Practicing my poling today. Haven’t gotten it down. 1 of these picture is showing the bottom of the window near the sill. I am doing straight pulls. (Can’t do pole fanning, yet at least). I try finishing out the straight pull and it leaves water down at the bottom. Guessing it has something to do with the angle of the squeegee. Have tried holdin the pole at different angles when closing out but wasn’t have success with that either. If it is an angle problem, is there a good handle out there I can buy for straight pulls with a pole? Right now I have the Ettore pro+ handle.
Other picture is just clarification of the height of the window I’m cleaning.
So pole to bottom quarter and finish by hand. If squeegee is at ninety degree angle, it won’t finish well. There is a zero degree squeegee; have not used one, nor do I have one. If I’m at high windows, I keep squeegee at a low angle. Perhaps watch some poling videos. Clean glass looks great, nice touch.
I agree with LoveGlass. In the long run your body will thank you if you don’t force too many actions while window cleaning. One thing you can do which often helps keep a workable angle when you go low is to start crouching when you get toward the bottom.
Yeah I tried doing that. Watched quite of few poking vids and tried to mimic what I saw them doing. It worked sometimes but a majority of the time I was left with what the picture shows. May just need more practice. If I can get it right once, I should be able to get it right all the time if I practice.
If you’re doing alot of pole work consider the ettore “backflip” not sure if it’s called a back flip, that might be the unger version. But same concept. It comes with a ledge eze and a t bar. The ledge eze fits into the t bar facing the opposite direction so you dont have to switch between scrubber and squeegee.
When I do storefronts and pole work I like to use a handle that swivels. That way I can pull down or across. Sometimes closing out to a side is easier then down.
when i first started poling i watched videos of guys doing it and it seemed so easy. then i went out and tried it and it felt impossible. now 3 years later i’m as good as the guys in the videos. keep at it
Did not know that and I have one. Thanks Oh…and there is nothing wrong with using straight pulls. Use or break into swivel when you have time or a place (cash paying client) to practice. I do both…I love Wagtails.
