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M&J WINDOW CLEANING · Oct 15, 2018

Live fire exercise. Just done the sister-in-law's windows for the first time, first clean feel of doing this...9 medium sized windows, 2 pvc doors and patio doors...used a full barrel and half. They were quite bad with green on sills and cobwebs etc but I think I've not used too much water....or have I..? Tomorrow I'm officially LIVE and customer hunting begins for real

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Pjj · Oct 15, 2018

Ime assuming a barrel is 25 let??? If so for a first clean I would think that’s about right on the second clean and when you get used to it it will take less good luck in your new job

M&J WINDOW CLEANING · Oct 15, 2018

Pjj said:
Ime assuming a barrel is 25 let??? If so for a first clean I would think that’s about right on the second clean and when you get used to it it will take less good luck in your new job

Many thanks...I first thought it was a bit excessive but on hindsight I'd sooner not skimp and achieve a good result first time..thanks for the support [emoji16]

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Philip Hardy · Oct 16, 2018

Free first cleans, 99 per-cent started here, good grounding and you quickly learn what you can and can't do, everyone uses too much water at first,dont worry about it,geting the results is far more important, without the ability to get customers windows clean you can never get the confidence to move on.

Mrwindowshine · Oct 16, 2018

As time goes on u will use less and less water

Part Timer · Oct 16, 2018

As a newbie the only thing you want to worry about is doing the job properly. You only really need to worry about water usage when you have 16 houses to do in a day.

steve garwood · Oct 16, 2018

Part Timer said:
As a newbie the only thing you want to worry about is doing the job properly. You only really need to worry about water usage when you have 16 houses to do in a day.

Agree with you there. Can remember 10 years ago switching to WFP and only went for the trolley system.

Nightmare on first cleans constantly worrying if you have enough of precious pure ?

M&J WINDOW CLEANING · Oct 16, 2018

steve garwood said:
Agree with you there. Can remember 10 years ago switching to WFP and only went for the trolley system.
Nightmare on first cleans constantly worrying if you have enough of precious pure [emoji30]

Dead right... I've gone 2 1/2 barrels today...in two cleans..I'm nearly topped back up but I see reserves are essential

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Tuffers · Oct 16, 2018

Did the amount of water you used do a good job? We're the windows mingling? Go van mount when you are up and running doing 15+ houses a day.

P4dstar · Oct 16, 2018

Mrwindowshine said:
As time goes on u will use less and less water

In that case once you've been going as long as @steve garwood you would need no water at all ?

M&J WINDOW CLEANING said:
Live fire exercise. Just done the sister-in-law's windows for the first time, first clean feel of doing this...9 medium sized windows, 2 pvc doors and patio doors...used a full barrel and half. They were quite bad with green on sills and cobwebs etc but I think I've not used too much water....or have I..? Tomorrow I'm officially LIVE and customer hunting begins for real

I would still use that much water now I reckon. I never let it bother me with first cleans.

Make sure you get into the corners of the glass and once the pane is clean give it a proper rinse, none of this quick S shape stuff and you should be fine mate.

Stevieboy · Oct 16, 2018

M&J WINDOW CLEANING said:
Live fire exercise. Just done the sister-in-law's windows for the first time, first clean feel of doing this...9 medium sized windows, 2 pvc doors and patio doors...used a full barrel and half. They were quite bad with green on sills and cobwebs etc but I think I've not used too much water....or have I..? Tomorrow I'm officially LIVE and customer hunting begins for real

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If the customer has an outside tap always always use it first on first cleans. Never waste pure water. Water and time are the two most precious things. Do all the initial hard clean with tap water and then just polish the glass with a little pure.

M&J WINDOW CLEANING · Oct 16, 2018

Stevieboy said:
If the customer has an outside tap always always use it first on first cleans. Never waste pure water. Water and time are the two most precious things. Do all the initial hard clean with tap water and then just polish the glass with a little pure.

Brilliant thinking...[emoji16]I guess I could barrel plain water or simply take the hose reel with me to the job...that's quite good thinking.. thanks [emoji16][emoji812]️

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M&J WINDOW CLEANING · Oct 16, 2018

Tuffers said:
Did the amount of water you used do a good job? We're the windows mingling? Go van mount when you are up and running doing 15+ houses a day.

early days for me and im on a trolley...but in time I will accrue enough to buy a van mounted system....crikey, im optimistic already lol, its only day 1 ?

Part Timer · Oct 16, 2018

M&J WINDOW CLEANING said:
Brilliant thinking...

I guess I could barrel plain water or simply take the hose reel with me to the job...that's quite good thinking.. thanks

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Just make sure you clear the tap water out of the pipes before you start rinsing.

M&J WINDOW CLEANING · Oct 16, 2018

Part Timer said:
Just make sure you clear the tap water out of the pipes before you start rinsing.

Small point worth knowing [emoji16] cheers and thanks

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P4dstar · Oct 16, 2018

Part Timer said:
Just make sure you clear the tap water out of the pipes before you start rinsing.

Easily done on a trolley system but not so much on a backpack. I used my backpack with some tap water once to clean a garage door. I drained the back pack and tipped it all away but the TDS wouldn't go below 5 for a short while afterwards.

Green Pro Clean Ltd · Oct 16, 2018

M&J WINDOW CLEANING said:
Live fire exercise. Just done the sister-in-law's windows for the first time, first clean feel of doing this...9 medium sized windows, 2 pvc doors and patio doors...used a full barrel and half. They were quite bad with green on sills and cobwebs etc but I think I've not used too much water....or have I..? Tomorrow I'm officially LIVE and customer hunting begins for real

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Sounds like a 3 bed semi? If they started out green and you got them bang on clean and spot / streak free then I think you did well on the water usage.

Stevieboy · Oct 17, 2018

M&J WINDOW CLEANING said:
Small point worth knowing

cheers and thanks

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Just do what I do and take a 25/30 Mètre length on 1/2inch garden hose with you. Don’t go down the flushing out the hose reel route (when you get a van mount) like some do. This takes time and wastes water. No need for it.

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