I live in Northern Az and haven’t had to deal with sun screens that much. I just brushed them in the past. I was considering making a trip to do my daughters windows in west Phx area. Her sun screens are nasty dirty. So far I am leaning towards tide w/ bleach alternative, scrubber , rinse and dry with hucks method. Is this a safe method?
Not sure I’ve seen any sun screens. How are they diff from regular screens?
Thicker more tightly woven…hard to get a clean uniform look. Never tried screen magic on them, I have some I’ve been cleaning for years that never lose that funky dirty staining look. I’ve used F90 and Tide both…
David, were the screens already installed before you got the account and they had time to accumulate filth. Or were yours the first set of hands to clean them? Just trying to understand the nature of the screens. Like probably most folks have their windows cleaned twice/yr. And after 6 months were they that filthy? If you were the first set of hands to clean them.
I live in Tucson, so I know exactly what you’re talking about. I’ve tried cleaning sun screens (solar screens) many ways and the best way is to use Screen Magic. I will however share this disclaimer: I tried it the first time and didn’t love it. Turns out it works best when sprayed in a fine mist, not in the little stupid spray bottle it comes in. So, you’ll want a good quality pump sprayer and then spray from about 12-16 inches away from the screen. I know that sounds like it wouldn’t work as good, but it does. with the fine misting setting it allows the spray to cover more area and the screen magic emulsifies the dirt. If you’re skeptical about it like I was at first check out their website and watch the videos. WCR sells the screen magic too. You do have to spray both sides of the screen, but nothing works better for getting sun screens cleaned, IMHO.
I would say use SCREEN MAGIC ! I used it and it saves so much time and they come out nice and shiny. For those screens that have not ever been cleaned and have accumulated years of dirt you may need to brush them down with a shop brush then apply the screen magic. It may take 2 coats and if that does not work try spraying the screen magic pretty heavy on a clean huck towel and rub it vertical or spray it on a old mop and tbar and apply it that way. Sunscreens can be time consuming to clean. I have used a lot of methods to clean them and have found that the screen magic does the best job. yes it is a little pricey but what is your time worth ? It will pay for itself the first job.
It works awesome even on the regular bug screens.You could do a test on which method works best for you by using the tide/bleach method on one and the screen magic on the other but i think you will find the time and the result of screen magic will surpass the other method.
Give TIM a call from screen magic here in Phoenix , He is a way cool dude to talk to.
Yes, old screens non maintained…I have screen magic, just haven’t used it, not sure if I feel like the upsell is worth it in this gig…I heard it jacks up the glass for wfp work
Well David, I can tell you that that’s not true. The only windows that I get screen magic on are the ones that have sliding screen doors in front of them (because I still remove all screens I’m going to clean, and spray them with screen magic while they’re off the house), and they still clean up just fine. Some people have said that the screen magic makes the window hydrophobic, but I’d challenge them to check the window before they put screen magic on it and be sure before they make claims like that. I charge $2 per screen to hand scrub (wet method) and get $5-10 ea. based on size for cleaning them with screen magic. But, here in AZ the UV-protection is a big deal, because the sun really destroys screens otherwise, so that helps sell the screen magic service.
