Search the web
Sign In
New User? Sign Up
wcs · Window Cleaning Syndicate
? Already a member? Sign in to Yahoo!

Yahoo! Groups Tips

Did you know...
Hear how Yahoo! Groups has changed the lives of others. Take me there.

Best of Y! Groups

   Check them out and nominate your group.

Messages

  Messages Help
Advanced
Messages 15924 - 15954 of 24768   Oldest  |  < Older  |  Newer >  |  Newest
Messages: Simplify | Expand   (Group by Topic) Author Sort by Date ^
15924
I have been hearing and seeing alot about 'notching' a squeegee to ease the detailing of windows. It has been my experience that fanning with steep side angels...
peeperco <peeperco@...>
peeperco
Offline Send Email
Feb 1, 2003
4:13 pm
15925
Are there any members on the group with experience of the `Twin Ledge Angle` made by the Sorbo Samuelson company?From an old brochure photo that I have,I get...
jackie
swivloc
Offline Send Email
Feb 1, 2003
6:37 pm
15926
I'm afraid I'm guilty of straight-pulling everything.... Never got the hang of fanning, mostly because I do lots of colonial/french work... Small panes but a...
Wm. Keith Murlless
kmurlless
Offline Send Email
Feb 1, 2003
9:23 pm
15927
Keith Fanning saves so much time. For one your not picking up your squeegee like you do on straight pulls which believe it or not takes a lot of time. Also; ...
wncleaner@...
wncleaner2002
Offline Send Email
Feb 1, 2003
9:51 pm
15928
Joe, I have never thought there would be any benefit to notching a rubber. Like you said using a steep squeege angle on the edges will give a good edge without...
Norm Winton
nwinton
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2003
12:55 am
15929
Bob, In person is definitely best, it is easier to get a yes when you are eyeball to eyeball with the prospective customer. Norm Winton...
Norm Winton
nwinton
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2003
12:58 am
15930
Norm, your steep squeegee angle has the same effect as notching the rubber, but if you have lots of windows with the same moulding then it is faster and easier...
Peter Fogwill
peterfogwill
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2003
1:39 am
15931
On Sat, 01 Feb 2003 05:00:14 -0000 "manny o <mannyo@...>" ... Not on this stuff! We tried some Oil Flow the second day and it didn't cut any better...
David G Galvas
doogydave
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2003
4:48 am
15932
I've never heard of notching the rubber. where is this notch made? Can someone please describe this in a little more detail. Does it refer to cutting the ends...
David G Galvas
doogydave
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2003
5:10 am
15933
In a message dated 2/1/03 12:38:18 PM Central Standard Time, ... yes lewis i have one and have used it. have not used it for some time now but back before the...
ziggyis2kool@...
Send Email
Feb 2, 2003
5:10 am
15934
I`ve read with great interest this `thread` on the `notch` being cut in your squeegee rubber for clean finishing without `detailing`.On the channels I use,with...
jackie
swivloc
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2003
7:45 am
15935
Excellent instuctions ! In addition the steep sides that I described is the movement right after going left to right ( or right to left across the top. Then...
peeper
peeperco
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2003
8:10 am
15936
<<<<Peter Fogwill <p.fogwill@...> wrote: You can fan a window just as good with a notch in your rubber.>>>> Peter, So tell me, if you create a...
peeper
peeperco
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2003
8:21 am
15937
Yes but too much weight and less control for our situations. Joe and Lydia Knust The Peeper Corp. ziggyis2kool@... wrote:In a message dated 2/1/03 12:38:18...
peeper
peeperco
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2003
8:23 am
15938
... demonstration purposes, you can still 'fan' the window without a small thin line of water following your squeegee? Or if your make two notches at the ...
Peter Fogwill
peterfogwill
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2003
12:53 pm
15939
I run into canopy cleaning -- rubber canopies. How might this work with this sort of cleaning? Thanks. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Budgetwebsites@...
Send Email
Feb 2, 2003
1:03 pm
15940
Ok... I think I've got the "notch" idea: basically you're cutting a bit of rubber out of the working edge of your rubber, out at both ends, where the rubber...
Wm. Keith Murlless
kmurlless
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2003
4:34 pm
15941
Check out this site for a Flash movie " Life Of A Window Washer." http://www.sfdt.com/flash/movies/735.html Norm Winton...
Norm Winton
nwinton
Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2003
1:03 am
15942
The following article can be found at: http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/011701/LOCfishman.shtml Norm Winton Window washer went from college to an even higher...
Norm Winton
nwinton
Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2003
1:10 am
15943
The following article is a couple years old but it serves to remind us to be careful with poles around electrical wires. Norm Winton Window washer hits...
Norm Winton
nwinton
Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2003
1:44 am
15945
"Bernie HiWash is a Romantic comedy about a bored window cleaner named Bernie. Bernie tries to communicate with the people in the world on the other side of...
Norm Winton
nwinton
Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2003
4:12 am
15946
Getting old Isn't So Bad! People get out of the way when you drive down the street. You don't have to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room. ...
Norm Winton
nwinton
Offline Send Email
Feb 4, 2003
2:22 pm
15947
A very popular annual event, the Ladies Tea is scheduled on Thursday afternoon, during the convention. This is a great place for women in window cleaning to...
IWCA Webmaster
iwcaweb
Offline Send Email
Feb 5, 2003
1:51 am
15948
Howard had felt guilty all day long. No matter how much he tried to forget about it, he couldn't. The guilt and sense of shame was overwhelming. But every once...
Norm Winton
nwinton
Offline Send Email
Feb 6, 2003
7:28 am
15949
Thanks. I really appreciate being added to this group. I have been cleaning windows for a little over ten years now. I did take a small break of a couple of...
David Mitchell
thebestinsurance@...
Send Email
Feb 7, 2003
6:29 pm
15950
Would your wife be interested in helping with the window washing? I love working alongside Joe (Mr. Peeper). We have lots of fun together, and our customers...
Lydia Knust
lydrenee
Offline Send Email
Feb 7, 2003
7:09 pm
15951
Jerry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
jhblock@...
Send Email
Feb 7, 2003
9:09 pm
15952
Just wondering if there is a way to get my email temporarily stopped while I'll be attending the convention in Atlanta? Kind of like I am doing with my ...
jklass1@...
Send Email
Feb 8, 2003
3:13 am
15953
Jeff, Let me know what days and I will set you to "no mail" for those days. Norm Winton...
Norm Winton
nwinton
Offline Send Email
Feb 8, 2003
3:34 am
15954
Two Very Good Questions ..... ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
ziggyis2kool@...
Send Email
Feb 8, 2003
4:26 am
Messages 15924 - 15954 of 24768   Oldest  |  < Older  |  Newer >  |  Newest
Advanced
Add to My Yahoo!      XML What's This?

Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Guidelines - Help