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[@mrglasswindowwashing]

What I hate about other window cleaners is underbidding all the companies so low they drop the price across the board toward no one makes any money and they work so hard on ladders every day people should be setting the standards high not low

[@tfazio762]

I have been trying to figure out prices, just starting out with window cleaning, the main thing is what is the price difference between maintenance cleaning and construction cleanup.

[@thetoking_6128]

It's true... damn you bucket bobs!

[@OneManParade]

That's what the invasion of illegal aliens is doing all trades.

[@macgyverbryan1377]

@@tfazio762 the difference is the time it takes, route s maintenance and construction cleans require extra time and tools. Price for your worth and experience. High volume low profit is working harder not smarter.

[@JAGTV-zc1sz]

Totally agree, I never undercut another cleaners price! It’s doesn’t benefit any of us.

[@jlbleeker]

Dammit, I do windows already for 18 years......and I actually learned something from this video. Thanks SteveO, you are a great teacher.

[@kubraayaz4820]

Yes ı m

[@wolfrem1991]

you weren't cleaning frames for 18 years?

[@DJ-Coma]

@@wolfrem1991 they were probably referring to a technique they saw in the video. There’s a lot more in it than just “clean the frames”

[@jbraz8]

I've been doing this for about 10 years out here in Canada and after watching this video I've realized that all my gear is wack! I've got some serious updating to do. Look forward to seeing more videos bud, thanks

[@KyeHortonNinjaWindowCleaning]

I’ve been starting from the side and detailing the arching streak when it happens. Thanks for teaching me the way 😂

[@miketheglassguy7568]

Thanks for taking the time to do these videos man 🙏! Before my first day cleaning windows i watched one of your videos and I’m proud to say Im finally confident in what I do now. Thanks again keep em coming

[@aarontrujillo9892]

my greatest selling technique is to point out the access water that never gets wiped down on doors or the drips from not detailing the tops great video Steve to do stuff the right way live the videos

[@bradleykurz1478]

Youre absolutely right. Makes a huge difference with a fresh rubber

[@ericrodgers]

Great video! I used to pull commercial windows half way then fan the test but start at the left instead of the center. I always had that large streak. After watching your videos I’ve started in the center. All the other techniques you mentioned I’ve already do

[@johnboehmer6683]

Why stop half way on a section that ends waist high, like he does? So much quicker and easier to just finish on down to the frame, and you lose nothing in the quality of the job after detailing, which you have to do either way.

[@ContactWindowCleaning]

All good points. I do pull down too because its quicker and more efficient, but I cut my edges and tap out water. I think your technique is great and the quality is there so in the end that's what counts.

[@brents1643]

I do everything that you do. I knew 0 about cleaning windows and now I'm getting jobs left and right

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

Thats awesome!! Great work

[@mrglasswindowwashing]

Your employees never know how much work you have booked for the month and the months ahead. Sometimes they quit thinking you don’t have enough work for the next weeks and months because they don’t know the schedule you have in place they out think their self into another job in later wish they stayed this happens a lot sometimes in the beginning of the season you knock out a bunch of work and then you get slow and that’s when you lose your good people and then you get piled with all the work you had planned and have to start fresh with new employees this is very popular in the window cleaning business

[@andyjcoop]

I use a tiny squeegy specifically for wiping soap off of ledges and frames, works so so well and saves my rags getting too damp

[@jamesrobinson1022]

I use a sponge for sills and ledges. When I do straight pulling but can't go all the way to bottom in one swipe I will drop it to the bottom corner. Normally two straight down pulls to each bottom corner then one side swipe to finish it off.

[@OscarMartinez-on5ek]

Hi I just started my business this week and the video really help me thanks man.

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

Oscar Martinez great glad I could help Oscar

[@porigez]

hey boss.great vid. what squeegee and applicator brand do you suggest for residential. further, what rags do you recommend

[@JBIRD575]

Good video...

[@joeychaparro702]

Also what was that swivel tool you were using on that upper window, it looked like you moped and then squeegeed with the same tool almost like a back flip but I looked way thinner.

[@jason-ian-Van-Sloten]

Great video. Very important to clean the frames. Question i have Steve is ..what brand and model buckets do you use that has a lid on.. and i see you also use normal round buckets. When do you use the round ones and when do you use the square ones? And what size and brand are the square ones?

