[M & C Window Cleaning]

I've come across some really stubborn bird muck lately and have had to use a sraper attached to an ext'n pole to clear it b4 I could get the remainder off with WFP otherwise I'd have been there ages. As it was I wasted quite a bit of time with it.
Then the other day I was clearing some ice off the car with an ice scraper and found myself scraping bird muck off with it. An idea formed and this was the result. The screws are countersunk to avoid contact with the glass. Has anyone tried this b4 and if so, how well did it work?

[Captain Scarlet]

very good idead!! It looks good on there too! Luke

[NWH]

I wouldn`t want to risk scraping without seeing what i`m doing at height,you`d be better off sticking a bit of scouring pad on the side of your brush,to be honest since going WFP the birds seem to have stopped s****** on them as much.

[Captain Scarlet]

NWH, Its a plastic sraper so it won't scratch the glass. A scourer is a good idea too. I wouldnt want to use a metal scarper though if I couldnt see the window, Luke

[M & C Window Cleaning]

I'm suprised in a way that the WFP brush manufacturers haven't as yet tried this. Unless of course they have and it doesn't work. Can't see why it wouldn't though. I shall find out tomorrow.

[Captain Scarlet]

Omnipole have it:



Luke

[M & C Window Cleaning]

Must admit, if it works I'll probably change the screws for nylon ones to reduce the scratching risk. But I have countersunk them. That coupled with the angle that the brush is to the pole should make screw contact with the glass extremely unlikely.

The only thing I've come across that will scratch glass that we're likely to use is aluminium, a rusty scraper or grit embedded in our tools.

[Davew]

I normally just flip my Bentley (or Addis) brush over and scrape the glass with the plastic edge of the brush stock then flip it back over and carry on as usual.

[NWH]

I do that with the brush edge also,it`s never normally that bad but the edge of the brush seems to do the trick.

[East coast window cleaning Services]

  ::)No way would i even think about it could be costly when sctraching someones glass. Good thinking though

[M & C Window Cleaning]

I tried the brush stock once. Trouble was it had grit on it. Didn't notice till I put it to the glass and felt it start to scratch even at the end of the pole. Fortunately for me the window was a manky one in the first place.

[Captain Scarlet]

No way would i even think about it could be costly when sctraching someones glass.

I don't mean any offence P&R, but it is impossible for plastic to scratch non tempered glass, Luke

[Davew]

The Bentley brush has quite a sharp edge on it, i think a Vikan rubber edge might hold the grit more easily?

[M & C Window Cleaning]

My vikan hasn't got the rubber but the edge is flattened off, so that was probably what allowed the grit to get under it. Hence the idea with the plastic scraper. Very hard sharp edge.

[billygoat]

Be careful using the edge of addis brush,I thought it would be good for bird poo,but ended up scatching the glass,so I won't be doing that again.

[matt]

another plus side to having a pole with the unger end on it, unger do a nice scraper

[Nathanael Jones]

Jeff Brimble did a similar thing a few months ago,... I wonder how he's getting on with it,....................... Jeff?

[stevekennedy]

Nice idea but how do you scrape a bird dirt at the edges of the window 

[M & C Window Cleaning]

Good point Steve,

Probably would've discovered that tomorrow. Will deffo have probs at edges near brickwork. My idea was to have a scraper on the end of the same tool to save time. May need some fine tuning even scrapping if it doesn't work.

That's why I posted this thread. Bounce ideas off others. Often the obvious thing you don't see or others have been there, done that and either scrapped the idea or already improved it.

Thanks

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

Look forward to seeing how you get on.  I had a few crusted on nastys today.  Amazing how long the take to get off with just cold water.

Simon.