Water / Soap Mixture

[Gmeister]

makes absolutely no difference to trad

I think you might be right, I just use tap water, but I do remember Dodger saying that with pure there is no impurties etc, obvisly using it, it will get dirty, but the ppm wont get that high, stuff like chlorine/chloride is take out of the equition so the water is softer on the window.

Sorry not good at explaining stuff...

 

[Doo]

Yesterday I found a massive difference removing excess water from my tbar, before I had been dipping and washing the glass down also my leg was not half as wet

I use ecover a cap full of vinegar and tap water

 

[GMcleaning]

I think you might be right, I just use tap water, but I do remember Dodger saying that with pure there is no impurties etc, obvisly using it, it will get dirty, but the ppm wont get that high, stuff like chlorine/chloride is take out of the equition so the water is softer on the window.

Sorry not good at explaining stuff...

i get what your/dodgers saying but its completely unnecessary, impurities in the water only matter if you leave the water to dry on the window, with trad all the water is sgueegeed off so it will never leave marks behind, also you would still need to add ecover/fairy which is adding impurities to the pure water and as you say continuous dipping of your mop will soon bring the ppm up.

Yesterday I found a massive difference removing excess water from my tbar, before I had been dipping and washing the glass down also my leg was not half as wet
I use ecover a cap full of vinegar and tap water

yh its a common mistake, this is why i think its best that people work as a window cleaner before starting their own window cleaning business. no offense but if i were to have a window cleaner clean my house and charge me for it id expect them to be experienced and to know what there doing around my property

 

[Doo]

i get what your/dodgers saying but its completely unnecessary, impurities in the water only matter if you leave the water to dry on the window, with trad all the water is sgueegeed off so it will never leave marks behind, also you would still need to add ecover/fairy which is adding impurities to the pure water and as you say continuous dipping of your mop will soon bring the ppm up.

yh its a common mistake, this is why i think its best that people work as a window cleaner before starting their own window cleaning business. no offense but if i were to have a window cleaner clean my house and charge me for it id expect them to be experienced and to know what there doing around my property

None taken, just aswell I have 25 yrs experience fixing windows and doors on and indeed in people's properties

 

[Window Cleaning Rayleigh]

I used to use standard fairy with tap water (hot tap water for beginning of the day!) but have recently started using unger liquid.i find it lets my sqeegee glide even nicer over the glass

http://www.windowmagiccleaning.co.uk

 

[mrtaytay]

I use standard fairy. 2 good squirts in a bucket 1 quarter full. I like the water to be nice and soapy. It really helps the squeegee to glide. When I dip my applicator I always give it a good squeeze out with my hand. Too much water makes for messy detailing. If the weather is really cold and I don't want to keep getting my hands wet then I will give my applicator the slightest of dips into the bucket, just touching the surface of the water. This keeps you going for a couple more windows.

 

[ucslimited]

I am agrey with Belfastcleaning.

Shake mop one or two of times and run my flip over mop, what fairy liquid unit of measurement u using cause i make the most of the lemon as its got less additives in it and it leaves the glass less formulation, i commonly provides a quick squirt to quarter bucket of water mate, hope this helps.

 

[rugbywolf]

I used to use Fairy liquid, but I found that it went 'gloppy' in the winter with the cold. About this time, Persil brought out their new washing up liquid, which I tried and found very good. Since then I have changed to Bio-D which is very good and made of completely natural products. Incidently, regarding T-bar pads. I don't use them now, but when I did I had a Belt-Bucket and put as much water in that as I could, and replenish the T-bar from that. It usually meant getting the pad absolutely full of water and dropping it into the Belt-bucket, that way you don't rely on the bucket so much. While moving from window to window the water would run off the T-bar while it was in the Belt-Bucket, and then, if you needed some more water, you just gave the Belt-Bucket with the pad in a good shake. I would put a wire bracket on the Belt-bucket to hold the pad higher up so that it is not sitting in the water.

 

[jimbob]

I use ettore squeegee off bit pricey but lasts for months, and as the rest just shake water off then squeeze of any excess

http://www.purefreedom.co.uk/ettore-squeegee-off-liquid-5-litres-p-617.html

 

[Rayleigh Gutters]

Does anyone still prefer the traditional method?

 

[spruce]

Does anyone still prefer the traditional method?

What's the traditional method?