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

jason sloten I use the pulex 6 gallon buckets, pretty much all the 6 gallon buckets work really well. Pulex, ettore, unger, moerman. I’ve had them all and they are all great

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

jason sloten windowcleaner.com/pulex-bucket-set?pt=MY

[@carlossaldua5298]

Awesomeness! Can you give us a close up on your tennis ball protector. And what pole adapter do you recommend for swivel tools? I and currently using a wooden cone adapter with my moroman swivel. It sucks because it allows the squeegee to rotate and I lose the control... :/

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

Organic Green Window Clean cut a cross in the tennis ball and will fit on the bottom of your pole to protect it from hitting anything. I would get the unger opti loc pole if your using swivel tools, it will hold the handle better then anything else. I don’t use any angle adapters

[@carlossaldua5298]

@@SteveOthewindowcleaner Awesomeness, I will do all that!!!

[@AMindInOverdrive]

0:18 - feel the burrrnnnnn!! LOL

[@dustinbrown2122]

I'm looking for ideas/suggestions for removing tape/sticker residue from the inside storefront windows, can't just use steel wool like I normally would for the outside of the glass.

[@joshuahall3622]

thinner

[@stevewitherspoon7081]

Excellent,thank you for the tip! I’m just starting out and these cleared up some of my questions.

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

Steve Witherspoon glad I could help STEVE

[@g-manm2305]

Is there a certain soap or.chemical to use or not to use when cleaning tinted windows?

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

I find dawn to be the best

[@FallenFlag9]

Pro tips right here 👌

[@waynetec13]

So, when I try to use a swivel on a pole, I have trouble with controlling the squeegee up high, so I have to do straight pulls. How do you control a swivel on a pole? (I use Sorbo Squeegee channels with an Unger handle, if that makes a difference to the advice.) Edit: I also use an Unger extension pole

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

WayneTec it takes time to get used to swivel on a pole but all I can say is keep on practicing, that’s the only way to get used to it

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

For fanning on a pole I would suggest the Moerman excelerator or wagtail highflyer

[@waynetec13]

@@SteveOthewindowcleaner thanks, man! Your channel is probably the most informative out there. You break it down in the real world.

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

WayneTec thank you 🙏

[@markreynolds1112]

any body knw what to add to yor solution to make it shine like a star?

[@christophercabello8765]

What kind of Dawn do you use. I use Unger but I find it doesn't have enough dirt removing capabilities

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

Just regular dawn, the platinum has to much suds

[@christophercabello8765]

@@SteveOthewindowcleaner what is your ratio.

[@danielmann5427]

We do window exactly the same. I might be faster. lol Can I hire you? I need lots of help here in the bay area.

[@peterthepakeha2799]

Your a machine, welldone from nz

[@macgyverbryan1377]

I've seen the old pull down on all the pole windows, a smear on the top and a line every 18 inches.

[@graemewillis1413]

In fairness, theres a bit of skill in even doing a decent pull down.

[@thewindozer]

Steve, I was with ya....UNTIL 3:12. LOL, guilty as charged sometimes on the very bottom transom window. If the frame is clean, I will hit it with squeegee after. It's a habit ...like detailing (WITH ONE FINGER on the huck!) You speak like someone who does a lot of commercial and it shows-- good stuff and I hope people watching pay attention. I would do those jobs about the same exact way. Efficiently. One trick I've grown to like it after you mop the window, use a Huck towel to hit the top of the sill-- when you stick it (Again, I use a Ledger so I always have that gap to close out the sills about 95 percent of the time) you will not leave a line and detailing is at a minimum. I do cutups that way as well instead of the motion (what everyone calls fanning I guess, I say motion or S move), depends on the windows. Great video man

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

Yea totally depends on the glass as far as what techniques i use, on cut ups I use to fan them but now I hardly do them inside cause I hate it so I send the minions inside and do the outside with WFP LOL But the technique of wiping the top before doing a straight pull helps a lot, fanning on small french panes can leave a lot of marks behind especially when looking at the glass when the sun is shining through. This video was a fun one to make.

