I’ve been in this biz for a little over 3 years and I’ve seen people spend tons of money on solutions, I my self use what I was taught to use, it’s a lot cheeper and I think I get better results. What do you think?
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For quick wash jobs use dish soap.
For high pole work with a backflip use a soap that emulsifies and beaks down dirt so that it causes the dirt to flow down below the squeegee with the liquid. Glass gleam does this. Dish soap will take that dirt into the suds which blows back in the wind or rubs it into the surface of the glass. You can use dish soap for high pole work but it doesn’t work as well as a whetter soap will.
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What’s a ton if money to you? I’ve tried everything till I found what I like best .
I like Dawn when its warm, Ecover when its cold.
… I think all solutions are so cheap the cost isn’t even worth thinking about so I use what works for me.
I use GG 3or4 with Ecover half and half. However, if a solution appeared on the market that was proven to bring the dirt into suspension better, left no streaks or residue, and cost 10 times as much I would elbow everyone else out of the way to get it.
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So what is it?
We use dawn and a little bit of ammonia w h2o
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It still blows my mind how crazy these discussions get about soap… For years I used joy and water. Then I tried out dawn and liked that more on my route and felt it broke down the grime better on the glass. I found Ecover at the grocery store and really liked how much i felt it helped glide my squeegee.
All this soap talk make me wanna try the gg3 or gg4 just to know why some of you swear by it.
Who would have thought that soap was such a highly debatable topic
Mike Radzik
Pro Window Cleaning
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I used ammonia and dawn dish soap for ten years that’s all I used . I still use ammonia a lot especially in hair salons an eating establishments. When I went on my own I tried everything, an now I mostly use gg4 and Ecover.
Come on try it everyone is using it.
I’d like to try gg4 where can I buy it? Hopefully I can go out and pick it up locally rather than impatient me have to order it online.
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I don’t think they sell it in any local stores. BTW shipping is fast with these guys
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Ecover Lemon and Aloe Vera Dish Liquid - Glass Cleaners and Slip - Soaps / Chemicals
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Online is only where i have seen it.
If your impatient go to homedespot and get ya some unger pro…
water 
or add your specific special sauce
Get a float bottle with the order. Start with 50-50 keep it shaken up. I use only 1/4-1/2 oz per gallon. Small bottle will last a long time.
I don’t know about you guys but I know of buildings that have had dish soap rubbed into them for twenty years - wth?
There’s gotta be a new way to clean glass…or do we continue cleaning high rise buildings the same way it was done in the 70’s?
If you think about it, buildings built today are glass and architectural metal, not glass - concrete - glass - concrete.
This calls for new and innovative methods to care for building structures. One method we use is a pressurized version of a camel pack back pack that can be filled with rainex or invisible shield or (suggestions?)… After cleaning a drop a window cleaner can go back and drop again without the bucket and use a wagtail to apply the glass protectant to the glass and squeegee it off.
Do any of you see a need for this?
I’m open to criticism. After all, I’m just a hanging janitor!
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Which car is best? Which beer is best? There is no right answer. Try several and make your own decision. Once you decide, then you can be like us: Noisy and opinionated about why your preferred soap is so much better than ours is.
Why is it that the yellow etore wand covers shed when they’re brand new? Have you noticed that you can use a new ettore wand cover on windows and not have to worry about the fibers/fuzz leaving streaks on a window you’re cleaning when you use glass gleam? The dish soap always caused those fibers or hairs from a new yellow ettore wand cover to cause little smears and streaks until after it was used for a couple days. We even would try brushing the fibers out from new wands because it would jam is up on the job (back when I was on the line). But you can use a brand new wand with glass gleam or an equivalent and no fibers gets smeared onto the windows. That’s because the surfactant floats those fibers on the liquid and they rise away under the rubber. I figherrd’ that out at least a decade ago.
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