Depending on where you live, you may experience the effects of acid rain or hard water deposits, such as sprinkler water that hits the windows while watering your garden. Hard water deposits, which often appear as a white powdery substance, are a bit harder to clean. There are cleaning products designed to address mineral/hard water…
DetailsMetal scrapers have always been highly suspect for causing scratches. As a result, it has been occasionally suggested that the use of plastic scrapers would be a safer alternative. In an attempt to test this theory extensive testing on new clean tempered and annealed glass samples was done. These tests showed most tempered glass with…
DetailsIn order to be able to properly clean windows in a construction environment, or to be able to manage those who do, one must know the basics about the glass fabrication process. For example, one should know the difference between tempered and annealed glass. Just as important is the ability to distinguish between high and…
DetailsThere are many commonly held ideas about what is, and what is not, safe to use to clean windows. Unfortunately, many of these ideas are not valid. Below is a list of the most commonly spread falsehoods about glass scratches. Window cleaning scrapers scratch glass. If used properly, a scraper will not scratch glass. This…
DetailsThe world above the fortieth floor is an almost silent one, isolated and exhilarating. Shortly after dawn one December morning, Bob Menzer rode the freight elevator to the forty-fifth floor of the Hearst Tower, on Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, and opened the door to the roof. The weather was clear and cold; five hundred feet…
DetailsEveryone appreciates clean windows for enhancing the esthetics of a home. What most customers of a professional window cleaning service seldom realize is it also helps provide early warning of problems and might even save their lives some day. Below are five reasons that hiring a professional window cleaning service can help keep your windows…
DetailsWindows, windows, windows, everywhere you look there are windows. Windows may appear to be clean but when the sun shines on them we get the true picture. Every little smudge, finger print or nose print shows. Window cleaning is a large task but can be simplified by using techniques and equipment made for doing windows.…
DetailsCleaning your windows is a job that should optimally be done twice a year. But depending on the size of your home, cleaning all of your windows can end up becoming quite the production. While it’s possible to do it yourself, buying the right supplies alone can end up the same as the cost of…
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