Window Cleaning Tips for Clearer Windows
Posted by Justin Keller in Uncategorized, tags: children, free, g, general, r, Reference Education, UncategorizedAt first, window cleaning seems like a pretty simple job. Ask any teenager to wash your windows for pay, and they will jump at the chance to clean your windows. The challenge however, is that they will only clean your windows once before they come and tell you that they will never do that again. The challenge with cleaning windows however is not in the actual job involved, it’s in the way you do it, when you do it, and what tools you use. If you want someone to clean your windows again, or if you want to do it yourself, keep some of these advice below in mind.
If you plan on washing your windows in direct sunlight or on a hot day, you will start to see that this will make ugly streaks that you can’t get rid of no matter how many times you go over and clean them! It’s frustrating, but knowing a obvious but overlooked trick like washing them when the sun is not beating down on the windows, or is not so hot, can save you from failure and frustration and a lot of wasted time as well.
Some window cleaning tips that take the frustration and hassle out of window cleaning are:
The way you hold and apply the squeegee counts!
When holding the squeegee, make sure your angling it in the direction of the water flow. If the water is flowing down towards your feet, pull the squeegee either sideways allowing the water being squeegeed to flow down to the part you haven’t hit yet. If you are on a rooftop for example and the down angle is above your head, squeegee forward again so the water flows to the part not yet touched. If you go against the flow, the water will build up and flow out the sides of the squeegee causing streaks.
Wiping the blade is important!
Some people try to squeegee the whole window one stroke at a time without wiping the blade until the end. This doesn’t work very well and can cause a streak to form from the water left on the blade. By wiping the blade after each stroke you avoid this problem and get the window cleaned much faster without retracing steps.
Overlap the streaks.
After each stroke of the squeegee you should overlap the top of the last stroke (about an inch into the dry area) and make your next stroke. If you are pointing the squeegee correctly so the water buildup falls down towards the wet part of the window surface and you’re drying off the blade after each stroke, you will not make an additional streak that you have to go back over again. Don’t ever try to squeegee right on the line, this will splash up into the dry area of the window and is extremely counter productive.
Make sure you use plenty of water.
If you don’t use enough water you will have a hard time making perfect frictionless strokes with the squeegee. Be liberal with your water and always when possible use sideways strokes where the water drips down towards the wet part of the glass.
So there you have it. Some easy to apply window cleaning tips for all you do it your selfers.
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