will find it easier

Dick

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Re: Leaded decorations..
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2007, 10:48:47 pm »
I spray with liquid/squeege off, wipe with microfibre, then buff with scrim.

pjulk

Re: Leaded decorations..
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2007, 12:43:34 am »
Wash the window as normal and then buff the leaded decor with either scrim or microfibre.
I find in these damp conditions that microfibre gets wet to quick so use scrim but microfibre i think is better just need more of them.

Paul