What size strip washer for resi?

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I’ve been using an 18" for everything since i started. After the RSI thread I’ve been thinking maybe i should go smaller for resi. What do you guys usually use?

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18 it just fits in the boab better.

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Almost always 14" inside. Squeegee too unless it calls for it. Its just easier, less water,less likely to get caught up on something climbing out from under a piano or reaching behind desks full of documents to hit a window. Even though we stress things be moved ahead of time, we all know the rich guys didnt “have time” to move all things in their 11 bedroom mansion.

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10 inch mop and a 12" squeegee for residential

PS
6" mop for cut ups
and 4 precut small channels

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No 10" mop in the poll?

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Or 22?

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I carry a 14/14 mop/squeegee as my primary on residential, and a 6/6 for any cut ups or jalousie panes.

I don’t like using an 18" mop for residential, because it’s long enough for the tip to dip in dirty accumulated water at the bottom of my boab, and thus requires more effort to control drips that might otherwise soil clean white carpets.

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Fixed it for the 1%'ers.

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I think a smaller size mop scrubs better. Actually I know it does. :open_mouth:

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Makes sense, same pressure on a smaller surface area.

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Thanks :+1:

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That would proly help on those annoying bleeding frames too. I hate when my mop soaks up all that milky water.

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I always wonder why the guys on here have trouble with fingerprints on doors. Always asking about more soap or steel wool. I just wash them off no problem. Maybe my smaller scrubber has more scrubbing power? Just a hunch. I use 14" strip washer on storefronts not a lot of soap.

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Maybe people that far up north have dryer hands due to the cold lol

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Maybe? I said it’s just a hunch.

PS
I got the using a smaller strip washer idea from Joel Andrews the Glass Wizard DVD training video.

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Is he the same one that has the light-handed squeegee technique that saved your career? I’m very interested in that but keep forgetting to ask you about it.

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This is an interesting topic. I’m currently working on my boab, cad should be finished sometime this week for me to look at and tweak. Then I’m hoping to get the prototype 3d printed 7-10 days after that.

Why it’s interesting is that I had originally had an idea for a modular boab (14, 18, 24). But after talking to an injection molding company, it would be better as a solid design. The little shop here in town said he thinks he can do it (up to 18) but I’ve been debating on sizes.

I thought 14 for residential guys, 18 for the standard, and 22?24? for the route guys. Didn’t think anyone really used anything smaller than a 14 except for cutups.

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Haha

No Jim Willingham from J Racenstein
He’s passed away now
He was a founder of the IWCA
Won the speed contest at the convention 7 times

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It’s just me unless someone else chimes in. LOL

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I can’t really scrub a residential window quick and easy with a large mop because there’s a lack of pressure problem. All I can do is wet it faster. Sometimes I use the 6" if it’s really bad or doing 6 over ones. Just me :open_mouth:

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