Recently our team attended the IWCA trade show in Orlando, FL. Our team looks forward to attending the convention and connecting with others in the window cleaning community each year. We get to hear about their business’ successes and challenges.

This year a customer approached our booth and picked up one of our natural sponges. He wanted to know why window cleaners use natural sponges while window cleaning. This is a common question amongst window cleaners who have never had the chance to try them out on the job.

Detroit Sponge has been a distributor of hand-harvested natural sea sponges for 80 years. Sponge is in our name- our team hand processes and trims each and every natural sponge. These are the high-quality sponges contractors have used for years.

Compare these to other sponges on the market and you will discover that ours lasts longer. They’ll also outperform and outlast synthetic sponges.

Sponges are a natural product from the sea. Sponge sizes are determined by the longest side. The shapes will vary piece by piece. This is partially because our team hand trims them at our warehouse in Wixom, Michigan. To know why they are so great, it is important to recognize their use for professional window cleaners.

Five top reasons window cleaners use Natural Sponges:

1. Wiping off the squeegee blade– Professionals know that the squeegee blade needs to be wiped off from time to time to make sure it is free from debris.

1. Cleaning out window tracks– One squeeze of a saturated sponge and the track of the window can be wet to allow for effective cleaning.

1. Wiping up dirty water from the ledge and surrounding area– The sponge functions in nature to absorb and then release.

1. Use for washing small windows- The sponge will hold water and release as you squeeze or apply pressure.

1. Refreshing you window cleaning scrubber- Vintage window cleaners would always carry their sponge in the non-squeeze hand, always ready for use.

After explaining the use of natural sponges to the convention attendee, we elaborated about why they are so great compared to other synthetic sponges. Natural sponges hold a significant amount of water. This comes in handy when you need to apply water to clean a window or absorb water from window tracks.

One of our long-term customers recently purchased their first natural sponge to see what the hype was all about. He decided it would be a tool he would regularly carry when cleaning out window tracks. The ability it has to flush out the corners or the tracks and then absorb the water with debris was incomparable to using a towel or synthetic sponge.

Read what some of our other customers have to say about their experience with our natural sponges.

REVIEWS:


Five stars- “Great Sponges! These are great sponges… A++.”

Five stars- “Awesome. These sponges are the best. I’ve even been to tarpon springs to meet the divers. Alway high quality from Mike and the crew at sponge and chamois”

Five stars- “Fifty Years Of Satisfaction… Bought my first sponge(s) from Mitch fifty years ago and never went elsewhere!”


Do not just take our word, pick up a natural sponge today and see what you think! If you have more questions about natural sponges or other window cleaning tools we carry at Detroit Sponge, please reach out to our team. Call us during business hours or email our customer service team.

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