Saturday, 10 October 2009

Pure Water Window Cleaning, What Are The Benefits?

By Nathan Colwell

In london and other cities in the UK window cleaning firms will more than likely use a water fed pole or reach and wash system to clean at heights otherwise considered too risky to get to via tradditional ladder access.

Contrary to what some window cleaners believe, it is not against the law in the UK to use ladders for short periods of time.

A lot of window cleaners misunderstand Health and Safety laws this is partly due to the way it has been comunicated from the powers that may be.

But what are the benefits of pure water and the reach and wash sytem and can I be sure that it works?

H2O, Aqua or Water is constructed from one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms existing as two ions charged in water.

Water purification will remove all impurities in the water this includes all minerals and as a result when the pure water evaporates from a glass surface it leaves non of the trace mineral deposits that common tap water would, but this is not the only benefit of using pure water to clean windows.

Very few people realise that pure water behaves almost like a solvent, as it fights to return back to its naturaly impure state the water absorbs dirt on a molecular level.

Simply put, when purified water flows over a surface, it actually dissolves and absorbs all potential substances and because the final rinse is also pure water when left to dry naturally it leaves a streak-free surface behind.

Light brushing with a monofilament brush attached to a carbon composite pole that feeds pure water up to heights of up to 70 foot will ensure streak free clean windows with out the high risk and high cost methods of past.

A leading window cleaning company in London use a rain repellent product called Hydrostorm that is added to the pure water supply leaving a thin layer of marine polymer on the glass after the water has evaporated and dried. This rain repellent surface or hydrophobic treatment keeps glass surfaces clean for up to four times as long.

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