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Reach For The Glass

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Ok so ordered 2 new brushes from gardiners

Medium soft sill brush flocked with pencil jets. Imo piece of ****. Very heavy not a great splay either. So thats been used for 1 minute today and never again

But i also ordered

35cm ultimate medium soft with 4 pencil jets. Wow is all i can say. So light and unreal coverage and runsing abilities. Reckon i knocked 2 hours off my day easily with this brush. If you aint got one get one. Downside is not so great on leaded windows.

 
Ok so ordered 2 new brushes from gardiners
Medium soft sill brush flocked with pencil jets. Imo piece of ****. Very heavy not a great splay either. So thats been used for 1 minute today and never again

But i also ordered

35cm ultimate medium soft with 4 pencil jets. Wow is all i can say. So light and unreal coverage and runsing abilities. Reckon i knocked 2 hours off my day easily with this brush. If you aint got one get one. Downside is not so great on leaded windows.
How come not so good on leaded windows?

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Id say the reason there not great on leaded is they bounce alot off of the lead strips.

Id much rather use my supreme soft on these. My personal chioce on lead.

 
I have both 45 cm Gardiner Ultimate brushes, the flocked is a bit heavy, but they do save you time especially on big commercial windows.
Would you noticeably notice the saved time? What sort of height have you been working with them at

 
My two favourites are the Ultimate med soft and Ultimate flocked for leaded. Know what you mean, you do have to take care on leaded with the med soft though.

 
What pencil jets did you get the normal or small ones? For the 35cm

The flocked sill brush is great for Connie Roofs and gutters.

 
Gardiner sill brushes are all I use all the time. On everything. Never tried the flocked one so wouldn't know how it behaves on glass but I think it would be great (as Den said it here already) on gfs and cladding.

 
I've tried every brush going and it's good to be able to switch brushes, it's surprising how one week you favour one and another week another. If your on a budget, then it's best to get an all year all round brush. At the moment I have gone towards the Gardiners Extreme hybrid with blue inner bristles and Gardiners Ultimate Medium. The Extreme is as light as a feather, I have gone away from sill brushes in favour of a longer gooseneck, I find you can clean the sills just as good with extra angle/ reach.

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you can use sill brushes on leaded, the trick is to fit a swivel neck from gardiners, then when cleaning leaded twist the brush so its on its side going up and down motion, STOPS the bounce on leaded windows, takes practice but does perfect clean

 
you can use sill brushes on leaded, the trick is to fit a swivel neck from gardiners, then when cleaning leaded twist the brush so its on its side going up and down motion, STOPS the bounce on leaded windows, takes practice but does perfect clean

 
you can use sill brushes on leaded, the trick is to fit a swivel neck from gardiners, then when cleaning leaded twist the brush so its on its side going up and down motion, STOPS the bounce on leaded windows, takes practice but does perfect clean
I use this same method with the Ultimate med soft brush. The trick is to try not to hit the lead at 90* with the bristles. Makes a big difference

 
Would you noticeably notice the saved time? What sort of height have you been working with them at
I use them a lot on my 27' pole, 3 floors. I reckon it saves me at least 20% and more if I really push it. I also use them on some higher jobs if there's no strong winds, usually revert back to 27' as soon as I can reach as after an hour working with the big pole the arms are starting to ache.

 
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I use them a lot on my 27' pole, 3 floors. I reckon it saves me at least 20% and more if I really push it. I also use them on some higher jobs if there's no strong winds, usually revert back to 27' as soon as I can reach as after an hour working with the big pole the arms are starting to ache.
I have a couple of jobs suitable for them. So would you recommend them

 
Yes mate, I have 1 flocked and 2 mixed on my poles and only change them if they're too big for the windows, usually residential. But be warned they will take it out of your arms initially.

What the 35 cm or 45cm? I found the ultimate 35cm absolutley light as a feather on 3 storey work.

100% recommend everyone to get one you will never look back.

 
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