[peekeclean]

been trying to dog ear my squeegy like the guy on youtube says but not had much success. Can you do this to any squeegy?
just seem to get missed bits in the middle or on the edges as i sweep from corner to corner, any help with this or is it not worth the bother?

thanks joe

[bad trippy]

No point in dog earing, you can buy the clips from WCW for 2 or 3 quid for a large pack.
Slip them between your rubber and the channel and it gives you the desired ears without having to get the old pliers on your channel and worrying whether you have bent it too much or not enough

[bad trippy]

Here they are, and you can get brass ones to.  http://www.windowcleaningwarehouse.co.uk/shop/accessories/plastic-end-clips.html?keyword=clips

[Ian W]

Is that the guy with the wagtail? I tried his method this week, but couldn't get it to work either. Just kept leaving smears. I just dog eared the normal way and everything was fine again.

[tomy jackson]

never sean them plagy ones so no coment but the brass ones are no good for dogear / goto window cleaning resores and thers detaled explnation on ther

[peekeclean]

would it make a difference what squeegee i have(Ettore Pro-Grip squeegee)?
thanks guys

[tomy jackson]

i woodent have thort os iv only ever used eltory ,if youget it write youl neaver go back  ,you have to be cerful not to bend sqegy a long its lenth ,and cut rubber flush with the end of chanel

[bad trippy]

would it make a difference what squeegee i have(Ettore Pro-Grip squeegee)?
thanks guys

i use the plastic ettore clips on all my unger squegees no probs at all as the clips are tappered

[tomy jackson]

so ther you have it ,the tim i saved on a scool intrnul clean wos unbeleverbull vrtuay no dtaling

[Ian W]

WTF is dog earing?

The ends of the channel are bent in slightly to hold the rubber against the edge of the window better. Cuts down a lot on detailing.
More info here:
http://windowcleaningresources.co.uk/html/dog_earing_window_cleaning_tip.html

[ccmids]

how do you replace the rubber, do you have to keep bending the chanel back every time ?

[tomy jackson]

no no you dont bend it that much

[wfp master]

window tools web site lots of posts on there about it & good pics of how to dog ear.works well.....

[Ian Lancaster]

Hi Joe,

I always dog ear my squeegees, but far more effective is to wipe round the edge of the glass with a cloth before you start squeegeeing.  That way you take off all the excess water from around the edges so when you squeegee there's no 'free' water to leave a run around the edge.

Sequence: mop the glass, wipe all round (except the bottom edge) squeegee.  Check to see there's no residue around the edge then move on to the next pane of glass.

Seemples  - Tk Tk 

[Sean Dyer]

i started wiping before squeeging but cloths get soaked realy fast like that!

[Ian Lancaster]

i started wiping before squeeging but cloths get soaked realy fast like that!

So wring them out :

[L.Doubtfire - The Blade Runner]

It`s beneficial to cut out a 8 millimeter or so section from your
Channel,above the rounded part,then `dog-ear`.It allows for the
Moulding on upvc frames.Suitable for aluminium channels rather
Than brass or stainless.Takes about 20 minutes to make with basic
Tools.
Ian did you ever around to doing it?


Lewis  Doubtfire  Gleem Clean ( The Blade Runner )

[Ian W]

No, I haven't done it Lewis. I will give it a go soon.

[tomy jackson]

dont cut the chanel

[L.Doubtfire - The Blade Runner]

What makes ya say that Tomy?