Help with "vertical fanning"

Really funny series! Wonder what happened to him?

Arrrgahhh matey. Ye leaving dem lines and streaks all over me glass. To the plank wid ya!

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For some reason i was imagining that in a Jamaican accent.

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Iā€™m sure historically there were plenty of Jamaican pirates.

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Aye mon. You be leaving em streaks on de glass

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Iā€™ve been trying to remedy this issue for a while. I believe itā€™s what others have mentioned about the final turn. There is less room for your last turn which makes it tricky. I find I have to do a wider turn so that when I start to pull the squeegee down, it is nearly vertical on the last pull. If I feel like I left a line, Iā€™ll bring the squeegee down a little ways to lubricate it then back up to try again.

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If your motion is quick and smooth you eliminate most if not all of these problems.

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Check 37 second mark.

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How often do you change your rubber @WVWindowWashing?

It variesā€¦usually if it starts leaving lines or otherwise not performing up to my expectations.

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Iā€™m thinking they were mostly slaves

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Like 2 days, 3 days, 2 weeks? Just curious. Thinking rubber this morning. Lol

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Dailey

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2 or 3 days to me. Iā€™m cheapā€¦

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I asked this question many years ago when I was being trained. The answer I got wasā€¦ " anything from 1 minute to a month" :slight_smile:

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What @anon35812390 said, honestly lol. But maybe once a week on average? Tbh i donā€™t really pay attention. Just whenever i need to i do it.

Replacing it sooner than later pays way better than dicking around with a worn one.

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It definately has potential to limit mistakes

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I finally got it!

I recently discovered the secret to not leaving a mark at the top of the last stroke when vertically fanning, ironically, while doing regular fanning. I had noticed that while the dreaded triangle smear that sometimes happens on the final stroke can indeed be caused by turning to sharply, itā€™s actually more likely caused by the channel slightly tapping the frame and shedding water. Once i became more attentive to that detail my close-outs improved greatly. Today, I got the idea to watch out for that in the last pass of a vertical fanā€¦and it worked! Apparently, I was always hitting the frame when i turned the squeegee for the downstroke. Made sure not to do that and didnā€™t leave any water today.

Now, it remains to be seen if it will continue to work, so hopefully it wasnā€™t too soon to report my results. But previously i had only gotten the vertical fan to work flawlessly twice ever in two seasons. Today, it worked window after window with ease, so i have a good feeling about this.

Yet another point to add to the collection of subtle details you just donā€™t pick up as a newb watching YouTube.

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I wrote this 29 days ago in the bad night of practicing topic and you liked it, did it only ā€œclickā€ month later :stuck_out_tongue:

Triangles at the bottom is the reason many window cleaners fan 90% of the window then straight pull the bottom coz no matter how hard they try they cant get rid of the triangles, the reason the triangle formed is that the squeegee, the turn was not fluid and its likely you are hitting the corner causing a bounce as you turn leaving a triangle looking mark.

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