November 26, 2011 | Author: Mike Thornton | Posted in Small Business
Whether you are a professional window cleaner or just have to clean your own windows at home, you know the importance of good window cleaning equipment. If you buy quality products then you will be able to clean efficiently and do quality work. After buying equipment for twenty years for my husband and our eight window cleaning employees, I can tell you the best equipment to get. You may be in for some surprises when it comes to what you need.
Buckets: Window cleaners may use standard 5 gallon buckets or special rectangular ones. While it is largely a matter of personal preference here, the rectangular buckets offer an ergonomic handle, better balance of the water and accommodate long squeegees better. If you have back problems, switch hands each time you pick up the bucket to even the pull on your back. A bucket on a belt offers a more even pull by clipping to the belt. It holds enough water for a single window and is easily transported.
Sponge or Wetter: To clean the window, you must spread the cleaning solution onto the window. Natural sea sponges have a long history of use and are good for tight corners and crevices. Some cleaners prefer the synthetic yellow sponges and others may prefer a fabric wetter. The wetter can be attached to the end of a pole and is ideal for large glass surfaces.
Lint-free towels: Professionals choose lint free towels. These include cloth diapers, chamois, or huck towels. Huck towels are the blue towels that doctors use on their instrument trays during surgery. Once used they are sanitized and recycled for use in cleaning. Lint free towels must be washed and dried separate from other clothes or they will pick up lint.
Squeegee: This is a very important tool, so you want to make sure that you purchase a quality Ettore squeegee from a professional cleaning supply company and not a hardware store. Sorry to say, that you can not be cheap on this important product. You will be glad that you paid the extra money for a good squeegee in the end. You can buy many sizes to suit all of your needs. The bigger they are, the harder they are to use though.
Rubber Blades, aka rubbers, (don’t laugh, they are really called rubbers): These funny nicknamed products are the blade for the squeegee. Good window cleaners will change their rubbers at least once a day.
I hope that these tips will help you. Enjoy cleaning!
Source: http://articlesentinel.com/business/small-business/learn-all-about-window-cleaning-equipment
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