[james44]

 Hi all i would just like to know how many of you use windscreen wash in your solution, well i used it today as the sun was hot and it was great to use it did not dry up like your normal solution, had plenty of time to squeegee without the soap drying on the glass, when you think of it your windscreen can be hot as hell spraying your windscreen  wash wipers on a hot day and your screen will not streak, must be some kind of wetting agent in it  as if you use it you will notice the water evaporates rather than dry on the window  and streakless

[rosskesava]

Hi James44

We tried winscreen wash. It does add a nice smell and one of it's main (usually) chemicals is isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol for those from the USA) but only at about 15% which doesn't really help clean windows unless used neat. Isopropyl alcohol is usually at 70% dilution or at high grade at 90% dilution in the States or so the internet informs me.

The difference between a squeegie and a window wiper is constant force if that makes sense. If you use good old fairy in your windscreen washers it will still work the same but you'll get suds and bubbles. I've tried it.......

I did try windscreen wash undiluted and it work perfectly but at 3 or 4 quid for 5 litres, it only lasted a day. We then tried it diluted one to two but it didn't really cut the ice so to speak.

The reason we stopped using windscreen wash is simply the cost and the problem of 'slip' which a windscreen wiper blade does not have to deal with to any extent. We then tried adding dishwasher salt to soften the water with windscreen wash but ended up with faint white lines from the ends of the rubber on the glass. When we added fairy to that it was a good result but it then turned out we got the same result from fairy without the salt or windscreen wash.

I live in a very very hard water area so it may be different if your area is a soft water area.

Having said that, neat windscreen wash brushed onto Victorian leaded glass and rinsed off with de ionised water is the dog's bo**ocks.

Cheers

Ross

[james44]

Having said that, neat windscreen wash brushed onto Victorian leaded glass and rinsed off with de ionised water is the dog's bo**ocks.

cheers for that ross,, i have just gone over to wfp and was thinking i could maybe use the windscreen wash on first cleens, i got a bottle from my local aldi store for 99pence and you add it to 25lts of water, now i am thinking if i could add this to normal tap water then rince of with pure water

forgot to say i was adding the windscreen wash and squeegee -off to pure water

[Ian_Giles]

I often use the car plan windscreen wash, not so much in the water I use to squeegee with, more so in my sprayer for the glass I can't use applicator and squeegee.
Though on some inside work, offices and so on, with large panes I use the sprayer to mist glass and then squeegee it off. Less mess than using applicator, useful over top of computers and so on.
I water it down at least 25:1 and usually add a little drop of Unger liquid too (helps with slip)
I haven't thought of using it in conjunction with my WFP though. On certain cleans I could see the advantage, no suds for one thing.
But I wouldn't add it to the water. would just dip the brush into a bucket, or maybe pour some directly onto the brush.
I'm always happy to experiment

Ross, (and anyone else come to that )
It may have changed in recent months, but Somerfield/Kwik Save were selling it at £2.99 for 5 litres
Even if you only use it in a sprayer to mist & buff, its way cheaper than any other stuff......well, ok, a few drops of GG3/4 or Unger liquid etc work out pretty cheap too.....so ignore that bit about it being way cheaper
But it does have its uses

Ian

[rosskesava]

Last week we ran out of Clean It Off and never got to the cleaning supply place and today we ran out of good old Fairy.

As we were no where near a shop and in the middle of a busy commercial round where time is everything, we used screen wash diluted 1 to 2.

Wow. What a good window cleaner. It stunk the van out but it does the job really well especially on glass that gets a lot of grease on it such as the internal windows of a restaurant.

The only drawback is that without anything to give slip (as Ian says above) the squeegie sticks like anything but I got around that by adding hand wash stuff from a pub that we do.

I havn't tried it yet as a spray but I will.

[texas girl]

Hey Ross,

Now that is what I call resourceful! Handwash stuff from a Pub!

 I have to say that when on a job and something is missing, need a tool, etc, in many cases it is best to invent  one or use a replacement.

Have done it many times myself.

When a worker tells me "I could not do it, bla bla bla; I had to leave, bla bla, I just remind myself that I own the company because the words "can't"do it or  "sorry; I did my best but it will not come off" do not exsist in my vocabulary.

Being resourceful takes some brains. And determination.

Hugs