[Sir Squeaky]

Squeaky did you get a brush,if not i`ll send you 1.

Eh? Did you not read the posts above?

Thanks anyway though!

[Sir Squeaky]

Forgot to mention about earlier...

I met Foxman who used to post on here, he sold me the brush.
Met a few other clearly rich window cleaners too.

Also I saw one of the Concept20 vans in Cardiff.
Really smart vinyl wrap on the van. Looked really cool.

Interesting day.

[matt]

ionics eh

does that mean you can blaze the logo across your van now 

if so, you will be set for life by all accounts, wait for the phone to ring off the hook with 100 quid a hour commercial jobs 

[matt]

i was allmost in barry today seeing my mum, in the end i stayed home and took my daughter to the " team read "

[Sir Squeaky]

ionics eh

does that mean you can blaze the logo across your van now 

if so, you will be set for life by all accounts, wait for the phone to ring off the hook with 100 quid a hour commercial jobs 

Yes, it now means "I am considerably richer than yow!" (in best Brummie accent)

[steve a]

ionics eh

does that mean you can blaze the logo across your van now 

if so, you will be set for life by all accounts, wait for the phone to ring off the hook with 100 quid a hour commercial jobs 

Yes, it now means "I am considerably richer than yow!" (in best Brummie accent)

RAOFLMAO

steve a

[Oakley Windows]

Is it this brush Squeaks?

[Xline Systems]

its £35 not £300 - a vikan is £25

i dont know where your buying your vikan brushes from?

[Sir Squeaky]

Is it this brush Squeaks?

That's the one.

Works well, and I'm sure it's the one Tosh has got, and had for over 2 years.

[Moderator David@stives]

Vikan 100% , they are a world leader in brushes, they know what works.

Make sure it is the flocked one, not the mono

[Sir Squeaky]

Vikan 100% , they are a world leader in brushes, they know what works.

Make sure it is the flocked one, not the mono

Didn't like it. Way too heavy compared to the others.

[Moderator David@stives]

Its heavy, but it does the business, I tried a well known suppliers tooth pick brush on a school, what a disaster , probably cost me over £100 in having to do them again , it simply didnt have the scrubbing power.

Ah well lesson learnt, never again, I will stick with the world leader , they know what they are on about

[Jewel Cleaning]

Surely the flocked brushes are too soft?

And what about the dirt they hold?

[Moderator David@stives]

They hold the dirt and release it again, the monos just scratch at the dirt with out absorbing it into the brush.


It is a bit like a new srim which wont take the water off the glass

[Sir Squeaky]

I don't know if you're talking about my brush or not.

But I used it on my Nan's virtually brown windows and stayed until they dried, and I couldn't find a fault with the finish.

[Moderator David@stives]

Rog on Some bad windows you need a brush that will melt into the window and have a lot of scrubbing power.

Most windows can be cleaned with ANY brush, but as i said, some windows need a brush that gives elbow grease, thats where a flocked vikan comes into its own.

[Sir Squeaky]

Rog on Some bad windows you need a brush that will melt into the window and have a lot of scrubbing power.

Most windows can be cleaned with ANY brush, but as i said, some windows need a brush that gives elbow grease, thats where a flocked vikan comes into its own.

I had the impression that the softer the brush the less it would scrub.

You'll sweep more dust off your path with a stiff broom than a soft one.

Can't see why the same wouldn't apply.

[Jewel Cleaning]

They hold the dirt and release it again, the monos just scratch at the dirt with out absorbing it into the brush.


It is a bit like a new srim which wont take the water off the glass

I suppose as long as you rinse off, i won't matter how much dirt it holds, as long as it lifts it properly.

It's like using old water and dirty applicator when cleaning trad, (within reason), it doesn't make too much difference.

[Moderator David@stives]

Rog we are not using the brushes for sweeping , but cleaning, the softer brushes have more surface area in contact with the glass than a stiff brush which relies on the tips of the bristles more than the full length of a soft bristle,

[Oakley Windows]

That Ionics, assuming its the same one Rog, seemed pants to me when it turned up here after ordering it from one of the online suppliers.

Far too stiff.

It seemed like a yard-brush to me, I was afraid to use it as it seemed more like a wire brush than something Id be happy to put on someones glass pane and be confident it would clean it, Id imagine it'd leave lines of uncleaned dirt.