@Darius Irani no, not particularly, usually similar concentrations. You don’t need much, just a few small beads of soap will go a long way, regardless of brand or viscosity. Regardless of brand I’ll usually start with a small bead of soap on my strip washer and then add a squirt to whatever solution I’m using, whether a bucket of water for outside or a spray bottle for inside.

@Darius Irani I say pick your favorite smell if neither is significantly better. Those little touches (like fragrance) can make a difference in how enjoyable the work is, as well as the customers perceived value of the service. Definitely great when a good scent is lingering behind!

I don’t have much as far as savings from ResponsiBid, but there’s a small discount if you use this link: https://get.responsi.bid/46VDM6 Jill’s Office’s affiliate program is brand new and I’m not sure what their promos are, or if they have any discounts at all… I’m hoping there’s some type of discount they add 😅 I haven’t had much communication with them yet as it’s so new https://getstarted.jillsoffice.com/getstartednow?am_id=BluLadder

Not sure how bad it was, but sounds like you need a heavier acid. Gets a little more dangerous, and you need appropriate safety gear (mask for the fumes and gloves for your hands, plus goggles for your eyes), but here in the states we have Muriatic Acid available at most stores, and that’s what I’d try. You’ll likely need several coats, and some extra scrubbing.

I wash them with my regular rags, no detergent added, double rinse. Then I remove them from the load and let them air dry while the rags/towels go into the dryer. While some microfiber applicator pads are fine in the dryer, I’ve damaged some and they seem to bunch up faster if you machine dry. Also I don’t wash them often. You can use a hose to spray them with water and give them a good rinse, squeeze out the liquid, maybe do it a couple of times, and you’re ready for the next house.

@Jon DeBlauw good work on just getting started, you have no idea how many people struggled to do that part. Unholy encourage purchasing some door hangers from Window Cleaning Resource, they are fairly well designed, and you can customize them. You might be able to find cheaper door hangers, but there won’t be many designs that are better anywhere else for what we do. Then when your door knocking and nobody’s home, you can always leave the door hanger. We usually get an average of a half a percent response rate, which means for every $ 200 door hangers we put out we get one call. From there we might get about 60% of them to book an appointment, which means for every 1,000 door hangers we get three jobs. Numbers are much better in peak seasons like right now, can be worse when things are slow like a peak summer and winter. The best thing about door hangers right now is that the same design concepts carryover to postcards, so when you start getting too busy to door knock, you can start mailing out EDDM postcards and already know roughly what designs might work.

@Jon DeBlauw I just clean windows every day but I would say door knocking is better in the evenings and weekends, I am all for packing in as much work as you can in a day. You could also book a job in the morning and then door knock the rest of the day. I find having something to get me moving in the morning helps me tremendously. Then you can door knock the neighbors of where you’re working letting them know you’re working in the neighborhood As far as cleaning goes, you’ll get faster with practice. Water fed pole is great and definitely can be faster, but first time cleans I’m a big fan of using a ladder to scrub by hand with steel wool. In general though, water fed pole can be almost twice as fast as traditional. I did a video a while back taking about my thoughts on WFP vs Trad: https://youtu.be/zD-pkpRDHxg