No Dange they’re the same. The Brush Mark has and the Brush I have are identical except mine has cleaned a million more windows:p I mean once they get worked in they are even better then new.
Mark’s Brush. Brand new by the looks of it.
My brushes. USED by still perfect to use even though it looks like one got bleached?
Then Tonys brush.
I’ve also had to get creative on what to do with the brush at teh top of a ladder. Once I broke a porch lamp because it fell. I’m also testing my luck by balancing it on the top of my ladder boots when there is a glass patio table beneath me, LOL.
But Mark pm’d me, I think it was the same day he got his brush. He went to a dollar store and made a Boab. I was like what? I’ve been at for decades and he makes a boad in an afternoon.
So I went to the damn dollar store and just walked around… then left with nothing:( Now I saw his video so I’ll copy that… Man, I even broken brushes (well I think I did it once for sure) because we’ll wet the window then throw them down on the grass but you miss and hit the cement:(
As for that hole. I’ve never used it and I wouldn’t want to use it in a chair though it would be safer. I don’t think I’ve ever dropped a brush doing a drop, or a squeegee. The thing is I brush with both hands and squeegee with both hands. And suction cup with both hands:D
Tony I really envy your weather. We just got 94 cms of snow in the last week here in Winterpeg.
Besides it not being the same brush, we (you and me) don’t use our brush the same way. I would have leaned a step, brushed both windows by hand, squeegee then chamois.
You metioned something about it not holding water as well as a strip washer. I’m not sure which holds more, I’ve never compared but a brush can hold a TON of water. You mentioned it’s only good for one window then it’s only damp the next. Not so. I regularly leave my pail in the front of a 1 story house and do three sides just carrying my brush in one hand and a 16’ or step in the other. Or lets say you’re on a 40 stage. You’re outside don’t have to worry about dripping. Get a brush full of water and even flick some out so you don’t drip all over the stage and you can do all your windows 20 feet worth. Brush and squeegee. On the ground, on commercial jobs with easy to reach windows. I’ll get a brush full of water, leave my pail. I’ll hit each window with the brush just to leave a bit of water on it and I’ll keep doing that till the brush starts running out. It might be 15 windows. Then I brush and squeegee all the windows on the way back to my pail. You can do this because you’ve some water on each of the windows. and btw, You brush the window squeegee it then run along the bottom ledge with the brush (it acts like a sponge).
That’s how you can do things on the outside, when you can be careless with water.
On the inside, different story. Once these brushes are worked in, if you keep the amount of water in it properly it will NEVER drip. Same technique as a strip washer right? A strip washer will drip if it’s too wet, so will a brush. So the trick is to flick the water out of your brush before you go inside (you can do it inside to you just have to be more careful.) From then on you Do Not put you brush in your pail you just dip in the corner when you need some water. Soon as you brush the window all that extra water gets distributed evenly in the brush. Now that I think about it, you can use your spray bottle technique as well, you can spray the brush or spray the window then brush the windows so it gets even in your brush. I even use it as a rough sponge on the bottom ledge to get most of the water or I’ll sometimes catch water with it while squeegeeing.
Gosh I’m blushing, thanks.:o
Great video Tony. It seems like brushes may be making a come back? So your powder also removes stubborn marks & not just for hard water stains!
Thanks Karl.
Mike - I gave the results based on my experience w/ the brush. As Mark said he found a similar problem w/ it holding enough water. As I said I don’t carry around a bucket anymore so that is a real issue. I also avoid ladder work as much as possible (for safety reasons) so a brush would have to fit on a pole. I gave it a genuine go but it doesn’t fit the way we clean. I realize your bristles are a bit stiffer than the brush I was using but Mark still found windows that needed something more. As far as I can tell the bristle concentration of your brush and the one I was using are the same so the only way for me to get more water on the window w/ the brush would be to go back to using a bucket and dipping it over and over again. Add to that I just don’t trust it inside. Not just the dripping but I found the brush flicks water when scrubbing and I just can’t risk that on the homes we clean. I understand it works for you and may for others but it’s just not feasible for my company.
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Hey Mikie…
The hole I’m talking about isn’t seen on the brush Mark displayed in his video…On that one there are 2 small holes at both ends which might work with a hook on a squeegee holster, but awfully narrow and there may be a problem hooking it because you do it by feel not sight. You know what I mean…Like after you get the muscle memory from putting your squeegee in its holster without looking but just by feel…EH !
The hole I pointed out, you’ll find on a boar hair brush (the hole must be all the way through) where you can insert a pole, and it’s about 3/4" wide right in the center edge. Now that hole makes for a good hook point and to be hanging off your rear when working off a ladder it creates a third hand.
Also using it (the hook) doing chair-work isn’t a good Idea, as you well know, putting it (brush) in your bucket works just fine and is safer!
It’s good to see the respectful recognition your getting here Mikie, you deserve it and your a pretty square guy with a lot of good input from the real type of individual that you are, congratulations !
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Just A Dange…
Frozen Pre-Stuffed Turkeys for the win. They turn out pretty good even though you start cooking them while they’re frozen. (Our Thanksgiving was last month)
to mike the window cleaner - please tell more about THE SONS OF ETTORE , the very name sounds ace , who are/were they etc
I’ll have to defer you to Mr. Dangerous but if you need info on who is Darth Vaders son, let me know:p
