My first week with Scrim

[karlosdaze]

Anyone remember this? 2nd video down: Robinson-Solutions Professional Window Cleaning: Window Cleaning with Laurel & Hardy

[Majestic66]

@JfromtheD

Or… they turn into a big, flat piece of icey towely goodness in the winter.

I remember back In my pick up truck days I use to have 5 -10 blocks of blue ice in the bed of my truck . Stuck in there until the temp dropped . I use to get pissed at myself , C’mon man why are you so lazy .

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[JfromtheD]

Oliver will always remind me of a Nazi…

[JfromtheD]

@Majestic66

I remember back In my pick up truck days I use to have 5 -10 blocks of blue ice in the bed of my truck . Stuck in there until the temp dropped . I use to get pissed at myself , C’mon man why are you so lazy .

“blocks of Blue Ice” that’s f-ing awesome!!!

[karlosdaze]

I endorse this video as well - great guide by Mark: Tool Talk with Mark the Window Cleaner Episode 30 Scrim - YouTube

[JaredAI]

@Majestic66

I have cut a bunch if them in half an don’t regret it. I don’t like using full size for route work . I do use full size for resi . I’m waiting to here why they say don’t cut them in half . Maybe ther is a good reason I don’t know I have like 20 halves lol hope there isn’t a good reason

I don’t regret cutting them either. I cut it in half and my leg didn’t fall off so I call that a win.

Before I bought my scrim I read every thread on the forum about them. Everyone says not to cut them, but I just don’t like it that big. I know it’s witchcraft but medium size works great and I can swap between them between jobs.

The only downside is that I cannot for the life of me wring it out enough to use it damp. That’s the only benefit that I can see of the big ones: you an get the torque with that much material to wring it out. I think you have to be able to tear phone books in half in order to wring a half scrim.

I could put my two mediums together and wring them, but it just seems like a waste of a good dry towel. Sure, it’ll wipe while damp, but if it’s dry, it’ll eventually get damp anyway and it’ll wipe while damp. So instead of starting at 0 (damp), I’m starting at negative 50 (dry) and then I have a swing of 100 on the scale of wetness.

Sorry, got my nerd on there for a second. Regardless, once I get the hook up on a car wash wringer, then I’ll be golden.

@karlosdaze

And stop throwing them in the dryer, it charges the cloth statically.

I only dried it the first few times to remove lint. It was a tip from one of the bazillion threads that I read before I bought it.

Since then, I just let it hang dry.

Oh, and [MENTION=3471]Alex Lacey[/MENTION], you the man only using a couple hucks per day. I can do that if I concentrate on what I’m doing, but once I get the podcasts going and start thinking about things I end up using about 2 per job (route). In a house, it could be up to 10. But the biggest change for me was using the microfiber to mop up and wipe sills. I was using a damp huck for that and that really contributed to my pile of dirty towels.

[JaredAI]

And I just realized: SCRIM WARS!

[Majestic66]

An my leg didn’t fall off . That’s great . Why that really could if happened ?

Try spraying them with a spray bottle it’s all about getting damp it worked for me when I was using them damp. I might go back to damp I was using the same spray I have for my unger pads DI/alcohol

Your right about Alex with only using two hucks I use to use like 10-15 a day they were everywhere .
Love my scrims. Oh half scrims

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[c_wininger]

@Majestic66

I remember back In my pick up truck days I use to have 5 -10 blocks of blue ice in the bed of my truck . Stuck in there until the temp dropped . I use to get pissed at myself , C’mon man why are you so lazy .

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haha so true. life in the north. i hate trying to bend them to fit into the washing machine when they are all frozen like that. and then when you start it up, it sounds like you threw a couple of anvils in there until the warm water thaws them a bit.

#wc-er_problems

[Majestic66]

Oh man if I brought those rags in frozen like that ,leaves ,sticks ,an what ever else stuck in there to do them In my laundry . Lol my wife would bug out . “I have to wash my work clothes In there are you crazy”. Dry is bad enough, but she knows she has two choices I wash them here or you wash them ,an fold them at the laundromat .

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[joshuag]

I’ve reworked my microfiber procedure this week I make sure they get washed at the customers house and then hung on the polls in the truck to dry then they get stored in a bin at my house in the sun so they’re dry all the time and every two weeks or so I wash them in Clorox at the laundromat and they come out nice that way

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[ProWindowCleaning]

I cut mine in half, hemmed them, boom! they are the perfect size

They last a long time and dry quickly… I use them just for detailing and now my blue hucks clean up any other messes or wipe down sills on residential work.

