I normally stay away from the normal shop talk stuff… to be honest, it makes me yawn 99% of the time.
This time I’ve got a comment to make and I know I am going to speak blasphemy and probably even get some of my well respected friends on here going after me… that’s ok, I can take it…
It’s been slow on the threads this winter and I have fallen into watching a lot of these guys cleaning storefront windows on YouTube…
and I have to say… I’m laughing at the way you guys clean windows.
Am I the only one who think all that S-Curve crap is inefficient as hell?
The time it takes these guys to clean with or with out a pole… I could have that window cleaned and detailed with straight pulls or side to side pulls in half the time. Especially with side to side pulls… You have less detailing and it goes atleast 2x faster.
There was a Youtube video of a window cleaner about 6-7 years ago (I cant find it) where he tested which method was fastest and left less detailing. The results showed that side to side cleaning was hands down the best overall.
I mean I will give all you guys style points… too bad you can’t convert them to $$$
Didn’t @danwagner make that video for WCR? I know every time I search for it I can’t find it, but every once in a while it pops up on my recommended list.
I experimented with wagtails and excelorator for a while. I agree @Kyle a lot of it has style points, but I feel we’re faster with the straight pulls. I have limited my use of those tools with a pole down to two commercial jobs that make absolute sense in using them.
Imo there are so many factors it’s hard to definitively say one method is always faster than the other. And any time there’s a comparison video someone inevitably says, “but yeah that guy just prefers method x, that’s why he could do it faster.” Personally, my aim is to excel at both and then use whichever i feel is most appropriate to the situation. I’m not biased to any technique, i just want to get the job done well as quickly as possible and make money.
Here’s an idea: how about at this year’s big convention everyone puts their money where the mouth is in a friendly competition?
I’m really starting to like this guy. I haven’t watched any of his videos in full (jump skip though them - jazz hands). Don’t really care what he says… it’s just fun to watch negative reactions.
Like watching the entire french air force crash into a fireworks factory.
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