Hi all
Looking forward to Spring ...
... when I come to clean the white-work(?) of our new porch, built last year, is there anything that can be recommended to clean it well? Or do I just use car shampoo or something similar?
Of course I'm aware that various specialist cleaners exist, and indeed I'm happy to buy one of them, but I'm wondering if they are simply expensive "snake oil".
TIA, John
I use warm water with a little washing up liquid, and a sponge. Don't use anything abrasive.
There is a PVC cleaner you can get from your local PVC stockist (probably on a local industrial estate). Might be useful if you have any stubburn marks after first washing, and it's used by installers to remove any dirty finger marks, but probably not suitable for the annual wash.
article,
And it stinks to high heaven. I was given some when I worked at the school after a new classroom was built. At first, I kept it in the cleaners room, but I soon had to put it in an outside store because of the smell.
Dave
They are excellent. Around £5 for a litre. It really does make upvc come up like new. I tried the 'No-nonsense' one from Screwfix, but found that wasnt as good as the one I get from my local plastic supplier. Cannot recall the brand now. Alan.
cream cleaner and a soft cloth. For greasy finger marks another option is diesel or paraffin. Never use anything that isnt soft, pvc is far from a hard material.
NT
cream cleaner and a soft cloth. For greasy finger marks another option is diesel or paraffin. Never use anything that isnt soft, pvc is far from a hard material.
NT
But not Cif as it has abrasive stuff in it.
Cream cleaners have chalk powder as a soft abrasive, its not hard enough to damage plastics.
NT
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