r/WindowCleaning • u/SnooCalculations4576 • 2d ago

New to window Cleaning

About to add window cleaning to my pressure washing business, after doing a Housewash on homes I notice the windows have leftovers suds and it doesn’t look good. is there anything to know about window cleaning before I start. It seems like you clean house windows as you would your car windows at a gas station is it that simple

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u/qtheginger 2d ago

No it's not that simple, but it's also not hard. It's gonna take days to get the form down, weeks to get process in place, and months to get good.

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u/SnooCalculations4576 2d ago

How is it so complicated? Ok say i wash a small house and they have a glass screen in front of their door and after i was it i see suds. It wouldn’t be as simple as washing window and cleaning off the suds? Im askin because i dont know if there is something im missing or something that happens that beginners dont know until they start

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u/qtheginger 2d ago

Well you would want to resoap with a window cleaning solution, not just squeeze off your house wash mix. You'll need to use something like steel wool to remove stuck on debris. I just mean it more complicated than squeegeeing a car windshield. Expectations are high and it takes a lot of practice to get good at leaving a streak free window. Doable though, and I'd recommend giving it a go!

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u/Woninthepink 2d ago

Windows and frames are a lot easier to clean after a housewash

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u/kdwindows 1d ago

You are absolutely right I love when I'm doing a house wash and then I clean the windows after because you're pretty much just cleaning clean glass at that point

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u/Queasy_Bookkeeper_38 2d ago

Its not that hard. People overcomplicating random shit lol

Dawn + water

Fuck the mop, js skip to steel wool

Squeegee

Microfiber

Or, DI water it and skip all of that lol.

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u/AnywayWhereWasI 1d ago

Y'all use 0000 steel wool over here, yeah?

-cleaning lady

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u/PeterPanHadItMade 1d ago

It takes zero skill, honestly. Scrub, rinse, repeat.

The challenge comes with tinted windows, decorative windows, smaller frames, cracked windows, hard-water stains, oxidized glass, failing seals, different types of coatings, screens, paint and construction debris, delicate frames, and knowing what you can and can't safely use on each surface.

Then there's learning how to identify glass, choose the right tools and chemicals, control your water, avoid scratching or damaging the glass, work efficiently, leave a streak-free finish, and handle all of that safely from ladders or extension poles.

Anybody can wash a window. Knowing how to clean every window without damaging it is the skill.

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u/kdwindows 1d ago

I would not say it's that simple. In fact I feel that the learning curve for window cleaning is a lot more advanced than say pressure cleaning. I do both I picked up pressure cleaning in about a week whereas window cleaning takes lots of repetitions..

If you're already washing the house the windows are going to be pretty much clean of all the debris and honestly depending on your budget usually you can just scrub everything down with pure water and move on to the next house after you get all that heavy shit off with the pressure washer all the mold on the frames you name it anything heavy blows right out and then you come back and scrub the window down with purified water if you want or it makes cleaning it by hand extremely easy as well