Hi, I saw these two chandeliers at a lighting center. I asked the guy there how to clean them, and he suggested a spray that drips dry. I asked about cleaning the individual pieces, and he said it took the guys in the office 3 days to disassemble, clean, reassemble. I’m assuming that they had other things to do and weren’t committing all their time to the chandelier.
How would you guys and gals clean one of these? Spray and drip? Piece-by-piece? Would you quote it at an hourly price or just eye-ball it and guess how long it would take? How much would you charge?
It’s hard to tell from the pictures, but each little cylinder on these chandeliers is a free-floating piece… sort of like a “wind chime” style.
Lol, I’d suggest throwing the ugly things out and hang a better looking light that’s easier to clean…
But that probably wouldn’t make me any money. I’ve heard of guys using a DI/Alchohol mix with a microfiber, that’s probably what I would use. If it was extremely dusty I would use a few cans of compressed air to remove all that I could first.
My price would vary depending on whether they had them on a lift so they could be lowered down for easy access. Depending on how well the pieces were attached I’d use a spray and drip dry cleaner (if the pieces were poorly attached) or microfiber and DI/alcohol mix w/ hand wiping (for ssecurely attached pieces). I try to get $50-$75 per hour when cleaning chandeliers.
Tony, with “on a lift” you mean that the chandelier can be lowered mechanically ?
Never seen one of those, but sounds awesome.
EDIT : after seeing the pictures posted I’d turn down that job, too much liability, and for the time and equipment needed to be done properly I’m sure very little people would pay that price.
i had one- not as elaborate in my house (3 tiers of glass)that i cleaned in about an hour. I disassembled ea piece washed in dish soap and dried. looked beautiful after,but have to be really careful w/each piece especially on a ladder.
Before I found out about window cleaning, I was going to do house-cleaning. In my search for information on how to do jobs like that in a home, I read there is a spray on/drip dry product that does the cleaning for you. Supposedly it cleans them (like scrubbing bubbles?) and drips all the residue onto a towel underneath…and that’s all you do! I had never gotten far enough to even look for a product like that, but the source I read about it in is a very thorough professional house-cleaning guide. Might be a great upsell idea if it IS that easy to do!
Your link is dead- I assume they are crystal? Yes there is a product out there to spray on, drip dry for crystal. I did a law firm with many crystal chandeliers. We brought non-holy tarps and sprayed with a weed sprayer. They turned out great!!
Few words of precaution…
1- Obviously shut off light but TAPE over the switches with masking tape saying DO NOT TURN ON.
2- Take out all the bulbs and cap the sockets with baggies attached with rubber bands (double up if neccesary).
3- Warn owners not to turn on fixture for 24 hours after it dries.
4- It is really a pain in the rear so charge the heck out of it.
Oh yea, and tarp over more than what you think you will need to. Better safe than sorry.