[@Shane_TWC_Ninja]

Yes hearing guys say they only change there rubber once a month or ever few weeks is like nails on a chalk board to Me 😂 I change mine daily and always will it makes all the difference. CHANGE YOUR DAMN RUBBERS STOP BEING CHEAP‼️😂😂😂

[@johnboehmer6683]

I agree you lose the silky smooth glide in 8 hours of washing, but in my experience, there is absolutely no detrimental effect until sometime around the 40 hour mark. At that point you have to start applying extra pressure, then start leaving streaks, etc. But 4 or 5 days works just fine, and now at around $6 a pop, that's really cutting into your profit unnecessarily. But that first-day smoothness really does keep momentum rolling, I get it, to a point...

[@Shane_TWC_Ninja]

@@johnboehmer6683 I think it all depends on the brand rubber you use also, the facelift last forever but the black diamond is only really good for a day or 2 depending on what’s on the windows, paint chips, big grime, somethings with chip the rubber causing it to leave a very thing line but I’m a perfectionist and the money you make on 1 average size house will cover your rubber cost for most the season if not all of the season. So it all depends on what you charge per window and what type of rubbers you use. Thank you for knowledge i appreciate it. 🤙🏼

[@mrglasswindowwashing]

Everyone you train becomes your competitor always remember that so pick your people well so you don’t have to train 500 competitors

[@jbraz8]

So what you're saying is higher like Walmart does LOL

[@danielmann5427]

Hire slow, fire fast

[@mrglasswindowwashing]

When you do storefront windows whatever your prices it should average from $50-$100 an hour when you average out all your store fronts and when I say 50 that is your minimum did you try not to go there you should go 90 to $100 her our store fronts can be harder to get that kind of money I see if you’re in the area we have a lot of people competing when I first started my storefront I had 20 window cleaners with in one month there was three window cleaners me and to others another words I knocked out all the wannabes in only the professionals stayed in business you always want professionals and you want to knock out the wannabes they don’t belong in the business

[@joeychaparro702]

The only thing I hate is the towel the pole to get the upper drips from the frames. I actually prefer the Unger microfiber pads. Never use them to clean the window but to absorb those drips and after everything's done I go over them with a towel to dry them so I can reuse them. My company claims it makes us look unprofessional but I'm using it for a single purpose not to cut a corner and clean it's it.

[@blakenoble9468]

That's a good idea actually, it agrivates me having so many towels on me and always that time it gets wet and hangs down wiping part of the window when drying.

[@cruseboomerangeffect]

Do you guess host any seminars?!

[@cornbread144]

When guys say you gotta clean your ledges then use a big ass bath towel to wipe them. then there’s anywhere from a 1” to 3” steak across the bottom of all their windows..

[@nicksresidentialservices1377]

where are you from Steve O? thanks for the vid

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

Hey I’m from Boulder, Colorado

[@nicksresidentialservices1377]

SteveO The Window Cleaner Beautiful place. I replied to your other video was wondering if you could help me

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

Nick's Residential Services where you from?

[@johnsonwilson140]

Get an R O System, much faster and much cleaner. Keep the traditional work for indoors

[@karlburmeister1552]

I have a 4 stage ro system. For single story residential it's much faster to use my moerman fliq with good technique. The ro is great for 2-3 story.

[@mrglasswindowwashing]

As a business owner 90+ an hour covers your insurance your vehicle your employees it covers all that you have to pay out and your paycheck $50 an hour you’re barely making it you’re going backwards these are my pet peas when people don’t charge enough even if you’re one or two people you still going to charge the price of a bigger company because one day you will be a bigger company and you want your prices to cover your overhead when you do get bigger

[@karlburmeister1552]

Pet peas are delicious.

[@bigd5080]

I wanted to hug you when you said keep fresh rubber on your squeegee. My boss NEVER wants to change blades and it drives me crazy! Rubber ain’t expensive!!!

[@johnboehmer6683]

It wasn't too bad when you wrote, but at $6 a pop now.... Steve changes his blade out every day he says. I agree the silky smooth glide is gone by the first day, but they don't wear to streaking or having to apply extra pressure, anything detrimental for about 40 hours of washing, about a week.

[@Alwaysbrightandclear]

Hahahha loved this!

