[brett walker]

Hi all

how often do you change your rubber?

Ive always wore one side down and changed it over but after reading some posts on the forum i think maybe i should be changing it every day.

What do you guys do

thanks in advance

Brett

[Bazzy1999]

I change every day but it depends on what type of windows ill be doing that day.
I have got through 5 blades in 1 day but that was on crap windows with bad flacky frames.


Bazz...

[Neil Williams]

use it till the results dip then use the other side. Depends what hapens, sometimes they last a day sometimes a week or even 2

[pjulk]

I change mine either when it starts leaving lines or when i wear the corners a bit.
I don't use a squeegie that often now so maybe once a week sometimes goes longer.

Paul

[david68]

I change mine when results look bad

Dave

[steve5000]

I used to be able to go weeks withought changing mine :,but seem to change them everyday these days,i find it gives better results,and that i can work a bit quicker with a decent blade 

[Moderator David@stives]

Everyday for me regardless , for the sake of less than a quid it just makes sense.

Dave

[Londoner]

Every Christmas whether it needs it or not! Hang the expense!

Now I'm WFP I don't use it as much but I still do french windows and patio doors trad because of the finger marks. Probably change mine once a week but it really doesn't need changing that often.
Why change it every day? I could understand if you said you turned it around everyday and changed it every other day?

[Paul Coleman]

I started changing mine a lot more frequently when I realised that a rubber in good condition could all but cut out the detailing.  I went from changing it about once a month to every few days.

[S_RICHARDSON]

I flip mine every other half day and change it the next!

Shaun R.

[Chris - CBWC]

Blimey that's more frequent than me!  Though I'm only cleaning around 30 houses a week, trad only.  I flip the rubber every 2-3 weeks, but find the flip side only lasts 1-2 weeks.  It's always the corners that go first with me, so I'll change it then, or if it lasts 3 weeks then it gets changed that weekend regardless.  Nothing like wasting a bit of work time changing the rubber to p*** me off!

[Richy L]

i change mine about every ten days to two weeks and i clean 95% trad.
sometimes i get a nic in it and have to change it earlier

[dai]

Change them every day. No way, It takes a week to break them in.

[brett walker]

Thanks lads for your replies so far 

I know a window cleaner that used to use a 14" rubber and when the corners had worn down he cut it down for his mates 12"

No matter what rubbers you use they just dont seem to last as long as they used to years ago

Brett

[Mr. S]

thats ur age talking Brett Ha ha

[Clear Vision]

use it till the results dip then use the other side. Depends what hapens, sometimes they last a day sometimes a week or even 2

Same as me 

[brett walker]

thats ur age talking Brett Ha ha

  old age it comes to us all, im 37 feel more like 57

but only look 21

Brett

[brett walker]

thanks for your 13 replies

does this mean the squeegy is dying out and most people have changed over to wfp it just goes to show more people are wfp'ing downstairs whats happening to trad?
I bet there is a fall in sales of rubbers

I always carry a pack of 3

Brett