[Glen]

I have started using sorboglide as a friction reducer and I really can’t tell any difference. The squeegee still drags, especially on the dry part of the glass, and when turning slowly towards the bottom of the window. I have tried using the recommended rate of 5ml per 2.5 gallons and double that plus 4ml per litre of GG4. I end up getting so frustrated after about an hour of use that I add a squirt of Fairy which defeats the purpose of using GG4.

Someone, anyone – what is the definitive solution for a hard water area for plenty of glide and noooo drag?

[pjulk]

Add another cap of GG4 does the trick for me

[karlosdaze]

Add a touch of anti-calc powder/water softner.

[rosskesava]

I add the salt that is used in dish washers. I buy 'finish' from the local supermarket because it is cheaper than our local window cleaning wholesaler.

Bit hard to say how much to add because that depends on the water in your area.

Around here the ground is all chalk and the water very very hard. Kettles scale up in a weeks or so.

I add 2 or 3 table sthingys per gallon. If it's a pub or a 'high level of sh*t on the windows type of place' - I add more. It seems to do the job although sometimes, the blade still sticks but I am beginning to think the age of the glass plus where the  job is situated has a bearing. i.e. pollution whether from cars, f*gs, etc, etc.

I have found that the good old fairy, whilst solving the 'slip' problem today, causes a bigger problem next month.

[rosskesava]

I wrote 'table spoons' but it came out, when posted, as 'table sthingys'.

Can't work that one out?

[rosskesava]

S P O O N S

What the hell is wrong with the word S P O O N S ?

As in table S P O O N S.

I typed table s p o o n s.

[rosskesava]

Table sthingys

What I wrote above was table s p o o n s

It comes out on the preview as 'table s p o o n s' so why not when posted?

Try it for your self. Write 'table s p o o n s' as a normal word and then try and post it.

It appears when posted as 'table sthingys'.

What's a 'sthingys'?

Wierd eh?

Strange things these forums with regards some words. 

[rosskesava]

Also, f a g s comes out as f*gs.

F a g s as in cigarettes.

Am I missing some point here?

I don't get it.

I had the same problem with a local beauty spot that is marked on every OS Map as Devils D y k e.

A   'd y k e'  is a geological term. Ordinance Survey have no problem with the word  'd y k e' so why does this forum? 

[AuRavelling79]

Try typing D i c k Van D y k e like I did a couple of weeks ago and see what you get:-

thingy Van d**e

 

Back to squeegee slip now!

[Jeff Brimble]

Its down to what the punter has used on their glass like furniture/glass polish etc Bet you get less drag on the upstairs where they cannot reach. Its the same with a wfp, less spots.
Try a spoonful of sainsburys water softener powders £2ish in a bucket. then use The Sorbo Glide, I use a 1/4 capful per bucket but my water is soft.
Its the glass polish. You can "feel" the friction if you "listen" for it .

[a55essor]

devils d**e, thingy van d**e, f*gs, sthingys.

Sorry I had to have a go ,hope I be able to leave this on here as like to show some friends, It's WEIRD!!!  this site is very PC .
I have pub cleaning contracts when I go in to clean the windows pub staff have  wiped them with dish cloths I've ask that they stop but they don't take any notice. the cleaners have told me the staff wipe the mirrors as well. 

KEV

[Duke]

 yeah, it's wierd a load of bthingyocks I reckon'

[Ian_Giles]

I'm not sure, but I think the software that generates these forums are American, in princible having an auto-censor is a good idea, helps to keep things polite and free of foul and abusive words.
You could argue it is against free speech, who the hell are faceless programers to tell me what words I can and cannot use
Obviously on forums such as this one, such language and behavior would not long be tolerated by the moderators.
Pop into just about any chat room, the younger the age group, the worse the language being used.
It's easy to circumvent these restrictions of course, and it does cause the odd wry smile when you read a post that becomes unintentionally funny as a result of a word being PC'd into something daft

Some of the stronger words come out in full though Whats that about!!

I tried typing a coulple to see what they would come out like, I removed them sharpish when I saw they weren't changed into something else!

Ian

[Duke]

well of course..and it's a bit of a joke really....not hard to change the real word to feck...and we still all know what the poster means..and that applies to other words too...it just get's silly (sorry Phil) when perfectly innocent and legitimate words get changed through political correctness...and anyway they are in the dictionary...but thingy it, who am I to complain... 

[petetaylor56]

table spoons

[petetaylor56]

had to try it

[Glen]

I am still having problems with drag! I am using:

1 tablespoon of dishwasher salt per 4.5 litres.
10ml of GG4 per litre (about 2ml per litre)
2 ml of Sorboglide per 4.5 litres.

It still drags though especially on the dry part of the glass and when I get towards the bottom of the window and
Worst of all though is when I am squeegeeing a pain of glass from top to bottom. I'll do one side and then when I do the other side it really drags on the dry part of the glass and leaves a "drag mark" which is clearly visible which I have to end up rubbing of with scrim.

What am I doing wrong?

[rosskesava]

I don't think you are neccesarily doing anything wrong.

Did you try changing the rubber? Sometimes for odd reason some blades stick more  than others.

Also, I now add wind screen wash and get good slip from it.

My next experiment is to add glycerine.

Another thing I noticed was sometimes some glass is 'more sticky' than other glass and I havn't a clue as to why.

I also found that when we do 1st cleans, I wirewool the windows after mopping and the squeegie never ever sticks so maybe it also has to do with build up of minerals etc on the glass.

[denzle]

Glen,
Are you sure your not using soft compound rubber on a warmish day, that will create drag.
As the temperatures start to rise try using a harder compound, when it gets really hot we use SYR hard rubber, dead cheap but boy does it work well.
If you have access to Pure water, try adding GG3 to that and using it to wet your strip washer.

Dennis

[AuRavelling79]

Glen, going back to basics -

10ml of GG4 per half gallon works well.

But.... in warmer weather I get squeeguee drag with my soft unger rubber so I top it up with an extra 5ml and sometimes on top transom windows it still sticks like a squeaky thing in squeakyland on a squeaky day.

So I wipe the blade on my cill cloth and pull it down like a rank amateur and add some more GG4!