When I'm cleaning windows . . .
dreamdaisy
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At my last attempt to clean the insides of our windows (a detested task)with a spray cleaner plus kitchen towel I ended up with throbbing knees and ankles, aching arms and wrists, sore spots on the back of my hands where I had hit the handles plus smears a-plenty when the sun shone. Most exasperating. I decided to do some research, prompted by those tiresome ads on the telly of (as usual) the girl being better at doing a basic chore than the boy because she was using a certain cordless yellow window vac.
I am now the proud owner of a white version of said vac (which is lighter than their other light-weight model) and yesterday happily tackled the inside of the kitchen windows (14 separate panes in total, two of which are full-length French doors) and could not believe how easy it was on the arms and wrists. OK, so the ankles and knees were less than happy (there's no pleasing them anyway) but I breezed through it, spray in one hand with the diluted cleaner, vac in the other. The doors have a couple of smears but I am a novice operator. Today I aim to do the sitting room, then I shall work my way through the rest of the house in due course. There is one slight hitch: I cannot undo the plug on the dirty water receptacle to drain it so may well hand over to 'im indoors for that bit.
There is some maintenance involved in washing the blades etc. after use but I am resolved to dust the windows on a regular basis to minimise the 'dirt'. I have a window chappie for the outsides but the insides often negated the impact of his work - no longer! Keep your eyes peeled for special offers etc., there are many versions of this out there and, in my limited experience, they do make life substantially easier. DD
I am now the proud owner of a white version of said vac (which is lighter than their other light-weight model) and yesterday happily tackled the inside of the kitchen windows (14 separate panes in total, two of which are full-length French doors) and could not believe how easy it was on the arms and wrists. OK, so the ankles and knees were less than happy (there's no pleasing them anyway) but I breezed through it, spray in one hand with the diluted cleaner, vac in the other. The doors have a couple of smears but I am a novice operator. Today I aim to do the sitting room, then I shall work my way through the rest of the house in due course. There is one slight hitch: I cannot undo the plug on the dirty water receptacle to drain it so may well hand over to 'im indoors for that bit.
There is some maintenance involved in washing the blades etc. after use but I am resolved to dust the windows on a regular basis to minimise the 'dirt'. I have a window chappie for the outsides but the insides often negated the impact of his work - no longer! Keep your eyes peeled for special offers etc., there are many versions of this out there and, in my limited experience, they do make life substantially easier. DD
Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
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Phew! I feel exhausted just reading that.
My power tool is Mr SW
And, yes, before you ask, my windows are not normally crystal clearIf at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
Steven Wright0 -
Slightly jealous. My windows were always clean but the sticky fingered creatures have discovered the joys of climbing onto the window sill and smearing their hands all over the window. Do they do a twin hand vac? I doubt it would be powerful enough for my grimy pair.Hey little fighter, things will get brighter0
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This did revive a memory though of a former boyfriend a long time ago. He thought his windows were tinted. He was a smoker. I used a cloth to prove they weren't. He could have done with a window vac. His lack of effort to ever remove the tint was one of the many reasons I didn't hang around :shock:Hey little fighter, things will get brighter0
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DD i have the same little machine...brilliant and who cares about smears...
LV what a brilliant story...tinted windows indeed....Love
Barbara0 -
Hello DD
how much do you charge you have done a good job.
take care
joan xxtake care
joan xx0 -
How much do I charge? Ummm, for you two it's a couple of cuppas and a choccy biccy, for everyone else it's £50 per pane.
My skill with the machine is improving, I have been told not to do them in the heat of the afternoon because warm glass leads to smears so from here-on-in I won't. Today's task has been spraying our gravelled drive with weedkiller. I'm tired. DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0 -
dreamdaisy wrote:How much do I charge? Ummm, for you two it's a couple of cuppas and a choccy biccy, for everyone else it's £50 per pane.
:shock: I'll stick with my current chap.If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
Steven Wright0 -
Thank you DD
the traveling would cost more than the windows.
you take care
joan xxtake care
joan xx0
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