Just curious if any one has tried WFP in the rain. I had couple of jobs cancelled today because of rain. As I was eating lunch I started thinking about using the rain as it was coming down to help with the agitation of the windows. I guess as long as it does not have any kind of pollutants in it like dirt and the like it would work out fine. I am just thinking out loud here. Any one try this yet? Besides getting soaked and having everyone yell at you “Dont’ you know its raining?”
Alex
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I usually pull my crews from using WFP or ladders when it’s raining. Just trying to shy way far away from any risk of lightning. Did it once, but had to go back and do some touch ups and cleanups the next week. Just too much dirt being washed off of the entire window area onto the glass, causing spotting.nave done traditional squeegee on the outside during light rain or snow and it worked out well.
Light rain I work in. But as Randy points out, lightning will go straight for your pole. I am unlucky that we have brown rain (sand from the Sahara) & any desert/dry-dusty regions will probably be the same. But rainfall is usually purer than you can make it & has a better cleaning ability than processed water. One of the reasons rain harvesting is so popular in the UK. i have more of a problem working in wind than rain.
I used to work rain or shine…then I started to say, “eh…I think I want the day off :)” But rain works well for me, the customers just don’t believe it.
My wife and I did a CAT R&D building not to long ago and a heavy rain sneaked up on us. I ended up washing the windows 3 times. It was building runoff that was ruining all the clean glass. Also humid days are not as much in your favor for waterfed polling than dry sunny days. You want the water to dry and be gone quick for best results. The longer the glass is wet the longer airborne elements/particles have to land on it and the longer the other resting water has to leach minerals out of whatever it’s sitting on before it drips on the glass. I have still had good results with rain and with some humidity, but not with the consistently of dry and sunny weather.
We do the insides only if it rains unless the client has large eves to protect the windows. Then we only have to make up 1/2 the work. We have 2-3 days per month blocked off for rain reschedules or make up work or just an Extra day off if we are burned out.
[COLOR=#333333]We do the insides only if it rains unless the client has large eves to protect the windows. Then we only have to make up 1/2 the work. We have 2-3 days per month blocked off for rain reschedules or make up work or just an Extra day off if we are burned out.[/COLOR]
Smart. I have been cancelling jobs due to the rain. I think I will implement this plan. Thanks Randy.
[QUOTE=mywindowguy40;206217]Just curious if any one has tried WFP in the rain. I had couple of jobs cancelled today because of rain. As I was eating lunch I started thinking about using the rain as it was coming down to help with the agitation of the windows. I guess as long as it does not have any kind of pollutants in it like dirt and the like it would work out fine. I am just thinking out loud here. Any one try this yet? Besides getting soaked and having everyone yell at you “Dont’ you know its raining?”
I rarely clean windows, wfp or traditional in the rain. Mainly it’s because my customers don’t want it. They don’t trust that the rain won’t affect the cleaning. So, I want my customers happy, not worrying about whether the weather will affect their windows.
Also, I hate being wet.
Its very rare that we get a straight up “rainy” day in NJ, usually an on / off thing here, so unless there’s remnants of a hurricane or a Nor’Easter I work. I just keep an eye on the radar for breaks in the weather.
