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The bronze wool pad link isn’t working anymore
Do you do the inside too? And if so how do u ask and price please thank you!!
I'm not even a window cleaner, and not quite sure why I'm watching these. Just satisfying to see clean glass I guess, lol
Good weed will do that
What type of steel wool do you use the finest?
@@kevinblanchard611 0000 steel wool 👍
Get your window hustle going bro
I learned so much watching this two years ago. Implemented it into my window cleaning jobs and been a success ever since
Amazing!
Great video !!! I’m about to start my journey in the window cleaning business and this video was a huge help on technique and what not to do. Thank you so much!!!
LISTEN to this guy, he does it right. You follow what he is doing and you will generate customers. Good job SteveO, that's what I'm talking about!
Kenny D thank you Kenny!!
All right brother, this is Travis Leonard with Christian Brothers window cleaning been cleaning windows since 1990. Almost every step you do and about half of what Luke does is exactly what I figured out over 25 plus years you are great my friend!
Travis Leonard thank you Travis that means a lot!! I’m still learning everyday!
This is the best channel I’ve been binge watching! Starting work next week as a window cleaner
Awesome! Thank you!
came for the technique. stayed for the satisfaction
Steve-o, You don't mess around and I love your style and technique. Thanks for being so kind to film so many different types of jobs. It really helps. Be Safe Man !!
Matt Clark thank you Matt
never underestimate the cleaning power of a thumbnail !!
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Thank you for sharing your tip on the steel wool! Well done video!
I think you have finally convinced me to use a big bath towel lol
True Window Cleaning a bath towel is a necessity 😉
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Big fan of your tips SteveO I’d recommend an extra pair of tennis shoes with shoe covers kept in your van. They stay clean and save your feet on ladders indoors. They’re easy to slip on and off. Getting interested in the trad pole you’re carrying. Looks better than tightening clamps👊
Dude, great tips and techniques, this video couldn't have been more timely THX🤘
Elijah & Kristin Schwake thank you!!
Ohh yesss thank you!! And shout out to the almighty magic eraser! I know you just used it for one little thing, but damn those things are genius. Endless uses for them.
Good stuff! I’ve seen a few of your videos so far and like them a lot. I’ve been cleaning windows for a while now, just over 27 years. I’m old a slow! I believe there’s always something new to learn. It’s a good way to make a living as long as you treat people kindly and make their glass shine. Keep up the good work.
James Proulx thank you!! I learn something new every day!
Your videos help me so much for my company, thank you!!
This is mind-blowing for Me. PS Wow it ended so fast! I was so involved in the storyline! I wanted this to be so much longer! I feel like this is just the intro!
I am a big big fan of your hard work. Bravo 🙌
Always a wonderful work steve. I learned new trick again from you Man!
Marlon Mangawang thank you Marlon
Excellent detail work Stevo!
I am a newbie! Very excited to get started tomorrow! What was the pad you were using to detail the window before it got too worn out? I have the steel wool, but like the system you have! Thanks for all the tips!
Good work like always maestro!!!@ yesterday I figured it out that using to much soap can dry faster on the glass bad results I feel lo like in this business we can learn different things every day!! If you wet down a few windows ahead of you they clean much easier ones you get to them!! 👍
Thanks for this video. I share a lot of your ethos and techniques. I thought I was the odd man out in my area so it's nice to see someone who is like minded. Love the work! And yeah, ladder work in socks = the worst!
krakentech thank you!! The feet get sore quick 😤
We have a very similar approach and philosophy. I understood what you meant when you referred to certain squeegees, using too much soap to make some types work etc. Good stuff!
Dutch Shine Windows your welcome, thank you!!
Hello from Denmark. love your videos SteveO. It's great to hear your experiences and thoughts when cleaning windows in such a house. has even changed technique regarding the use of soap from directly on the mop to dissolved in water. It's so much better. thanks for another great video.
klarskovpolering your welcome, thank you!
