Just got my first storefront and I have a question. Do you bring your bucket in the store with you when you do the inside? I know alot of you have a belt with a small little bucket or something on it but until I get that how should I do this? What about having an empty dawn type bottle I can fill with my solution and just squirt right on the applicator? I could just bring bucket inside but I don’t want to risk spilling it. Kind of a dum question but I am pretty nervous about my first job.
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Do this. Meyers dish soap bottles are my favorite size and type. Leave the big bucket outside, but out of the way so nobody trips on it while you’re away.
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Yes that works fine. Like Samuel said keep your bucket outside away from foot traffic.
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You can bring your bucket in if you really need to. I’ve brought mine in for years an years. When doing insides I always have a small terry cloth towel with me for wiping up . I like the idea of a squirt bottle if it’s a small store that’s the way I go these days. I stole Sameuls idea of a little squirt bottle of just soap to along with my solution bottle. I love it ! Always could use a little xtra soap directly to your wand sometimes
Don’t be nervous bro !! it’s just window cleaning… wet em up squeegee them off , an wipe up your mess it’s that simple .
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Is that a belt? Where did you get that?
Thanks. I dont have a belt yet so I will just have to figure out what to do with applicator when im squeegeing. I think im over complicating it
Hold it in the opposite hand from the squeegee hand.
Yes your over thinking it.
You can also set it on a window frame ledge ahead of you.
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Yes that’s my belt , An yes yiur over thinking it.
You will always change your set up over time. Whether it’s your belt , bucket , vehicle , whatever.
Just go in with your bucket. Everything in the bucket. Strip washer , An squeegee that’s it. RAg in pocket towl in pocket.
I’ll take a pick of my bucket for ya when I get home. I’m sorry , I know a lot of guys like that dopey square bucket. Forget that use a 5 gallon round bucket. Dip one side flip over dip other side , then ring it
Only way to go. 5 gallon round. Through a hose on the handle an a couple of U hooks
Holds a squeegee or your scraper.
Lol I do need some new buckets though 
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Ya I’m going to add 2 u hooks to mine.
Edit: you know what Mike @Majestic66 when you post a bucket pic a few years back I said I was going to do it, and never did (lame)… remind me this weekend 
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I like the idea of hooks I might have to try those thanks
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Stupid question, how?
without cutting the plastic on the bucket on one side since the metal handle is bend behind the plastic lip.
Ya Steve it’s a PIA , but somehow ya have to twist it out of there. It might seem like your breaking it , but it will give , an pop out it’s easier going back in.
You could use a big screw driver for leverage !
The hole will get a little bigger while your forcing it out , but it will not effect the handle staying in.
I just ordered 2 new buckets , so I’ll be doing 2 soon 
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That’s the whole idea of these forums in my eyes. To get ideas from people, An also to learn a better way of doing things.
Belive me what , an how I do things is not from me it’s ideas , An know how from other people In the trade , An I certainly don’t know everything still learning
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Okay thanks Mike.
i have a bucket on a belt… (ninja)… i take it in when i do storefronts.
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I did mostly high rise work on a bosun chair back when I started window cleaning. But now that I’m doing my own, and doing residential regularly, I’ve got a Bucket on a Belt. Went with the Moreman. Holds my Ettore gear perfectly. I get why guys use em, its awesome.
