Whats a better brush to use for WFP, the Hogs bristle or the Synthetic Plastic kind. I have heard that the hogs takes more dirt off the window. But I also heard that it holds more dirt in the bristles as well.
Does the hogs take off the bird crap? I really don’t want to use a 6 inch scrapper from the ground level on a second or third story!
Hogs hair has awesome scrubbing power. I dont seem to have a lot of problems with it holding a lot of dirt. As with all my brushes, I give them a good brushing with my hand if they get too dirty on the job. The brush that I find that seems to give me problems with trapped dirt is any flocked brush. Id prefer a monofilament brush better.
pre-wet the bird crap, I havent had a problem so far, comes right off.
So when you say prewet you mean just give the window a soaking and then do another window and then come back to that one?
Also how can you even see the bird crap when its two - three stories up unless its a motherload?
It comes off with practice even at height, leverage increases the weight of the brush by a factor of four times so I use the lightest monofilament brush, even to the pont of reducing the weight with a surform file. Didnt like the friction created by the hogs hair and its too heavy.
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]If it’s a maintenance clean I would go with the Vikan brush because it is easier to push. You can also rinse with a monofilament brush right on the glass. [/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]People are always arguing about face to the glass vs. WFP. I think a hog’s hair brush with a reach around gooseneck for a doodlebug or razor would definitely lessen any gap. [/FONT][/COLOR]
Good points there Mike!
I used my RHG hog’s hair on a 35’ high all-glass (well, three sides anyway) tower today. A bit slower than the Vikan due less glide, but excellent results.
That’s right Larry it gets excellent results on a dirty window. You’re a quality first kind of guy, right? Do you have a reach around yet?
Yep.
Hog will when every time in all around WFP
Hog is good for the first time.
Plastic is very good for cut ups and maintenance.
Over 50 feet stay with a hog because they slip less on the windows.
For 10 years all we had were hog hair brushes for regular window cleaning
1970-1980 tsp and a bucket of water, thats it.
they will still hold water more then a scrub sleeve.
I find a hogger too heavy at fifty feet, and difficult-to-impossible to rinse off the glass.
SimPole ash wood Hog is 1.8
RHG is 1.6 the last time we weigh it.
Both very good brushes
sim pencil jets are in the wood and not sticking out now.
Phil
For me it all comes down to weight. The weight of the brush and gooseneck is one of the most significant weights you will use. Every oz at the top of the pole exerts a leveraged weight far in excess to its actual weight and this only gets worse the higher you work. I would really hate working with a brush that weighed 1.8 lbs (816g). This is nearly twice the weight of a Vikan and three times the weight of a Super-Lite brush.
Working all the time with this type of weight will increase the chance of RSI and leave you more tired at the end of the day. This type of very heavy brush is probably OK if only working for an hour or so at a time, but anything above this will expose your body and joints to far too much unnecessary strain.
My advice for heavily soiled window would be to use a good quality lightweight flocked/flagged synthetic brush - such as the oval Vikan or the Super-Lite.
I would say that the above is only my personal opinion - brush use is a very subjective issue and what one person loves another hates. What isn’t subjective though is extra weight - that is measurable and is always there.
I didn’t receive a Super Lite brush with my 56’ Super Lite pole, I got a Vikan. Sounds like it might be worth it to buy another brush.
All Super-Lite packages should be supplied with a Super-Lite brush as standard (In fact if you read the manual the pole is not within warranty when used with a Vikan). You would not believe the difference that a Super-Lite brush would make to the SL56. I personally would recommend the Flocked version. If you are not able to source this in the US I can arrange to send one over direct as the postage for this would not be too expensive.
So you are saying that the Super-Lite brush only weighs .6 lbs. Wow! What kind of jets, and how much does one cost?
Thank you, Alex.
vic
I do not believe the weight you are quoting to be accurate.
Perhaps I’ll have to weigh one when I return from Vacation.
Yes the Super-Lite brushes are very light between 0.55 and 0.6 lbs. We have also recently launched an even lighter version which we call the Super-Lite Xtreme which weighs just 0.36 lbs this has been designed for the new Super-Lite carbon fibre goosenecks - more about the goosenecks in this video.
The Super-Lite brushes come with Pencil Jets as standard, but can be fitted with Fan-jets as an option. The price of the Super-Lite brushes in the US is about $95 Gardiner Pole Systems Dual Trim (Flocked Bristle)
I have used RHG’s Boar’s Hair brush and seem to recall that the weight was about 500g when I had it on our scales. This equates to about 1.1 lbs which is quite a bit lighter than the 1.6 lbs that it has been referred to as.
