FREE - A Woman’s View: Professional Window Cleaning part 8 - WFP

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Nov 22 2008

FREE - A Woman’s View: Professional Window Cleaning part 8 - WFP

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FREE - A Woman’s View: Professional Window Cleaning part 8 - WFP

A Woman’s View: Professional Window Cleaning Part

Written by: Judy Suval
Contributed & Edited by:Cleaning Solutions Magazine

We talked about this before and here Judy goes over some of the basic but some much has change and now almost every major supplier has there one type of WFP. The newest can go up to the 4th floor (75 to 85 feet) and are made of a carbon fiber and is very light and easy to use… The purification of the water has change some too even the de-ionizing and portable units had change so much I am just going to find a few video clips instead of trying to write about it.

Water-Fed Extension Pole

This is another type of extension pole, and is usually referred to as a Tucker pole, after the primary manufacturer. It consists of a large brush on a long handle made of several aluminum telescoping sections. You connect the attached tubing to a garden hose and the water and a detergent solution is fed up to the brush and onto the window.

No squeegee is necessary. After the window is washed, the detergent solution is shut off, clear water rinses the window and the job is done. It allows you to wash and rinse hard-to-reach windows without ladders or scaffolding.

This type of window cleaning is most effective when it utilizes a new technology known as De-Ionized water. A deionizing tank contains resin beads that are both positively and negatively charged. As the normal tap water flows through the tank, the various minerals in the water adhere to the beads, so that the water leaving the tank–and coming out the end of the Tucker pole as rinse water–is “pure.” The window will supposedly dry without streaks or water spots. In fact, some cleaners have claimed that you don’t even need the detergent attachment, but can simply use the extra cleaning power of the deionized water, at least on windows that are regularly maintained.

The deionizing tanks are housed on a truck bed or trailer. One hose connects to the on-site water source and another to the water-fed pole. Many cleaners have suggested modifying the system with quick release valves to all the hoses, so changes can be made without having to turn off the water at the source.

Window cleaners are still in dispute as to the actual reality of these claims. If it does work it will mean a larger initial outlay– purchasing the deionizer–but other equipment costs such as squeegees and towels are then lowered, and time and labor are saved as well. Some reported drawbacks of the system have been that since the pole is filled with water it can get very heavy, and the poles have been known to break, especially at the joints where the sections connect. Aluminum poles can also be cold on the hands in cold weather. The manufacturer has been responding to these complaints over the last couple of years. If you are considering working in a city on high office or apartment buildings.