How do you all deal with heavy pollen?

Pure Water
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First off, I’m not a professional, I do not clean windows for a living, but I AM a gifted amateur who has more money than brains.

I’ve watched several videos and the one thing that comes to mind each time I see waterfed pole cleaning is “How the hell do you guys and gals deal with heavy pollen in the air”? I mean, around this neck of the woods where I live… when pollen is rearing it’s ugly head, I just can’t see how WFP cleaning would work…

Before ya’ll get yer knickers in a twist, I have to say I tip my hat to you folks who make a living of this business. I don’t care what business it is… skilled handwork is skilled handwork, and those who can do it, deserve a tip of the hat and my admiration.

Regards

Christian aka

Kaptain “Champion of lost causes” Zero

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Pollen is not a difficult thing to clean off of glass imo. Its years or grime, bird droppings etc. Wfp will be great for pollen. With trad tools the mop tends to collect it and then your smearing it on all the glass. When you go to wash out the mop in your bucket your water is then destroyed quickly. Wfp is ideal for pollen imo.

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I didn’t mean cleaning it off but rather avoiding pollen sticking to the window just after cleaning them… When the pollen flies here, a wet window turns into a blotchy yellow window in a matter of minutes.

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I’ve never had it be an issue here …but maybe the amount of pollen is different. :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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Yes, after 7 months of winter, nature is probably in a hurry in the spring. There are days when I think it might be nice to live down south…

Thanks for the reply, it was as I figured… Just don’t use WFP for the week or two when pollen is extra heavy.

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Yes the pollen in the air will attach to the water droplets and leave spots in green. Being from the Deep South we always had to touch up on some jobs during the springtime. Never had that problem in other areas of the country I have worked in. The pine pollen is the heaviest.

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Just been through spring down here in New Zealand and when it’s windy the pollen from the pine trees is unreal. so I only WFP first thing in the morning when there’s no wind, by late morning I’ll do all jobs by hand and then pick up the wfp again latter in the day when the wind dies down. Thankfully it’s only for a few weeks but it does make a difference if you wfp in the wind as the polled will stick to the clean water on the windows.