Hello steveo, first time comment on one of your videos. I worked in residential for about 6 years before switching to highrise and large commercial, where detailing is basically not a thing outside of very rare instances. In my residential days I pretty much used all the same things you do for detailing. However for the past few years I have been doing a large building lobby on a monthly basis where I have to detail due to metal knobs that stick out in the middle and corner of every window. I was recommended a natural chamois and was surprised how well it works. I'd kinda describe it as a cross between a surgical towel and a microfiber cloth. You can use it damp so there's basically no laundry afterwards and it last for an entire day. Curious if you've ever tried one or your opinion on one.
Learned more from this guy then many of the others
This could not have been posted at a better time😅 I'm doing a similar house in two days and this taught me like everything I needed! Dope work man keep going💪
Dylan Thompsen thank you!! Glad it helped!!
thanks for sharing your skills ! much appreciated
The squeegee fitting perfectly always satisfies me
I'm a window cleaner from the uk And i have say you make it look easy And stress easy , i been doing the job for 3 years, and it can be hard work at times especially here in the UK when you cleaning houses that haven't been cleaned since being built, i like to use the moermon exc Squeegee then i get zero detailing.
I kinda fell into part time window cleaning, it helps being 6’5” with a big wing span, lol, inside windows I keep a big towel at the window base for drip control and frame wipe down and I shoulder a big towel and couple small micro fiber towels for detailing, thank you for the great content👍
Hi Steve. Love the video. Question. Do you offer this detail level of service for all residential customers or is this a speciality service and if so, how much more do you charge? Thanks for all the great videos!
Great vid Steve o!
Nice job. I only clean my own and relatives windows, but find the humble sponge is perfect for tidying up after washing. All the best from England.
Thanks for the Vid. Definitely got some good tips from it.
Thanks Steve, another good video with great Tips, I've never used Bronze wool before, but definitely getting some now, all the best to you sir.
Laurence Oflaherty they are one of the best useful tools I’ve came across in the last year
Does it smudge or get any marks on a perfectly clean window
Stevo, Nice video. I love Unger tools. I love using the Unger ergotech Ninja handle with a Ettore super channel. What is your favorite squeegee? You helped me a lot to start useing my Unger 0 degree. I love that tools Thanks for the help and encouragement.
I've noticed after watching several professional window cleaner videos, no one is wearing suspenders with their tool belt. How come? Enjoy your videos and thanks ahead of time!
I'm one and I agree - I have leather suspenders in the post. It makes more sense to move the weight away from the waist.
Thanks for the great video 👌 Any reason why you didn’t use a pole instead of a ladder on the inside? Thanks in advance 🙏
Yes sir! Getting it, how we living it!
Casey Lee 👍
The vlog style are my favorite
I used to install double glazed units and glass a while back and its sad to see how many installers of glass fail to razor off the edges neatly then using pro glass cleaning solution its like £8 a bottle and 2 sprays and a 50p razor a steady hand and 3 mins your work looks worlds apart once you have finished. you clean windows great and I don't blame you for not wanting to scratch the units. keep up the good work mate :)
Hello, I am from New Zealand. I have just started doing build cleans. They are difficult. Your videos have helped me. Thank you so much
Where about in Nz are you?
Enjoyed the video. Some great tips. Thanks:)
STEVE, it's like I am watching....myself clean windows. I do the same as you, with damn near the same exact tools. ETTORE MICROFIBER and THE LEDGE-EZE......OH YEAH!!!!
I've just subscribed to your videos, I'm a domestic cleaner and my clients often ask me about window cleaning. I decided to bite the bullet and buy some quality window-cleaning gear: your videos have helped massively in getting it done to a high standard. Cheers!
Glad its helped!!
Use a razor blades can't scratch unless you press too hard - just do it lightly! The 4 in. Ones are so fast and there if you really need extra power for paint or hard bug stuff🤗
Find myself binge watching, u should ASMR Window cleaning, perfect voice...hahahaha, u heard it here first! 6/18/2020
Hello! I'm from Brazil and I do not speak English so I'm asking this question that may sound silly, but it's because I did not understand what you said. Why do you use the steel sponge on the dry glass after using the squeegee? does it not cause risks? Thanks for your videos, it has helped me a lot. I wish success for you!
