AquaGo!

The AguaGo! allows rapid filling of a bucket without having to lift it into the sink. Simply attach the rubber cap & the bucket can be filled safely on the ground. Another initiative from Ionics. Its ideal for filling at a small basin (that won't fit the bucket) without having to lift it into the sink.

Gutter Cleaning with the Looj

As an add-on, gutter cleaning seems to be making a lot of press around the forums. Heres a new product from i-robot Looj. Maybe it will end the days of servicing gutters for many window

cleaners? In many cases it will still take a ladder to place the robot in position, but it could end the days of over reaching from its 100 ft range remote control. Make sure you watch the video on their website, here are a couple of videos below of the Looj in action. Cleaning 60 ft of guttering in 10 minutes & 250 feet of guttering on one charge (15 hours), it can be submerged in up to a foot of water & prices start from $99. i robot founded in 1990 in Massachusetts also make robots for the government & have sold 2.5 million robots worldwide. It looks like its here to stay, check out the FAQ's.

Freddie Mercury as a Window Cleaner!

Its Sunday.........well its been a good day off, even though its turned Monday now. Thought I'd share a little insight into Freddies previous job as a window cleaner. Not really, this is a parody by an English singer/comedian who publishes on YouTube & who I can see will go on to greater things. Also check out his other impersonations: Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Elvis Costello, & my favourites: - Gerry Marsden , Bing Crosby & one of the best sound-a-like David Bowies . See all Stevie Riks' videos here.

Is Speed the key?

After the English window cleaner had a hit on various video sites with his shop & pub cleaning antics (first video). Now we have another imitator from the east (second video). Is quality an issue? Heck who cares....its great viewing.

Miraculous Messages from Water

Now bear with me on this one. Masaru Moto, a creative and visionary Japanese researcher has some interesting findings.. He says that the molecular structure of water is affected by human vibrational energy, thoughts, words, ideas and even music. What - like Prince Charles talking to the flowers sort of thing? Well now you get the jist.......

He goes on to show you how water changes when it has different music played to it, a prayer recited or even heavy metal music. Look at the pictures for the proof or watch the video. I encourage you to go his webpage, as frankly I can't do this guy justice.

So understanding this may be the key to the cleaning power of wfp water as well. So if you're making production water through your Reverse Osmosis" perhaps leave a Beethoven symphony on? Or next time before filling up your bucket & start cleaning windows, in the words of Aretha Franklin "Say a little prayer........."

Squeegee Bandit

Is window cleaning becoming hip in the film world? Another offering from New Zealand, but this time - cleaning windshields. Squeegee Bandit is a film that follows "Starfish", a Mäori man who survives by washing car windows at intersections on the mean streets of South Auckland, New Zealand. Apparently he is a "zen of window washing". We will see.................before you go, check out the shop.

You may have also noticed "Cuci", what looks like a B movie from the quality of the video put out by the Malaysians "Lazywood?". The comedy is about four window cleaners who dream of making it to the top of the window-cleaning league – by winning a contract to clean the windows of one of the most prominent buildings in the world (Kuala Lumpur towers). They soon enrol in the Window Washing Olympics (WW0) hosted by a famous Crown Enterprise. The WWO will give them the chance to bid for a cleaning contract at KLCC Twin Towers. The boys company “CUCI-CUCI SERVICES” will be up against WIRA MAJU INTERNATIONAL CLEANERS a company currently having the contract to clean KLCC Twin Towers. “CUCI” inserts a lot of action sequence with a light comedy twist.

It all started when actor Hans Isaac was stuck in a traffic jam in the city and saw a man cleaning the windows of a building. It prompted him to write the movie.

Window Cleaning School

I've just come back to add a few updates to this blog & noticed the google ads on this site. One of them labeled "window cleaning school" caught my attention. This Italian site has a blog using their own tools & some great pictures, but with no forwarding link to the shop! So I'll do this site a favour & stick it here. The tool looks stangely like a wagtail, but without the flip arm & pivotal handle. What did grab my attention was the smaller 7" version. As you know, some of the most hated jobs are doing "french", "cut-ups" or "colonial" windows. This being a squeegee & rubber blade in one - it could be handy for those that clean these type of windows regularly. Just look for the MagicGlass label below, to find stockists.