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How exactly does rain affect the quality of a clean?

Simply Business

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...For an individual with limited knowledge!

I realise from many of you the answer will be 'it doesn't'! So it may be better to word the question 'what does the myth say about rain affecting the quality of windows being cleaned'?

Does it leave marks etc? Cheers /emoticons/smile.png

 
It doesn't affect it if the window is clean, the only time it will affect it is if the rain water encapsulates any dirt then dries out. The rainfall here is 6-10ppm so you could technically clean with it.

 
Don't bore them with science. I just tell them I guarantee they will dry fine and if they do not then call me and I will go back and do a full reclean for free. I have never been called back.

Old wives myth, they heard their mothers saying who heard their mothers and so on back to the beginning of windows.

How it originally started was back in the year 1543 Mrs Brown said 'Ah, Master Tolish, I did not see ye yesterday to clean me shiny new hole in the wall fillers called windows'

'Well Mrs Brown, that's cause you don't clean these new fangled pieces of the devils work in the rain mam, in our trade ye must stay in ye olde Weatherspoons from 7am till the moon is at it's zenith otherwise the devil himself will come and put spots on them Mrs Brown.'

'Oh how wise you are Tolish, these other toerags would have taken advantage of little old me and cleaned them anyway, bl@@dy devil worshipers!'

'Ohhh Mrs Brown, taking advantage is all part of the service madam but nothing to do with the windows!'

'Well then get a shifty on Tolish lad as my husband is still ploughing top field for another hour!

And that Simply Business is how it all began, due to Tolishs great great great great greatgreat great great great great great great great great great great great great great great window cleaning grand pappy!

 
Raining being almost pure is good enough to clean windows with, unless in a smoggy or polluted area where the rain captures dirt on its way down and dries spots on the windows. Or if it splashes on window sills or plants or something else splashing dirt on to the windows. However my problem seems to be the other way around, trying to convince custies they even need cleaning in the rain, they keep saying the rain cleans them and I'm mot really needed /emoticons/biggrin.png

 
If it's raining, I work faster to stay dry. That might affect quality of clean. Just come home, got bored of sitting in the van. Nice and sunny back home. Sod's law.

 
they keep saying the rain cleans them and I'm mot really needed /emoticons/biggrin.png
ask them next time why they clean their car then, if the rain cleans em, why drive to the carwash. Customers sometimes say really stupid Things haha /emoticons/biggrin.png

 
But unless muds on it I don't take my van to the car wash if it rains, infact I hope it rains once a week just to wash my van off :laugh:

 
Don't bore them with science. I just tell them I guarantee they will dry fine and if they do not then call me and I will go back and do a full reclean for free. I have never been called back.
Old wives myth, they heard their mothers saying who heard their mothers and so on back to the beginning of windows.

How it originally started was back in the year 1543 Mrs Brown said 'Ah, Master Tolish, I did not see ye yesterday to clean me shiny new hole in the wall fillers called windows'

'Well Mrs Brown, that's cause you don't clean these new fangled pieces of the devils work in the rain mam, in our trade ye must stay in ye olde Weatherspoons from 7am till the moon is at it's zenith otherwise the devil himself will come and put spots on them Mrs Brown.'

'Oh how wise you are Tolish, these other toerags would have taken advantage of little old me and cleaned them anyway, bl@@dy devil worshipers!'

'Ohhh Mrs Brown, taking advantage is all part of the service madam but nothing to do with the windows!'

'Well then get a shifty on Tolish lad as my husband is still ploughing top field for another hour!

And that Simply Business is how it all began, due to Tolishs great great great great greatgreat great great great great great great great great great great great great great great window cleaning grand pappy!
I mustve given off the impression I don't like WFP.:laugh:

 
Did a first clean today after it had been raining, pointed out to the customer how filthy the windows, sill, frames etc still were even though it has rained all night (well for days actually lol), customer was a bit surprised, as was I as the rain did nothing but soften one bit of bird poo and left leaves and dirt everywhere else - you would never if known it had been raining.

I wish I could of shown all of my customers just how little difference the rain actually makes and we are still very much needed /emoticons/biggrin.png

 
I read an article some years back concerning this. The author claimed, as rainwater read about 006 - 007 you could FEEO RETICKLY get away with using purified up to a TDS of 007.....his argument being that 014 was the permissable limit for a spotless surface. I think that MAY work, for instance, in Peter Roger's area or Skulbakers, but with all that bloody chalk some of us have to put up with?????......NAHH....

 
This first guy is almost right

A rain drop actually needs a particle of dust or similar as a nucleus to form around but 1 particle is all that is in a rain drop so almost pure

Try not to fall asleep though as he's not the most exiting

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This first guy is almost rightA rain drop actually needs a particle of dust or similar as a nucleus to form around but 1 particle is all that is in a rain drop so almost pure

Try not to fall asleep though as he's not the most exiting

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Sorry matey, i tried to watch it all but i'm of a certain age.

You like ya housey housey music.....can't you edit the soundtrack and take the running water off......i should see the Doc. ( Nah, he's from Meath and has the biggest middle finger i've ever seen)

 
This first guy is almost rightA rain drop actually needs a particle of dust or similar as a nucleus to form around but 1 particle is all that is in a rain drop so almost pure

Try not to fall asleep though as he's not the most exiting

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And i'm sorry to contradict you but, YES, he WAS the most exiting (sic).

 
This first guy is almost rightA rain drop actually needs a particle of dust or similar as a nucleus to form around but 1 particle is all that is in a rain drop so almost pure

Try not to fall asleep though as he's not the most exiting

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In fact, i had to exit FOUR TIMES...

 
This first guy is almost rightA rain drop actually needs a particle of dust or similar as a nucleus to form around but 1 particle is all that is in a rain drop so almost pure

Try not to fall asleep though as he's not the most exiting

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By the way Geez...there's some 'erbert from yor new manner lookin' to 'ave sum flats away....culd be on yor terf.....slip im wun.....

 

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