Vancouver Window Cleaning Like A Professional
April 5, 2011 | Business, Marketing
To clean windows like a professional you will need the right tools, especially if your home has more than one story.
The right tools
You will need to first locate the right window cleaning tools including ladders or as the professionals do it a Tucker Pole (Tucker Pole is a water fed pole that can be extended to reach up to three stories. Next make sure to purchase or locate quality squeegee, applicator, scraper, window bucket, and microfiber wipe cloth. Your squeegee should be a 10″ to 16″ professional quality brass or stainless steel squeegee, depending on the size of windows you’ll be cleaning.
Window cleaning can be done at any time and anywhere, the optimal weather condition would be a cool, cloudy (but not rainy) day. This may be difficult in locations like Arizona. You never want to wash windows in direct sunlight or on a very hot window because they’ll dry out too fast and leave streaks. If this is the type of climate you have to work with you should consider spraying the window with cool water prior to cleaning and try to stay out of the direct sun light while cleaning your windows.
Once you have the tools and weather conditions, fill your window cleaning bucket with cool or lukewarm water (never hot) and add a small amount of dishwashing soap. Wipe away any cobwebs or debris on or around the window. Dip the squeegee into the bucket and run your hand across to get rid of any excess liquid. Wet the window and scrub. The window will begin to feel clean when it is done, as it will no longer have any rough patches. If you need to use a scraper to get rid of stubborn spots, be sure that the window is wet – never scrape a dry window.
Streak Free Window Cleaning
To ensure that you won’t leave any streaks when cleaning, try and maintain a dry rubber blade. Place this blade against the top of the window, and pull down smoothly, using your microfiber rag to dry your blade between each stroke. Repeat this process until the window is complete, being sure to overlap the dry edge of the squeegee with the dry portion of the window in order to prevent drips and streaks. To complete the window cleaning, you need to do one final stroke from left to right at the very bottom of the window. Use a dry microfiber cloth and run it around the edges of the window to soak up any remaining drips.
Your ability and speed will improve over time as you continue to develop the window washing technique that works best for you, other advanced techniques such as the swirl allow one step cleaning without having to stop and wipe your squeegee between strokes.
You now have a sparkling clean window!
In our next article we will discuss more about the Tucker or water fed pole method for window cleaning.
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Written By: Brendan Huff
Marketing Director AcroTech Cleaning Systems Inc.
This article was written by: Brendan Huff
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