[zeusjazmin]

a window cleaner i know changes his squeegee rubber every,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,3 months ,is this too long?
it is also 18 inches is this too big for council houses?

[AuRavelling79]

Way too long in both time and dimension!
Using Fairy Liquid squeegee should be about 12-14" and change every week would be about right
Using GG4 then every day but you'll have less detailing

[matt]

is this becasue it starts to perish in his Wallet

boom boom, I'll get my coat

[zeusjazmin]

what are the benefits of gg4 to fairy liquid?

[Ian_Giles]

I have found that a rubber can last up to a month, though as I use a variety of different length squeegee's that is a little inaccurate, maybe a week per side.
much less now though because I am using WFP.
Though a rubber might only last a few hours sometimes, if you 'nick' the middle of the rubber, that side at least is done for.
As for the length of the squeegee, that all depends on the size of the windows you are cleaning, bigger the window, bigger the squeegee.

The specialist window cleaning detergents don't suds up anything like as much as fairy, and they leave very little residue behind on the glass compared to washing up liquid.
They are more expensive, and do require a certain 'knack' to use them.
Some put a little squirt of 'fairy' along with the GG3/4 or unger liquid to help 'glide'. But this defeats the object.


Ian

[Ian Rochester]

We use Ettore Master soft rubber and I would generally expect a rubber to last at least a couple of weeks without any reduction in standard of clean, more than likely a month.  I would be mortified if they were asking for new rubbers every day.

If you were using a harder rubber ie Unger 3* they should last longer still, though do not perform very well in the cold weather.

As for size we mainly use a 6" and 12", I keep away from 14" purely because of purchasing costs, buying in 36" lengths is a lot cheaper than buying in 42" lengths.  We also have several 18" and a whopper 30" Ettore Supa for some shop windows, though its a sod to get used to.

Ian

[Moderator David@stives]

if you want a first class job and less wiping then you need to  use one a day it is false economy not to
at a cost of £1.00 per 14in rubber work it out in time saved by having a nice fresh rubber with clean sharp edges
but having said that i work in windy salty cornwall i dont know if it is the same in less windy salty areas
thanks
dave

[denzle]

What a load of skinflints, we change our rubber every day.
Use one side until dinner then swap it over.
There is nothing like a sharp rubber to get a good job done, and at about £1 per 12" rubber it really is peanuts.
If i do £200 a day plus i figure £1 for a lenght of rubber very small overheads indeed.

Denzle

[Peter Fogwill]

We use Ettore Master soft rubber and I would generally expect a rubber to last at least a couple of weeks without any reduction in standard of clean, more than likely a month.  I would be mortified if they were asking for new rubbers every day.

Ian

Ian, don't you notice that with some of the Ettore rubbers the water passes from the back of the rubber over on to the glass in normal use?  Wiping the squeegee before each window eliminates the problem, but this is time consuming.
I changed over to Pulex soft rubber years ago for this reason and never came across a bad rubber yet.

Peter Fogwill
www.window-tools.com

[AuRavelling79]

So Zeus:

What have you learnt?

Ask six people the same question and you get six different answers except:-

18" is waaaaaayyyy too long for council houses!
Ian Giles is right except that tiny tiny squirt of fairy doesn't defeat the object it makes all the difference for the better! (IMHO)

[zeusjazmin]

most windows are just a 2 wipe with my 18,when,,,sorry if i get dry weather i will try a smaller squeegee