i just bid a house and agreed to clean her 5 huge chandeliers, the only problem is i have no idea how to perform this service. these things are dirty and have so many little parts it looks like they would fall apart if a fly were to land on it. so i have two questions how do you clean them, also what happens if they were to break? do you have them sign a waiver before the service.
I hope you get some good responses here because I am wondering the same thing. I’ve cleaned some chandeliers but they are usually small panes of glass which I use a foam cleaner to clean with, usually one towel to apply and another the clean off and shine up. I don’t know about the fancy chandeliers with all sorts of decorative crystals and so forth.
I don’t offer this service right now because it isn’t my specialty. I hope to learn enough, and be comfortable enough, to offer it.
But these things can be expensive and I’m guessing if you break something you had better be prepared to pay for it(or at least be prepared for higher insurance rates). Maybe people will sign a waiver, but it seems to me that if a cleaner is offering a service then they probably better ensure the customer that if something is broken the cleaner will fix it or pay to have it fixed.
two ways take it apart bit by bit and clean it. or if big job you need to put dust cover underneath and hold it between two people and take weight then remove retaining bolt and lower the peice to the floor. then clean it either way is hard work to get down. then just use soap and water to clean.
ive done the ones that have have a ton of glass pieces that one of us take apart, hand down to the other, wash in dawn and water, dry and reassemble (i take digital pic b4 we take apart) I start around $75…other ones that i can just open and spray and wipe i start around $30. Offer to change bulbs while u r up there, add an extra few bucks onto price.
They can run as high as 80+ per piece to replace
