What is your favorite T-bar width for residential?
I always use the shortest available
I like the 14 in and the 6 in for resi work.
All smaller windows in the east or what? 18" or 10" for me. There is no “best” size here, used when applicable.
Yeah for the most part its all smaller stuff. I use 8" and 10", have one 18" throwback from my storefront days that is basically just a screen brush now.
A lot of the time I dont even use strip washers on the interiors anymore. I just use steel wool and squeegee. 90% of the time I don’t use them on exteriors because of me WFP
I hit every window w/ whole flat hand steel wool scrub. Then wet it w/ the largest washer bar available.
Quick wet on tint & cut ups.
18" is our go to size, unless cut ups then 6". If course that’s interior, ext WFP all the way baby 
Just a suggestion, but if you wet the window with a sprayer, rub it down wet with the steel wool, and then squeegee you cut out a whole step.
20 seconds saved x 40 windows a day = 800 seconds = 13 minutes a day = over an hour saved a week.
I’m sure the WFP fanboys will think differently, but I cannot stand the idea of using WFP’s on first time cleaning (which I get a ton of, and they’re absolutely filthy). There is nothing better than nose to glass, for a real cleaning. WFP’s are great for maintenance accounts, definitely. But at least in my area, these windows need some TLC to take care of the oxidation, frame corrosion smearing all over the place, bird presents, and those awesome ‘whatthehellisthisthing’ thats stuck on the windows.
18" all the way. Have several 14’s and a 6 sitting around collecting dust. For frenchies and anything too small for the 18, it’s the micro and white pad.
Welcome Doug. I use 18" and my wife uses 14".
14"
We like the 14’s and 6’s for residential. We have some 10’s but they are strictly for applying chemicals.
14 inch
18 inch unger swivel
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Just a suggestion, but if you wet the window with a sprayer, rub it down wet with the steel wool, and then squeegee you cut out a whole step.
20 seconds saved x 40 windows a day = 800 seconds = 13 minutes a day = over an hour saved a week.[/QUOTE]
Got a squirt bottle I use. I don’t like a soaked piece of wool in my pouch, just damp. But w/ the storm easel work, It’s one wet w/ the wool. I like how you think…every second counts!
Squirt Bottle? Really? hmm interstesting, I use 18 for just about everything and 6 for small panes, I even use the 18 on the exterior french panes, It cleans all the dividers really well and I am able to mob 2-4 panes per stroke.
I guess I’m the only one who prefers a 10" strip washer over larger lengths because I think a shorter T bar scrubs better.
I use the 10" mostly as well. I have an 18" with me but it doesnt get used very much.
That why I use a 14" Pulex MicroTiger on maintenance cleans. I find it combines effective scrubbing and increased efficiency over other lengths in a residential environment.