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

Window Joe Alex never wants to listen to me 😞😭

[@Alwaysbrightandclear]

SteveO The Window Cleaner i have a similar situation lol

[@zeeberg89]

Do you even charge extra for detailing sides and bottom. It a common thing in Denmark, that we charge extra for those kind of services, since time is money friend.

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

zeeberg89 no we don’t charge extra for detailing, I’ve actually never heard of companies doing that

[@mrglasswindowwashing]

Edit time Windows used to go eight dollars to $12 other people lowballed it to where it was four dollars to eight dollars another words brought the price back to the 60s when the cleaning used to be five dollars in the 60s this is 2018

[@valocrazy]

"Oh wow, its that way." Lol when trying to show someone a pro tip and the water bending gods rain on your parade 🤣

[@ScottWConvid19]

7:43 but, you closed that window out, without coming back to the top left corner!!! 🤯🤯🤯 I'd love to see response videos of other channels, showing the common mistakes that they see. If I had the equipment, software and editing skills to produce decent videos. I'd upload a response video to show some mistakes thar bother me. Great idea for a video👍🏼

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

Scott Wasinski thank you Scott!!

[@ryanfewster574]

👍🏻

[@danburns8715]

God it’s like somebody recorded me while I was training someone!

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

Dan Burns hahahahaha I don’t like whining but I had to make this one

[@godofentity]

"you can get a huge arching streak" - gets huge arching streak

[@James-hf3wk]

Only difference between us is a detail the top and sides first before I squeegee it.

[@alexgawthrop1748]

People have bucket on the left hand side but are right handed....

[@danielmann5427]

being a lefty, I don't get why righty would do that.

[@danburns8715]

when they hold the ledge wiper and the glass wiper in the same hand

[@aaronchapman4858]

HAHA good one alex! lol

[@katchats9263]

Alex!!!! 😁😁😁😁 😍

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

Kat chats she’s the best!!

[@alexgawthrop1748]

annoys me when someone details the top when they still have the bottom half to do.. Towel/scrim can drop and get wet...

[@spencersamuels5141]

You can talk all day about how to clean a window but basically it's not rocket science. Seriously don't loose sight of the fact that the end goal is to "clean the window". Does it really matter about going into the ridiculous fine details of how ppl prefer to do this! Obv not! Solution on, solution off, detail, and check window afterwards all in the quickest possible time. The method dosent matter as long as the window ends up clean. Get the job done and move on to the next. Don't get wrapped up in the fine details. It's your job/business with the goal of making a living. Like I said... On off detail, check move on. Simple as that

[@mrglasswindowwashing]

Every company should be the highest bitter. This keeps the price in the industry where it needs to be you should be burning between 90 and $100 an hour when you average it out per hour whatever it is you charge per hour it should be between $90-$100 an hour this will allow your company to grow to your dream withoutSo many problems like can’t afford marketing can’t afford your vehicles your insurance your payroll never ever go below $50 an hour that’s on survival get through a hard time price that’s all that is get you through the hard times so you can get back up to 92 $100 an hour any less than that you’re stepping backwards I have 40 years in the business I know what I’m talking about

[@typerightseesight]

when the new guys at fish dont put the abrasive pad in the boab. lol. its a pulex.. they have one slot for the channel. and they have one abrasive pad. lol. dont live the velcro hanging out. lol. but you cant really teach that. hahahaha

[@danesheranealon8473]

cut the top of the window in a butterfly pattern, and you won't have to detail.

[@user-zu5mp2iy5s]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jbraz8]

Why do I get off work and watch you work lol Nice technique brother!

[@vonovine]

When applicating a window”applying solution with your applicator, ”always go down the sides of the frame with the edge of the applicator.It removes nearly all the suds.It’s very important. Don’t go side to side.

[@tellit2my9]

I hate GI Joe window cleaners lol that tool belt tho!!!

[@karlburmeister1552]

Having a well setup toolbelt is the key to efficiency. After you've done this for 35 years you know what works. For instance, it helps having a couple small plastic clips and bungees to keep plants away from windows while cleaning.

