Has anyone used this product the “Glasstastic Surface Protector” and if so what are its benefits?
I am wondering if anyone uses a protector spray on the windows after they clean them? Does it make them stay cleaner longer and if so do you see that as a positive thing or a negative thing in terms of repeat business.
Aside from possibly keeping the windows cleaner longer, I am interested in knowing if a protective coating makes the windows easier to clean the next time around? Also would you charge more for the protective application and how much longer does it add to your over all time on the job?
Mike,
You’ve been away too long! Check out the Nano-Ultra. They sell it here…I actually have a sample pack from the regional in Carson from a few months back. I don’t know the product you are talking about, but this stuff DOES work. I have tried it on one of my storefront accounts on the door and it actually keeps fingerprints off the glass. You can read up on it on my site here: Nanotechnology for Window Cleaning
There are benifits…yes it does keep the windows clean longer, but they will of course still get dirty. The great part about it is that on windows that are hit by sprinklers and are prone to hard water spots, this stuff will protect that glass for up to 2 years! It makes the glass hydrophillic too, making your commercial gigs so much easier to clean.
The only problem I have encountered, and Chuck (a rep from the company) and I have discussed this, is selling it to the client…for large commercial projects. Its not cheap, but it can be done.
You want to make sure that it does not have the same effect as rain-x which makes the glass bead up, hydrophobic. If it does that it makes the glass harder to clean.
Hey thanks I’ll have to check that out, Ihad a guy from Europe call me about a product that is supposed to keep the windows cleaned for 5 years but that seems counter productive to repeat business and also like a far fetch claim.
5 years is a little hard to believe…even the Nano products cant make that claim…windows simply get dirty. The reason why it works so well is that it fills the pores in the glass…the water sheets off of it really nice and after its been polished all you need is to rinse with pure water ideally. Its not counter productive if you think of it in terms of…you are saving the client money and keeping one less contractor off their property for a little more time.
Say you have a building that has 300 large panes of glass. All of the uppers are stained lightly from silicates from a concrete precast wall. You make your pitch, and tell them that you can get those stains off and keep them off for 2 years, not only that but instead of you comming every 3 months, you can maintain that glass every 4 months or 6 months. Charge between 35 and 45 dollars per pane. Even at 35 a pane, thats 10,500.00 with about 300 dollars worth of product. Your price for the window cleaning would be what? 5 or 6 hundred? Even if that job was 1000, and you took off one or even 2 cleans for 2 years you have still created a solution for your customer, made the windows look great, you have made even more money from that job and you dont have to go as often. Plus they dont have to have you there as often so that it dont disrupt business or their tenants dont have distraction from us.
I have not sold a job YET…but am working on that with Chuck from Nanophase. Give me a call and I can tell ya more. I am going to the BOMA convention in L.A. I believe next month and Chuck gave me some tickets. If you want to go with me, I’ll drive. Lemme know.
I made a bid on a commercial building that I thought had hard water run off but after reading this sounds more like a runoff off slicates from the wall. Can you use safe restore to clean that up? What do you use and what is a good price range for that?
As for the Boma I dont know what that is, what is it?
Actually CC550 works better on it, just gotta tape the seals because it could damage the seal on the IG unit and start fogging inside. For that I charge anywhere from 25 to 35 a pane. The NanoUltra should work on that too.
BOMA is Building Owners Managers Association…I believe.
I don’t have a clue. It may be a total waste of time. But if Nanophase is going, then I am going. Couldn’t hurt to rub elbows with some property managers.
