High-Rise Window Cleaning Tools: Types of Squeegees

Video Transcript

"My name is Jason, I'm with Hi-Tech Window Cleaning and in this segment I'm going to show you different types of squeegees that we use in our line of work. The first thing that we use that most people use nowadays, and it's somewhat new, within the last ten years or so, it's made by Sorbo, and it's actually a very thick channel, you can basically drop it off of a five story building, and it'll retain its shape. A lot of problems with channels is they'll bend, you don't really realize it and it doesn't clean the glass effectively. Another thing about Sorbo, is it has different levels for the rubber to go into. You can actually trim the rubber down with a specialty cutter and move the rubber up. It's also important to have your clips in, on the ends, and that holds the rubber where you need it to be. A lot of people prefer to have it flush with the edge, a lot of people like a quarter of an inch overhang. It's really up to the person, and what kind of windows you're doing, types of frames, the way the rubber seals are, things of that nature. As you use it, you can move it however it works best for you. It also swivels and that helps when you're doing pole work and I'll get to that later. And, I'll continue in the next step."