[@mrglasswindowwashing]

So how do you ensure your employees you have plenty of work even after slow weeks that you have plenty of work it’s like the stock market goes up and it goes down in your employees don’t understand why you don’t stay powered up with work week after week they leave in dissipating you’re going to be low on work and you just hired one or two more people well that should be their clue why would you hire someone if the owner doesn’t have enough work he’s anticipating a lot of work

[@JosephWheeler14]

People have bills to pay man, it doesn't matter how well the business is doing if they're not taking money home. Maybe instead of hiring new guys you should keep your veterans busy.

[@davethewindowlicker2367]

Bad as in bad or bad as in bad ? Ill make a video of my spin technique it's bad in both ways lol

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

Bad as in bad 😉

[@typerightseesight]

using anything but the ninja with an optilock. pole. especially the 3 section poles... lol. just being a booger butt.

[@markreynolds1112]

dont bunch the towel on th pole, wrap it around the pole

[@macgyverbryan1377]

Cheap or expensive handles the blade does the work. Don't be a "race car driver" and go fast and furious just to cut corners and leave dirty water on a dirty sill, drying dirty.

[@macgyverbryan1377]

50 lb round buckets, with the 14", 18", and sponge. Only having 2 towels for a whole job.

[@totallyleftfield]

Now who doesn't like orange popsicles?.. ;)

[@torreswindowcleaningmemo8210]

Sounds like alfredo no like cleaning windows at all lol!!!muy malo😜

[@karlburmeister1552]

I've been cleaning windows for 35 years. It's amazing how many people I see using rubber worn to hell. You're totally right about that. I flip, switch, or trim swap my rubber on every job.

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

A sharp rubber makes the day so much better

[@kmindeye]

You don't save any money using bad rubber. You lose money. 28 years in the business. It's the ends that wear out. You can take longer used squeegee rubber, and cut the ends off, and use them in a smaller squeegee. Yet again, How much are you really saving? $200 a year? Why take the chance? Plus you must press harder with worn out rubber.

[@mrglasswindowwashing]

Never hire painters in lawn guys They’ve already got the client base all they have to do is re-solicit their old lawn or paining customers which is not competing with their bosses and they go into the window cleaning business and they already know the customer to never hire painters in lawn guys trust me

[@rodrigosouza3568]

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[@mrglasswindowwashing]

You teach employees they spend a couple hundred dollars on their own equipment and they start their own business they end up doing their family friends and then they’re out of business because you didn’t teach them how to do marketing at least the part you don’t show them they understand flyers but they don’t understand the rest so you got highly trained people out of work teaching their friends which become your competitors and you’re wondering how they acquired similar skills will you train people to become trainers

[@LegLake]

Hate when other WC'ers pull the water of the bottom of the frame with their squeegee. Ruins a perfectly good rubber dragging it across metal. Use your damn towel or sponge.

[@jbraz8]

Those robbers get replaced like once a year for those jobs

[@karlburmeister1552]

That's why I have a mini squeegee for that purpose I keep on a hook in my bucket. I get all the sills at once and catch the runoff with my scrubber.

[@mrglasswindowwashing]

You should have wisdom or know someone with wisdom and good habits they won’t fill you

[@mrglasswindowwashing]

Every window cleaner that brings the price of windows below eight dollars should be run out of business

[@matthewp9217]

what's the best way to market my window cleaning business?

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

Lets start with what do you currently do?

[@matthewp9217]

@@SteveOthewindowcleaner i'm just starting out, was a window cleaner for about five years (2010-2015) and am returning to start my own gig

[@thursday4267]

Dude… Alfredo is yoked

[@SteveOthewindowcleaner]

He is lol

[@travismarin2595]

You missed a spot.

[@dylanizac1]

I cant stand window washers pretending to be window cleaners.

[@danielmann5427]

The name of my business end with ___ window washing. I know people fight over the difference and say cleaning is superior to washing. I say hogwash....lol have you recently washed your car? meaning cleaning the exterior of the car. Did you wash your clothes? Did you wash the dishes? when someone sees me cleaning window they say most often to another oh a window washer. Yelp has more requests for window washing rather then cleaning.

[@mrglasswindowwashing]

If you don’t make $90 an hour you should be run out of business or higher

[@yv3652]

You'd never make that in the uk.Maybe half of that

[@vonovine]

You having a laugh? We earn a third of that in U.K. if you’re shit hot. I’m coming to America!

[@vonovine]

Where do you live? Coming to canvas your round 😳👍