Hi,
can anybody recommend a good upvc cleaning product for frames which are a 
couple of years old and seem to have a "ingrained" dirt appearance.
Have tried the usual supermarket cleaners to no avail, just wondering what 
the professionals use (u.k. only) and where i can purchase it.

Many thanks,

Dave

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 16:14:59 GMT, "david green"
 babbled like a waterfall and said:


>Hi,
>can anybody recommend a good upvc cleaning product for frames which are a 
>couple of years old and seem to have a "ingrained" dirt appearance.
>Have tried the usual supermarket cleaners to no avail, just wondering what 
>the professionals use (u.k. only) and where i can purchase it.
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Dave 
>

The professionals use an abrasive cream type cleaner.

Cif will do it the same. Once you start though, you make a rod for
your back.

"david green"  wrote in message
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> Hi,
> can anybody recommend a good upvc cleaning product for frames which are a
> couple of years old and seem to have a "ingrained" dirt appearance.
> Have tried the usual supermarket cleaners to no avail, just wondering what
> the professionals use (u.k. only) and where i can purchase it.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Dave
>
>

Have recently bought a bottle of "Thompson's uPVC Restorer" from Focus (it's
a Ronseal product) for about a5 I think, and used it when redecorating to
freshen up the inside of a window frame, with a view to trying it on the
outside later in the Spring. It claims to remove ingrained dirt without
scratching. It worked fine on the inside, and when I tested it on a small
outside section it seemed to work OK without any obvious scratching - the
instructions recommend you work in small sections and buff the cleaned bits
as you go along.
HTH
Wilf

I used a solvent based cleaner a couple of years ago.
I seem to recall it was made by a company called Rhoda (?) I got it off a 
friend who used to manufacture UPVC window frames, it worked well but you 
had to really buff it off right afterwards.

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>
> "david green"  wrote in message
> news:7Sa8e.33946$pA6.7922@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
>> Hi,
>> can anybody recommend a good upvc cleaning product for frames which are a
>> couple of years old and seem to have a "ingrained" dirt appearance.
>> Have tried the usual supermarket cleaners to no avail, just wondering 
>> what
>> the professionals use (u.k. only) and where i can purchase it.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
> Have recently bought a bottle of "Thompson's uPVC Restorer" from Focus 
> (it's
> a Ronseal product) for about a5 I think, and used it when redecorating to
> freshen up the inside of a window frame, with a view to trying it on the
> outside later in the Spring. It claims to remove ingrained dirt without
> scratching. It worked fine on the inside, and when I tested it on a small
> outside section it seemed to work OK without any obvious scratching - the
> instructions recommend you work in small sections and buff the cleaned 
> bits
> as you go along.
> HTH
> Wilf
>
> 

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>
> "david green"  wrote in message
> news:7Sa8e.33946$pA6.7922@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
>> Hi,
>> can anybody recommend a good upvc cleaning product for frames which are a
>> couple of years old and seem to have a "ingrained" dirt appearance.
>> Have tried the usual supermarket cleaners to no avail, just wondering 
>> what
>> the professionals use (u.k. only) and where i can purchase it.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
> Have recently bought a bottle of "Thompson's uPVC Restorer" from Focus 
> (it's
> a Ronseal product) for about a5 I think, and used it when redecorating to
> freshen up the inside of a window frame, with a view to trying it on the
> outside later in the Spring. It claims to remove ingrained dirt without
> scratching. It worked fine on the inside, and when I tested it on a small
> outside section it seemed to work OK without any obvious scratching - the
> instructions recommend you work in small sections and buff the cleaned 
> bits
> as you go along.
> HTH
> Wilf



I used Flash with bleach on some old UPC windows. They came back to white 
with a little elbow grease.I used kitchen roll to apply it and there were no 
scratches.

Adam