I agree, I intend to get one eventually but for now this works. Also just want to clarify I am not using the pole just the brush.
$379
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$350-$375. Worth the tool investment and write it off on your taxes.
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I’m selling my Aztec/Xero screen cleaner. A few years old, but hasn’t gotten used since I got an on-board pressure washer.
Located in Southern VT. Make me an offer in a PM.
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Outside always . I power washed them , sometimes brush , an sometimes use my Aztec screen cleaner. Charge properly, an it won’t be so much of a burden , an time won’t be a issue. But ya I hear what your saying it’s a pain sometimes.
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Screens are really just a filter. Even a quick brush down will release allergens and dust into the home’s environment.
A good test: If you were standing in direct sunlight and the customer was watching, would you still want to clean them inside?
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Just bought one, used it 3 times this week (new business, only 6 jobs). I don’t regret it one bit. Went with the aztec (I hear Xero is the same), because thats what was available in Canada, it’s a little floppy (legs were correct), you get a little wet, but looks and feels so much more professional and easy. I was doing an exterior only job, customer said “Ugh, now I’ll have to clean my screens”. Quick conversation about my new screen cleaner and they offered an extra $100 to clean about a dozen screens.
I use screen magic that WCR sells and there’s several others but I clean them right there on the spot wirh a micro fiber unless they’re really really bad or the home owners right there. Screen magic does wonders
Late to the party, buttt…
I have a screen cleaner as well, and believe me, I have picked up at least a dozen houses from using it. I try to make sure I always set it up in the driveway or front yard. I always clean screens first thing, so they can dry while I’m waterfeeding/cleaning interior. I lean them up against a garage door or fence on a corner of the screen so the water drips down to a corner of the screen as opposed to leaving the bottom flat on the ground. I use it in the driveway because I will always catch the eye of morning joggers, dog walkers, people driving kids to school who will stop and get out of their vehicle and ask for my info and actually stand there and wait DH me clean a couple of screens. People know screens are dirty, so when they see an actual screen cleaner they think you really know what you’re doing because they’ve never seen anything like it before. I have one client that I actually have a couple videos of them using my screen cleaner for their own screens because they are tickled at the process of doing it. They actually WANT to clean their own screens! On top of that, I still charge them the regular price of $4 per screen and they don’t even think twice about it even though they are doing it themselves. They just love using it. I’ve also seen a lot of guys just using it with plain water, and I do not do that. Car exhaust has oils in it. Pollen has oils in it. Dirty is dirty. We don’t use water with no soap to squeegee. I have a spray bottle from HD that has about a tablespoon of Dawn in it and about 1/3 cup of Zep Orange citrus degreaser. Any degreaser will work, just stick with the citrus/orange ones. I stack all the screens and spray the outermost one and the spray will go through about 4-5 screens. When I get to where I don’t see any spray on the screens after those 4-5 are done and cleaned, I spray the next 4-5. Screens will take 1-2 minutes longer to clean using this method because you have to get the cleaner rinsed from the screens, but they come out sooo much nicer than using plain water. The trick is to use the spray solution sparingly because it does not take a lot to foam/suds up once you get water from the screen cleaner coupled with agitation. Lots of suds means lots of rinse time. A couple of trigger pulls is enough. I also charge $4 per screen to make up for the extra time. I sell screen cleaning by telling people that getting their screens cleaned will keep their windows cleaner longer. If you have a wiped down screen or a half-assed cleaned screen, when rain or wind hits it that dirt gets pushed onto the clean window. When I explain that if you start off with a clean screen against a clean window, people go “ahhhhh, yes, that does make sense” and they always go for it. I’m using Responsibid and I would say that about 70% of the time people choose my “ultimate” package which includes using the screen cleaner on their screens. They see the extra price for getting the screens cleaned and they still choose to go with that package. I cleaned 24 screens this morning in about 45-60 minutes and charged an extra $100 on top of a $475 in/out window cleaning, 6.5 hr job.
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THIS! This right here.
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I will eventually get one lol.
I felt like such a genius when I figured this out years ago. Such a simple thing, but makes a huge difference. 
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Screen cleaning can kill your job, and bid if your not careful. Some screens can be very dirty, big, and bulky. Some are inside screens, and just need dusted with damp towel. I lay a bath towel down, and put screens on them on regularly cleaned homes. On a new job,
always try to take dirty screens outside. This avoids bringing in dirt on the carpets, and everywhere! A damp towel isn’t enough on homes that don’t have a regular cleaning schedule.
It takes longer to clean screens than the windows on a first time job. It took me a few years to learn the hard way.
Very good strategy. I did the same thing starting out 28 years ago. Alcohol based cleaners, and degreasers work well. Sparingly!
I also let clients know, keeping your screens out will keep your windows cleaner. However, you end up losing work sometimes. I hate screen cleaning. I have homes where the screens have been out for years.
You have a very good strategy. Great advice. So many window cleaners fail to clean screens properly. The difference is huge. Can be the difference between you, and the rest, and repeat business.
I think going into next season I’m just going to offer “Basic wipe down of screens” and raise the price per window. I mainly offered a basic wipe down of screen frames and charged additional per screen if they wanted a “deep screen cleaning service.” I would take them outside and use a screen washer.
I find it takes a lot of time to remove them, bring them outside, clean, put back, whereas it takes a few minutes per screen in the house. Although I might run into problems if they’re really dirty and there’s carpet.
Thats how I do it.
If you need a screen cleaner, have a spare that I could part with for a few bucks.
For the past little while I have been soft washing all screens and even the glass, its touchless you just soap up them all come back to the first one you soaped and start rinsing. It can even been done with fixed screens, the screens come up looking as new as does the external frames.
Anything less that a proper clean then you are just being lazy and allowing the glass to dirty faster thru the dirty screen you didn’t want to clean properly. In my area the customer would see this and chose a different Window cleaner that did them properly.
