A part of the skills you will need to learn in putting up a professional maid cleaning service is learning how to wash windows properly. It is not enough for you to just use all the skills you utilize in your own home, and the things you learned about cleaning from your parents in other people’s house who are paying you to do the cleaning. They will be more impressed with you if you take the time to learn how to do housekeeping properly, and making sure that your existing, or future staff of cleaners learn these skill too.
As eyes are windows to our souls, windows mirror the characteristics of the homeowners. It is essential for you to make sure that your clients’ homes look good by cleaning the windows in an appropriate manner. The traditional way of cleaning windows via spray cleaners, old towels, and newspapers do not work; all this practice does is to keep on moving the dirt and grime build up to different spots in the window, particularly the edge. You will end up with spotty windows, dirty edges, and unsatisfied customers. Aside from that, rubbing the window too much will just cause it to have static electricity that attracts more dirt to it.
When doing windows, make sure that you have the proper tools; cloth strip applicator, squeegee, chamois, hand held sponges and rags. For the cleaning solution, you can use a bucket full of warm water mixed with dish washing liquid. Try not to have too much suds foaming out.
In cleaning the window, use the strip applicator to apply the cleaning solution to avoid putting scratches on the windows. Use a squeegee in wiping from top to bottom and at the end of each wipe; clean the squeegee’s edge with a clean rag. If the squeegee makes squeaky noise while you are wiping the window, add a bit more soap into the solution. For the remaining water on the edges, use the chamois and wring dry before soaking up the rest of the water.
Windows that are multi-paned would need a squeegee that fits the panes. If you have a lot of clients to service, you will inevitably have to deal with different window sizes so buy a set of squeegees. You do not need to custom-fit each squeegee but if you can suggest to the homeowners, recommend that they buy a squeegee which you can fit to the size of their windows. You can actually trim a squeegee to the appropriate extent.
Use the same cleaning solution of warm water and dish washing liquid to rub the panes clean. Have a system so that you do not forget which pane you have already done; from right to left, top to bottom if you will.
For tougher stains on the windows that are a build up of hard water run off from the rain gutters, clean the window first with the procedure described above. Then, use cleansing powders with oxalic acid in it to gently remove the stain. Wash the window once more.
