Clean Up With A Window Washing Business

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For a small investment in basic supplies, you can start a successful window cleaning business.
For a small investment in basic supplies, you can start a successful window cleaning business.
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Andrew Safer tells you what you need for your window washing service.
Andrew Safer tells you what you need for your window washing service.

It was about the time when I was getting fed up with college, fed up with taking money every month from my father (who really couldn’t afford it), and fed up with the whole dependency bag … that a friend jokingly suggested I set myself up as a professional window washer.

Well, why not? Regular jobs were hard to find and I didn’t want to fill out W-2 forms or gear my life to an alarm clock anyway. I decided to investigate the idea.

Mind you, I didn’t know anything about washing windows aside from what we all learn as kids … Windex, paper towels, and smears. So I thumbed through the Yellow Pages of the phone book to “Janitorial Supplies”, zeroed in on a local supply house, and went on down to look over the tools of the trade.

I immediately leveled with the guy in the store, told him I didn’t know a dang thing about the business, and asked him to clue me in on the equipment I’d need. He did and here’s the gear I settled on.

SQUEEGEES. For starters, two (one with a blade six inches wide and another 18 inches across) are enough. It’s important to get squeegees with flexible rubber edges that are responsive to the touch. My favorite model is the Master, made by Steccone Products Company of Oakland, California.

  • Published on Jul 1, 1976
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