Dogear a wide body channel?

Hey guys!

I’ve seen Hermans videos of dog ear widebodied channels but I never seen/heard of any other WC doing it.
Have you tried and with which result?

I’ve seen more dogeared stainless steel channels/brass channels.

Thinking of trying it with my Sorbo.
I know that with divebombing technique you can get a non detailing result. But curious about dogearing. The liquidator isn’t the answer for me in this case.
Love my wide bodied channels.

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Do it!!!
Let us know.

Might get @HE_MAN to give us an update, to see if he would suggest something different. I use the plastic tipped Sorbo channels and I’ve modified mine some…still needs a little work.

I prefer the QuickSilver, so that’s the channels I will try with.
But don’t wanna destroy them…
he he

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Understandable.

I’m a wide body man myself. Never thought about dog earring them. I’ve watched Herman’s video thou. I have two different kind of wide body channels. An 18 and 30 inch ninja. Then a 12 and 24 inch Vader channel. Don’t know how well it would work with the ninja since the clips.

It’s not exactly dogearing, and not a quicksilver.
But look nice.

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Richie Blue @ACME_Window_Cleaning is a mod master!

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I just removed the clips off a ninja and cut the ends to 30°. I don’t plan on dogearing, but am looking forward to seeing how the channel behaves.

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Here is one of the videos did on this subject.
At end video click play list for other videos relating to this.

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And here’s one been using for about few years.
Know it doesn’t look pretty but it works .
Take note that at the end of clip is 2/3mm high.
And straight not bent forward.

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We have put small piece plastic at ends of the squeegee channel to act as a bumper.
Avoid scratching the glass in situations like in this video.

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For reachable storefront i just use stock length rubber and channel clip it maybe an eighth of an inch longer on the right side (as you hold it properly). Just dig into the seal a little starting mid way up on the left side- up, across the top, and dive bomb the entire right side of the window then fan as normal. Not much detailing left.
Unreachable? I always get icicles so I hate straight pulls wag tail on a pole every time.

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Thanks @HE_MAN. But wich of all of your mods have worked best?

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I’m excited to hear if this works/how it goes! Let us know

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Tried it out today and it worked just fine. However, i have two issues with it. First, i no longer like using the ninja handle in hand now that I’ve been using the lighter, smaller, and handier Ergotec red. Second, i think I’m done with angled tips as i found that - just as with the Liquidator - the squeegee can’t turn as sharply anymore. So while it gets into corners better, it’s at the expense of being less maneuverable.

I wish i could try it for straight pulls, but the channel i cut is residential sized (i think it was a 14") and for some reason i suck at straight pulling residential (which is a complete mystery to me as i straight pull almost exclusively for storefront).

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Sweet! I know what you mean about the Ninja handle…it’s a bit bulky. And yeah I’ve noticed that with the Liquidator…less maneuverability. :confused:

and WOAH I had the EXACT same problem!! A few years ago I used to have mainly commercial and storefronts and I straight pulled every single window. Then I got a few residential jobs and COULD NOT STRAIGHT PULL THEM TO SAVE MY LIFE. Constant lines or stuff left at the top, or the pull down line in the middle. Like I didn’t know what was going on!!! Eventually I was able to do it with an extreme sharp angle when pulling but fast forward to the present and now I mainly do residential and I’m fanning the windows with an excelerator and I quite like that.

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