Slowing Down Evaporation

[Joe]

Got a busy day saturday, but a few of the houses i last done when it was hot & weather looks roasting again.

Last time i did them it was a nightmare keeping windows wet, any tips apart from 2 handed & less ecover?

 

[Dodger]

keep a spray handy maybe, I sometimes give window a quick squirt after I used mop if suns on glass.

 

[Martyn]

Sorbo glide.

 

[All Round Cleaning]

Extra wet applicator .

 

[Dodger]

Sorbo glide.

Just looked at that Martyn looks interesting and never seen anyone mention it before, a teaspoon would last me more than a day lol.

 

[Paul]

water lol sorry.

Sorbo glide is it any good

 

[GMcleaning]

there is no wonder cure, when its really hot theres not a lot you can do other than use a really wet applicator, one thing i do is arrange the round for the day based on the sun, if you have certain houses to do that u know are hard work in the sun then try to time them, i'e, hit them in the morning before the sun comes round or in the afternoon if its out of the sun then

 

[Martyn]

Must admit that I haven't tried Sorbo glide yet, but Sorbo plied his trade in southern california where the weather is, well ,hot! so I figure he knows a thing or two about working in hot weather. Have a look at his vids on youtube, very informative and he's an engaging character.

 

[Dodger]

Must admit that I haven't tried Sorbo glide yet, but Sorbo plied his trade in southern california where the weather is, well ,hot! so I figure he knows a thing or two about working in hot weather. Have a look at his vids on youtube, very informative and he's an engaging character.

Might just do that /emoticons/smile.png

 

[Masons]

Use already hot water. Evaporation is speeded up with a big acceleration in heat, so warmer water will evaporate quicker.

That is of course the MAIN REASON people have heated wfp systems.

 

[Dodger]

We are talking about trad though obviously.

 

[Belfastcleaning]

For the bigger panes do them in halfs?

 

[Masons]

Yes Dodge, but can hot water not be put in a bucket????

I do wonder.

 

[Dodger]

warmer water will evaporate quicker.

I don't wonder at all, of course it can but Joe's dilemma is the fact that his water is evaporating too quickly not too slowly.
As I said we're talking about traditional methods here and don't wish the water to evaporate quicker.

Anything else you'd like to add?

Oh and did you hit the wrong rep button because it went up not down lol.

 

[Martyn]

Evaporation is caused by more than one thing, the hot sun beating down directly on the glass, the wind and the difference in temperature between the water (cold) and the glass (hot). If you use hot water you reduce the temperature difference between the water and the glass and therefore slow down evaporation.

 

[Masons]

i meant it makes evaporation slower.

Sorry I did type it a certain way and changed it so it ended up wrong.

An yes I mis-hit the rep button whe meant to hit quote.

I messed up basically. but yes, what i meant was hot water in his bucket will slow evaporation.

I was rushed earlier.

That's my excuse, and I'm sticking with it.

 

[Martyn]

Ho hum! /emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[chip]

Just get on with it, a few seconds on, a few more off, it don't evaporate that quick very often.

 

[Dodger]

i meant it makes evaporation slower.

Sorry I did type it a certain way and changed it so it ended up wrong.

An yes I mis-hit the rep button whe meant to hit quote.

I messed up basically. but yes, what i meant was hot water in his bucket will slow evaporation.

I was rushed earlier.

That's my excuse, and I'm sticking with it.

I'm good with that, Martyns agreeing with that and it's a concept I wasn't aware of so very interesting.