I was just about to get my LLC and contractors' insurance when I was offered a job as a supervisor. Kind of wanted the freedom of window cleaning -but I will do the weekends instead, plus the added benefit of a steady paycheck.
Good video as always SteveO 19:00 that’s true! 😎👌
Johan H thank you Johan
Beautiful work steveo your my master
Lee Poole thank you!!
Watch all your videos and really appreciate all your tips, just curious why you don't utilize your DI more?
Great vid. Thank you!
You're welcome!
This was great, thank you so much!
Your cleaning wipers are very good quality.
Good tips Steve O I have a tip for you cob Webb Brush is something I think you should have on your tool belt or at least in your Arsenal it comes in handy with frames tracks ledges screens also a scrubber with a handle for Bronze pad white pad red pad steel wool I got one from windows 101 thing is great it saves my hands my wrists and time just felt like sharing a bit 😉👍🏻
Ryan Fewster thank you for the tips!! I always do have a couple cobweb dusters in the van and they are very useful and give a great touch to the final product!
Hi Stevo, I like your attitude with regards to "standards". I am guilty of over cleaning in the past and have recently started to not obsess over getting the glass perfect. My work days are much easier and quicker this way, My hourly rate has gone way up. I would prefer to leave the odd spot here and there to working harder and longer. I think it's not about ripping people off and more about still providing a quality service in a more efficient manner. Thanks. Paul, Wales uk.
Pnswindowcleaning exactly!! We’re only human to try to make everything perfect is too much. What we do is thousand times better then most of our customers can do so I don’t worry about it
In your video for detailing commercial can you show how you minimize detailing when you're squeegeeing and how you put the towel on the pole and squeegee with the pole? Also if you could talk a little about when you finish detailing if you want there to be zero water on the window or if you're alright if a little trail of water, if you have a difference between commercial and residential on what you requiring your degree of a detailing (i.e., if you'll leave a little water on commercial). I squeegee and leave just a ton of water when I'm done. I don't know why that happens, but there is a river along the side of the windows and it forces me to spend a bunch of time detailing and uses more towels than I want to think about.
Thanks 4 the great tips😊
This guy is amazing
Hello @SteveO The Window Cleaner nice video! i have a question for you...after cleaning our windows in the apartment after a few days on the inside it becomes like some kind of layer like a foggy grease..and its only on 2 out of 3 windows it becomes like that, do you have any idea why? Sorry english is not my first language but maybe you understand my question :)
why wouldnt you use a pole for the stairwell windows at 16:55? i know stack ladders is standard but seems a pole may save you ladder time?
Comment about the soap to mop and window starting at at video log 8:30; I like to have a small squirt bottle, of my normal solution, with me just in case my mop starts to dry. I apply that to the mop not the window. It also comes in handy for washing out sills.
Thinking about starting up soon. I'm subscribing.
I love this guy
Amazing video!! U have inspired me to create my own window cleaning business. Also, shouldn’t I be worried of using steel wool on the window? And should I make a damage waiver release form?
AJP75 a damage waiver release form is a good idea especially for construction cleans. Make sure you use 0000 steel wool and just never use it on tint and you’ll be good
Extremely helpful ✅💯☀️
do you have to have the invisable layer of soap on the window before you use steel wool or magic eraser?
Great video! What’s the best way master pole work? From the right equipment to the best skills and techniques tp practice? I’m pretty sure you’re the best person to ask. Thanks for your great videos!
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Perfect! Thank you!
When doing the edges and wiping the trim do you ever use a damp towel??
Hey SteveO, I really love your videos. I've picked up some great tips. if I can impart some knowledge to you; be careful with those basement windows. A lot of them are tempered and shouldn't be bladed. Here's a list of which windows should be tempered according to code: Bathrooms, sliders, doors, anything 3 feet from a door, anything 18" off the ground or lower. Also, always be sure to look in the corners of the windows to see if they are tempered. if they're tempered they usually say, "tempered," buy not always.
Codes vary
Why shouldn’t tempered be bladed?
