Here is the video of how I do the straight pull. You can’t see the line, but it’s thin and runs the entire distance I drew the squeegee. How do I get past it?
@Luke, @SimplyCleanKentucky. Any thoughts?
Wipe your squeegee before your next pull, see if that helps.
Feather at the top before your straight pull. You could also take a rag with your finger and run it across the top of the window. This can help reduce bleeding.
Tonight I tried a few other things. I did wipe the squeegee and I didn’t mop all the way to the top of the window, so there was a dry strip when I went to wipe. It helped, but didn’t cure the problem.
Is the rubber in your squeegee in good shape, if you get a small nick in them it can cause a line too.
Angle your second pull to the left towards the side of the window instead of the right, see if that helps.
Yeah, I’ve just used it a few times. Everyone makes such a big deal that that’s the first thing I check.
What do you mean by “Angle your second pull to the left towards the side of the window.”?
Instead of tilting to your squeegee down to the right do that but to the left so any water run off hits the side of the window seal not in the middle of the glass.
So tilt your left side end squeegee to the left just a smidge. That should carry any excess water to the side of the window.
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I’ll give it a try, but that’s not going to work. At least I don’t see how it would. If I want the water to come of the left hand side of the squeegee and I’m going from top to bottom I want the right hand side of the squeegee to be lower than the left hand side.
Ok…I’d try this. This is how I straight pull with hand tools. Wet the entire glass…even all the way to the top. Next dry a spot on the glass for the blade to make contact. I use my finger but use a dry towel. Should be like a half inch of dry glass. Next dry the blade and pull. Your next pull , with the dry towel dry the squeegee blade again. Make sure edge of the blade that will be on the “clean glass side” is thoroughly dry. Be sure the squeegee is tilted towards the frame you are working towards.
Okay you’re angling the squeegee correctly on the pull. However, when you finish your pull and lift the squeegee off the glass, turn the left side down as you raise it up for another pass. This keeps the water dripping off the left end of the squeegee (assuming your going let like in the video).
When on the glass the water will want to run up the squeegee. When off the glass gravity pulls the water down the squeegee.
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Fluff is going right to left. Left side of squeegee is up during the pull and then when he pulls off the squeegee the left side goes down as he raises for another pass. This keeps the water going to the left.
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In the video you posted you specifically said for miscellaneous reasons you dry the squeegee above the door for the final pull and don’t try to dry it at all when you’re doing any of the first pulls. What’s the deal?
Yeah, no kidding @JaredAI. Thanks a ton man. I had a job this morning and my pulls were coming out perfect and I had no idea why. This could be it.
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Because when I first start the blade is typically dry or dryer.