Since I have a van mount I love my fan jets

[StorminNorman]

Had them (red plastic ones from Gardiner) before on my sill brush when worked with backpack and only used them for gfs jobs - was trying to save water.

Today I tried them out on a very dirty first clean and I was surprised how clean windows were just after one clean!

Usually on first cleans I clean all windows twice - do the back first, then go to the front and when frames stopped dripping I go to the back and clean all the windows again..

Very time consuming but I had to do it as every time I noticed some long smears coming all over the glass from frames after just one clean (not very noticeable but I like perfection).

This didnt happen with the fan jets for some reason! Waited till they are almost dry (cleaned gutters), went back, checked and it was spotless!

Settings on the pump was - Flow:45/Manual pressure setting on 50

 

[adamangler]

Never tried fans. One day I will have to see how they compare

 

[Cristian]

Never tried fans, going to get some with my next Gardiner brush. On really dirty first cleans I use Screwfix degreaser, scrub then wash off and then clean with pure. Anybody else do this?

 

[StorminNorman]

Never tried fans, going to get some with my next Gardiner brush. On really dirty first cleans I use Screwfix degreaser, scrub then wash off and then clean with pure. Anybody else do this?

Fan jets are better on cladding and upvc as many suggested on this forum.

I clean the same way I just use UBIK instead.

Ordered it before Christmas and still have 5L left but next will be TFR. Just to try it out as many recommendations on here.

 

[spruce]

I would be very careful of TFR @StorminNorman . We used it in the motor trade to remove the wax protection on new cars. If you leave it to dry then its almost impossible to get off. I knew that as the valleters used to spray the stuff on in the early morning and pressure wash immediately before it dried.

But I had to learn that the hard way. A conservatory roof ended up taking me 8 hours after the stuff dried on when the sun unexpected came out.

As a newbie, that was an expensive lesson. I quoted £25 for that clean and that's what I charged the customer.

 

[best]

Never tried fans, going to get some with my next Gardiner brush. On really dirty first cleans I use Screwfix degreaser, scrub then wash off and then clean with pure. Anybody else do this?

On first cleans I spray Virasol, scrub, rinse with pure water. Rinse again

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[StorminNorman]

I would be very careful of TFR @StorminNorman . We used it in the motor trade to remove the wax protection on new cars. If you leave it to dry then its almost impossible to get off. I knew that as the valleters used to spray the stuff on in the early morning and pressure wash immediately before it dried.
But I had to learn that the hard way. A conservatory roof ended up taking me 8 hours after the stuff dried on when the sun unexpected came out.

As a newbie, that was an expensive lesson. I quoted £25 for that clean and that's what I charged the customer.

Thanks!

So I better stop experimenting and stick to UBIK or Virosol then. :thumbsup:

 

[Adams0211]

I've got fans on my gardiner flocked sill brush that I use for cleaning gutters, fascias, etc. I found that because of the fairly compact, flocked bristles, the jet doesn't really have a chance to fan properly as it's constantly hitting the bristles. I keep meaning to get some to try on my other brushes.

 

[Marko067]

I've found that if you mount the fans in the inner holes on the regular brushes the bristles will interfere with the fan. It seems the outer holes were meant for the fan jets. If you prefer to use the inner holes you will have to pull some bristles out. With Gardiner's brushes anyway.