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Tim Rose

Grippy rubber
« on: December 08, 2007, 07:33:02 am »
Why does rubber squeagee blade sometimes grip the bloody glass - even with water/soap?
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Small but perfectley formed

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Re: Grippy rubber
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2007, 01:00:14 pm »
try adding sorbo cleaning powder
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traps7

Re: Grippy rubber
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2007, 07:03:45 pm »
Maybe you're overlapping your strokes too much or try using a better quality rubber.
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Tim Rose

Re: Grippy rubber
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2007, 07:38:06 pm »
Seems to happen straight away - using Ettore hard.
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traps7

Re: Grippy rubber
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2007, 09:36:24 pm »
Personally i always use unger soft rubber and a bit of fairy. I've tried other products over the years but i find these the best.
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Rob.Hall

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Re: Grippy rubber
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2008, 03:33:02 pm »
I have had trouble with unger soft rubber recently so I can see where Rose is coming from.

Had no troubles before.

By stretching the rubber more seems to have eleviated the problem.
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d s windowcleaning

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Re: Grippy rubber
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2008, 07:14:13 pm »
unger soft in the summer & unger hard in the winter with a touch of antifreeze .
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traps7

Re: Grippy rubber
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2008, 03:45:04 pm »
Unger Hard leaves big bands around the edges. You need Unger soft and fairy liquid. A perfect combination.
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elite mike

Re: Grippy rubber
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2008, 08:11:28 pm »
Quote from: traps7 on January 07, 2008, 03:45:04 pm
Unger Hard leaves big bands around the edges. You need Unger soft and fairy liquid. A perfect combination.
yeh i go with that,but i prefer ettore soft or pulex soft
never had any probs with either
regards
mike
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Temple cleaning services

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Re: Grippy rubber
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2008, 10:28:13 pm »
yeh my favourites ettore soft they last 4 ages,dont overly rate pulex!
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G Griffin

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Re: Grippy rubber
« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2008, 11:20:42 am »
Ettore- easily best for me.

                 Gerry.
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S Ball

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Re: Grippy rubber
« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2008, 11:54:01 am »
soft rubber and a bit of unger u cant get a better combination.There is no other way
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[GQC] Tim

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Re: Grippy rubber
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2008, 09:03:37 pm »
Quote from: Tim Rose on December 08, 2007, 07:33:02 am
Why does rubber squeagee blade sometimes grip the bloody glass - even with water/soap?

I'm surprised nobody even gave him the correct answer. It's because glass can be hydrophobic, ie not sheeting (hydrophilic) glass. On Hydrophobic (beading) the water beads up, leaving 'dry' bits of glass in between the beads, hence there is more a gripping/sliding effect going on, which is quite annoying.
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traps7

Re: Grippy rubber
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2008, 09:07:31 pm »
You must be a vision technician. Sorry I'm just a window cleaner.
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[GQC] Tim

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Re: Grippy rubber
« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2008, 09:55:58 am »
Quote from: traps7 on September 10, 2008, 09:07:31 pm
You must be a vision technician. Sorry I'm just a window cleaner.

Basic knowledge every window cleaner should have.
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seandyer2003

Re: Grippy rubber
« Reply #15 on: September 13, 2008, 12:58:19 pm »
Sometimes also it can be the customer have cleaned their own with windolene or something which makes it really hard to squegee, but mainly its the hydro phobic/phillic thing
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