Window washing is an art and gosh dang it I’m trying sooo hard to get this technique down but it’s hard!! Did you go to school for it?? 😝
Entrance and exit strips are called door sills. And from floor and carpet or floor to floor are called transition strips. I usually call all of them transition strips by default.
Sick intro boss.
This is an excellent video .
Thank you
Totally in agreement about adding too much soap , let them do that in UK, I’ve been cleaning residential for 35 years, soap in the bucket has always done fine, no complaints, maybe Dawn is so much more superior than Fairy, ... we do things a little different in America!
Great video like always! Thanks for the ad free videos too!
Owen Gollaba your welcome buddy!!
Thanks for the tips here as I just purchased a new squeegee, mop and bucket as I'm so tired of my dirty windows. One question before I go out on the ladder and get this job done is what kind of soap do you use and how much. I used to use "Windex" and towels to do this but that stuff just attracts the dirt and stuff. You pro's all use soap and a squeegee so that is the direction I'm going. I'm watching your video and learning. Thanks again for the tips and the help. Great video!!
Lisa Johnson hey, just use some dawn dish soap and water. No need for expensive window cleaning detergents.
Thanks Steve for the help and advice. Got my tools, a new bottle of blue Dawn and tomorrow I will go clean all the windows in my house, inside and out. This will be the first time I'm using a squeegee but I've watched you do it so I'll take my time and give it a try.. Again thanks for the help.
Well Steve0 I had to thank you sincerely for your videos and your advice. I got my windows cleaned and what an amazing difference doing it "the professional way" . I used to do my windows with a towel and "Windex" but they never looked like this!! First I have to say the learning curve using a squeegee is almost vertical for someone that has never used one except on the windshield of my car. Also I have to say it took a lot of trial and error to get the soap mix right. As I'm sure everyone starts out with WAY too much soap. But I kept dumping half my bucket and refilling it with clear water until I just knew I had the right mix and as you say it's not much. My first windows were in the direct sunlight and there I had to do and redo until I got them "good enough". But then I moved on the the balance of my 8 total windows including the oval window in my front door. By the time I was done I had a pretty good idea of what I was doing with the squeegee. Now I went back to the first two windows that were still in the direct sun and with the "experience" I had I redid those windows and they actually came out as good as the others. Using a mop with soap is the hot set up for sure - inside and out. I'm a retired older woman and not going into this business but I will certainly do my windows far more often then I have because this truly did an excellent job and was a lot easier then a towel and bottled cleaner. Thank you so much for sharing your secrets and making your video's. You helped me get the job done successfully.
@@lisajohnson8566 Thank you Lisa, that makes me happy that this video helped make your world brighter with clean windows. A squeegee and mop just make it so much easier!!
I have a really really dumb questions. I am pretty ignorant when it comes to the professional aspect of window cleaning. Here it goes... I've watched a few of your videos in fanning and doing residential work, but I've never seen you do the interior window. Is that something you upcharge for, or is it pretty much only for storefronts and what not?
Can you damage a regular Washer by washing the Home Depot belt in it?
Fantastic , what’s the bronze wool pad ? Not sure we have them down under .
Elbastardo Gonzalez from DA components
the steel wool doesn’t leave any scratches or streaks? And it works for all windows?
wow what a pro - jimmywindows detroit
How do you make your prices when starting out ?
Does WCR sell the new Unger handles?
Hey SteveO, do you have a video going over your choice of belt and holster set up?
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Good video. But what I wonder is why you use your washer many times for all windows without washing it in between. If I do this my washer is very dirty and I would be afraid to scratch the windows with the small sand grains in the washer.
Hey SteveO. What do you call the squeegee you’re using? With the green rubber?
where do you get your bronze wool pads ?
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after applying soap, do you always use bronze wool pad ? Is that part of you process for every window you do?
How much you charge for cleaning windows like in your video for in and out plus the tracks?
While using the “s technique” I always go onto the frame when switching directions. Any tips? Also, I use an 18 inch squeegee.
What kind of detailing towels do you use?
What is the ratio of water to dawn dish soap you use?
Superb sir ,very helpfull
So cool❤