Not sure if anyone else has an issue with slippery handles.
Bugs me too no end. new to WC bought a WFP route but ended up having to learn trad methods also.
problem is my handles get slippery and I feel like im having to grip too tightly to manipulate them.
my moerman handle is the worst one. I used some plastidip but its already peeling.
is there something comparable or am i stuck trying gloves?
You using a lot of soap?
Only time I get slippery handle is when the prankster decides to dump a bottle of soap in my bucket.
maybe. tried less but gent i purchased windows from said add more and more iāve gotten better results and better slip with my squeegee
but donāt think thatās it cuz i did use the rodi water only and only what was lefter over on the mop. plus i rinsed the mop out a bit
Iām a fan of less soap, see what works for you.
Yeah, something weird here. Iāve never had a problem with slippery handlesā¦ except when itās below zero and it slips in my frozen fingers.
Your handle shouldnāt be getting that much water on it. Once you pull it out of the bucket, wipe the handle with a microfiber and you should be fine. But sounds like you got a lot of soap in the bucket. Try using a squirt bottle and adding the soap into that instead of the bucket.
When I switched to squirt bottles, saved me a ton of soap over time and lets me customize how much soap I need per stop. The greasy fast food place gets more soap than the outside only antique store.
Iāll try the smaller bottle. Most likely all due to my lack of skill lol
I use Dawn Ultra and my āscientific methodā is usually about one quick circle of soap per gallon. I like just enough soap that I can get an even layer of water/suds across the glass. I will sometimes add a little more soap as the water gets dirtier if it seems easier than a fresh bucket. But seeing a lot of the guys on this forum using squirt bottles of one sort or another to re-wet their brushes has me wanting to try it and use my bucket more for full rinsing the brush every so often.
lol
he never gets old
we mainly woeked on wfp for training original owner was leaving and i was stuck on a large flooring project so ive learned mostly online and trial and error! took me 8 hrs to do a house
Coming from the guy who pulls out his hoodies for the winter 
Yeah now I do. But when I started in Durango I did -16ās a few times. But Durango is cool if you can manage your routes that face east for the morning, face west for the afternoon. 
Thatās it man 
Sunny side of the street !!
I like to wear lightweight work gloves most of the time because I prefer more grip on everything. That said, your handle shouldnāt really be getting very wet unless youāre carrying it around in your 5-gallon bucket all the time. In that case, yes, it can get fairly slippery.
itās mostly when i use the moerman it tends to shed water allover my hand not like my sorbo
im sure its still more my technique but ive been using is on pole work and finishin off with sorbo.
i have a lot of tall glass so its seems more effective than step laddrs everywhere
which gloves do you wear? ive always hated gloves even for construction
Canāt say I have this issue but maybe handle angle to glass. Sorbo is a 40Ā° Handle and the attack point of the blade means the handle is parallel to the glass if not tilted a little higher. If using Excelerator Iāve always preached the 25Ā° setting for in hand use, either pivot or fixed. This gets the hand further out from the glass, particularly helpful for efficient pivoting with both the Wagtail and Moerman (thanks to Herman Wieland about 3 years ago).
Also if you have really saturated the window and your solution is very runny then it tends to get everywhere lol. Try dipping the applicator and shake off excess water, then apply a few drops of detergent to the applicator. That should make your solution a little thicker = less runny and also like Eric said the further your hand is from the glass the better so i use around 25Ā°. I still get a bit wet on my hands but in winter i wear gloves
Thanks for the responses @anon35812390 and @Trad-Man.
I was going to say it was the angle of the channel to the glass and runny solution also. I was just confirming my observation.
It use to drive me crazy how wet my hand use to get using the ālittle divaā in hand also @squeegeemike try some of the tips Eric and Pete gave, both those tips save me from such wet hands.
@TheWindowCleanse helped solve the issue a couple week back talking to him and watching his videos.
Hands still get wet sometimes but over all its way better.
Hope those tips help.
Bob (Polz) has just put up his first ātalkieā and heās demonstrating his workflow but more importantly consistency of soap. Well worth a look.
