How much solution do you use?

Residential
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Quick question:

How much solution do you put in your bucket?

Im using Glisten right now and I like it. Im putting a capfull of soap for every gallon of water. Works pretty good but could use some more glide and from watching the videos online everyone seems to have much sudsier water on the windows.

Also, any way to avoid the trail lines while fanning? Sometimes I just can’t avoid leaving some lines when I come back across the glass.

Thanks

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I never use more than the recommended solution ratio. The bottle should tell you what it is. If you’re leaving trails try changing your rubber and slowing down a little for a bit to refine your technique.:wink:

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I use a mix of things. for the average job I use about 1/4 oz. for each gallon.

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one entire bottle of Palmolive does the trick :smiley:

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from my experience different solutions in different amounts provide different glide
but hands down glide issues can be solved by dawn 1/4 of a table spoon per gallon

there is a thread about “trails” somewhere on the forum
there could be several reasons why there are streaks
i got end of the rubber streaks, streaks from damaged rubber, film from bad rubber (like when you run the blade over clean dry window) spots from not fanning properly
overlap about 1" and tip your blade in direction you are fanning
i dont leave any rubber to hang outside the channel , i clip it to fit

thats somewhat different from what i wrote on trails but someone correct me if i’m wrong

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The dishsoap versus professional cleaning solution debate continues: I use an entire bottle of GG4.

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I use a drop of Palmolive, a smidge of Dawn, 14 microns of gg4, 18 drops of gg3(which must be dropped into the bucket from exactly 27 inches), a splash of methanol, and a Unger pill just for old times sake. Then I turn around 3 times counterclockwise(unless its a tuesday and there is a thunderstorm then its 4 turns clockwise) and your ready to go.

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I only use 13 microns of gg4

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It depends what state you live in. Are you in Florida or New Jersey?

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Beetle Juice, Beetle Juice, Beetle Juice!

You know, there are a total of fifty states.

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I do too on Mondays and Tuesdays!!! The rest of the days are all Palmolive :slight_smile:

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I skip the water entirely and go with 1/2 ammonia, 1/2 bleach. The key is to mix it in a closed room with no ventilation. The results make you breathless.

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Now that was funny!!!
HAHAHAHA!!!

screw the bleach, lets acid clean that window

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Thanks for all the tips. Im gonna trip clipping the rubber off at the ends of my channels and see what happens. I do primarily residential work but I like to fan as often as possible because the results are just better if done right, plus its just so much more fun. As for the solution Im gonna add a little dish soap and see how that goes

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carefull how much you clip off the ends, it may scratch the frames,
watch the latest video of Mark, #22, discusses GG4 and Dishsoap.

also do a search of the site, there are over 50 threads with this discussion, so some answer here are a little off, except the one on ammonia and bleach, it is right on the money… :frowning: