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perfectpanesplymouth

  • Posts: 220
expanding foam
« on: September 04, 2009, 10:36:13 pm »
Hi guys, I have just picked up a new customer who has approx 200 houses he wants cleaning after the builders have been in. Now these builders love expanding foam, it is everywhere along with cement/concrete/paint and anything else they could get on the windows!
What are the best products to use to get each thing off?
I use wfp
thanks in advance
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Tosh

Re: expanding foam
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2009, 10:49:54 pm »
Trad I'm afraid.  Ladders, scraper blade, mop and squeegy!
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perfectpanesplymouth

  • Posts: 220
Re: expanding foam
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2009, 10:53:26 pm »
a scraper blade? that will damage the frame won't it?
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Mike #1

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Re: expanding foam
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2009, 07:01:08 am »
no as long as you're careful use really soapy water so the scraper will glide over frame also , there was a previous post on here about getting the custy to sign a clause incase of damage to glass , especially with cement on glass its tricky to get off carefully, and as above ladder and scraper only way
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martinsadie

Re: expanding foam
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2009, 05:53:08 pm »
its a bugger to get off your hands  ;D
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Tosh

Re: expanding foam
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2009, 06:14:00 pm »
New cleans are a real bugger.  I had to do a mini-estate of them last year and I didn't mind the work because I'd priced the jobs as if I didn't want them; and then ended up getting them since their 'normal' window cleaner did not turn up on the two occassions he was meant too.

I was getting £60 a house with about 10 windows; though I did do a gutter/soffit/eves wash too with a WFP (but they didn't really need doing since the houses were brand new; so I just went through the 'motions' if you know what I mean). 

That was good money for us, though Roy Harding charges about £60 for 10 windows on his routine work!  ;D

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wfp master

  • Posts: 2549
Re: expanding foam
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2009, 07:09:06 pm »
Quote from: Tosh on September 05, 2009, 06:14:00 pm
New cleans are a real bugger.  I had to do a mini-estate of them last year and I didn't mind the work because I'd priced the jobs as if I didn't want them; and then ended up getting them since their 'normal' window cleaner did not turn up on the two occassions he was meant too.

I was getting £60 a house with about 10 windows; though I did do a gutter/soffit/eves wash too with a WFP (but they didn't really need doing since the houses were brand new; so I just went through the 'motions' if you know what I mean). 

That was good money for us, though Roy Harding charges about £60 for 10 windows on his routine work!  ;D


mini estate i thought you were window cleaner not car valeter. ;)
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