I’m real glad I started using them, one of the best new tools I added this year.

Mike Radzik
Pro Window Cleaning
Central Massachusetts

Window Cleaning | Pro Window Cleaning | United States

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[JfromtheD]

@Majestic66

"I have to wash my work clothes In there

Man, I say that probably twice per day.

I swear, my guys just think clean/dry towels come from some f-ing “towel fairy!” Just truly oblivious!! :rolleyes:

[JaredAI]

@ProWindowCleaning

I cut mine in half, hemmed them, boom! they are the perfect size

They last a long time and dry quickly… I use them just for detailing and now my blue hucks clean up any other messes or wipe down sills on residential work.

I’ve still got a stack of hucks for when I’m doing residential. That scrim can look pretty nasty after a few commercial jobs (those aren’t skid marks, they’re just sill marks!). So blue hucks on the inside where the customer is, scrim on the outside.

I just feel like a dork washing my scrim, a couple of microfibers, a couple mops, and a couple hucks. All that laundry can fit in one hand and I got to do a load?

[Majestic66]

@JfromtheD

Man, I say that probably twice per day.

I swear, my guys just think clean/dry towels come from some f-ing “towel fairy!” Just truly oblivious!! :rolleyes:

Time for the kids to grow up , an do there own laundry . I always did my own hucks when working for guys . Show this to them.

TIME TO GROW UP!!!

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[JfromtheD]

Yeah, me too. I actually like to dry them a certain way, so I liked doing my own.
-but it’s the whole “remembering to bring them back” thing that screws things up.

[JaredAI]

Update: lost one of my mini-scrims. I really need to come up with a good procedure to make sure my employees don’t lose them either. Maybe have a towel bar in the back of the truck, make sure they’re hanging before closing up to go to the next job.

Ordered a 3pack from WCR and got those cut and washed. Oh, I had it right the first time: wash them, then dry them in the dryer and repeat 3 times. I washed the new ones and let them hang dry and ended up with a ton of lint. After the initial wash and dry cycle, just let them hang dry.

Also found an interesting Scrim alternative at Joann’s. It’s in the utility fabric section by the curtain material. It’s thick like scrim but it’s made with 60% linen and 40% rayon (I think that as the mix or maybe it was 55/45 or something). Got half a yard of that and washed/dried it and it works just as well as the scrim. It’s works out to be a little more expensive than WCR but it works for a quick “crap I lost a scrim” fix until you order new scrims.

[Majestic66]

@JaredAI

Update: lost one of my mini-scrims. I really need to come up with a good procedure to make sure my employees don’t lose them either. Maybe have a towel bar in the back of the truck, make sure they’re hanging before closing up to go to the next job.

Ordered a 3pack from WCR and got those cut and washed. Oh, I had it right the first time: wash them, then dry them in the dryer and repeat 3 times. I washed the new ones and let them hang dry and ended up with a ton of lint. After the initial wash and dry cycle, just let them hang dry.

Also found an interesting Scrim alternative:9 at Joann’s. It’s in the utility fabric section by the curtain material. It’s thick like scrim but it’s made with 60% linen and 40% rayon (I think that as the mix or maybe it was 55/45 or something). Got half a yard of that and washed/dried it and it works just as well as the scrim. It’s works out to be a little more expensive than WCR but it works for a quick “crap I lost a scrim” fix until you order new scrims.

Organization is the key to not losing things . Period. Believe me your talking to the king if losing stuff or leaving stuff behind. Now that I’m organized I very rarely leave something somewhere or lose it. No matter what your going to lose a scrim here or there as long as it isn’t one a month . With employees you need to hold them accountable in some way cause if you don’t they won’t care .
I hate losing anything drives me nuts . Tools arnt crazy expensive it’s just the point now I have to reorder. Give them a certain amount if scrims let them knew what they cost . Bust ther balls if they lose them . I got my balls busted every time I lost something then I just started buying my own stuff cause I didn’t want to hear it . Plus I should if been held accountable for losing stuff .!

With scrims I keep two in the front of the van at all times that way I know if there is one then one is somewhere
Out there before i pull away . Havnt lost one that way .

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[FBUser]

its usfull to cut them =-)

[Maxim]

Ugh. Accidentally washed my scrim with a load of blue surgical towels.

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