Skip to main content

Continue Combined Cleaning for Thorough Surface Preparation

2:35
7:52
9.1K views

At 2:35 in

Easy paint removal cloth. Crocodile Cloth for removing old paint.

What happens here

The painter continues the cleaning process by systematically working across the window frames and surrounding vinyl siding. He alternates between using the Linbide scraper for any remaining thick paint spots and the 'Crocodile Cloths' for broader cleaning, adhesive removal, and addressing 'tannin bleed' stains. He highlights the durability and long-lasting moisture of the wipes, allowing a single wipe to be used effectively across multiple areas and even for removing long-standing adhesive that has been on the surface for over 20 years. This combined approach ensures a thorough and clean preparation of the vinyl surfaces.

Goal: Achieve a completely clean and prepared vinyl surface for painting.

Tools and materials

  • Crocodile Cloths
  • Linbide Scraper

What they say

Hide

wipe it i'm just going to wipe this down and i'll let that dry the paint comes off a lot faster with the linbide scraper once again we got more adhesive on corner right here i'll get my paint off big globs of paint on here first scrape this off it's good to use a nice sharp blade when doing this so don't use an old lin by blade that's all nicked and dinged up use a new one so it gives you a nice clean scrape you can see that adhesive on here this is just going to make the job look a lot cleaner the paint job a lot cleaner in the end these crocodile cloths they stay wet quite a while they're super big you could turn it over use different areas one side a little bit rougher than the other side you can see how this is gonna look a lot nicer there now the adhesives been on there for over 20 years you can see how that cloth crocodile cloth took it right off simple and easy these windows are going to look way better by just spinning you know five minutes on a window cleaning this off for the customer let's go we're trying to increase the value of this house significantly and these little steps we want this house to be worth fifty thousand dollars more when we're done painting it just like that nice thing about this cloth is i can just keep using it from window to window because it stays stay so wet you can see how large these things are too so i can keep um way bigger than your standard wipe these things are cloths but a lot of people refer to these type of things as wipes even with being on there for so many years you can see it still comes off and you'll see we got some like tannin bleed coming down right here let's see just wipe wipes that tan and bleed right off simple and easy so i'm still working on this window um i've worked on two windows now just give you an idea i'm still using the same cloth it's still still wet it's it hasn't torn all apart super tough super tough cloth a lot of the wipes or cloths i've used in the past they just dry out too fast they don't have enough liquid or we call juice crocodile cloth has just the right amount of juice clean that this window's almost done just like that final one so the combination of my lin-bide scraper and crocodile claws just made these windows look a lot better

Auto-generated from the video audio.