Window Cleaning Bucket as a Tool Box?

Any professional contractor in any trade needs a tool box. The specialist has to have a way to get the tools needed to the right place on the job site. For the professional window cleaner, the bucket is the perfect tool box!

As a window cleaning professional, your success is based on cleaning windows repeatedly on a variety of job sites. Everything about window cleaning has to be extremely portable. The fact is, cleaning windows on one job will not pay the bills or build the business!

To be able to clean windows, you only need a couple of things – pro tools and liquid. The specially designed buckets in the window cleaning trade allow you to have both with you as well as where you need them.

The premium manufacturing brands of the industry, Unger, Ettore, Sorbo, Pulex and Moerman, offer a variety of rectangular buckets for window cleaning. Key features and functions that make them specialized for the window cleaning trade are:

• Large capacity: Most can hold up to 6 gallons of water. Usually, 3 to 4 gallons is plenty of water. The larger capacity of the bucket eliminates some of the slop caused by having the bucket too full.
  
• Easy carry handle: Centered for stability, the handy handle is designed to be easy to grip and fully drops out of the way when not in use.
  
• Available lids: This is huge as you will transport water from job to job in your vehicle. The lids vary from press on to secure, spill proof snap on. Added advantage – when working in cold temps, keeping that bucket covered helps to hold in some of the warmth. Quick tip – stick with the same brand of lid as your bucket to ensure best fit.
  
• Choices of colors: Use colors to organize crews, separate tasks like inside vs outside work or to brand your business and match your company colors.
  
• Rectangular design: This is the key design feature. Key highlights:
  • The shape allows for a lower center of gravity of the bucket, providing less chance of accidental spillage or tipage- especially in transport.
  • Shape provides more distance for dirt and grim to sink to the bottom of the bucket, providing more room for clean water at the top to refresh and rewet your scrubber.
  • Spreads the weight, making the bucket more balanced to carry.
• Sieves: Variety of sieves are available to keep your tools out of the water. This helps to keep tools fresh and cleaner. Also, the sieves can be used to help you control the level of wetness of your tools.
  
• Tool hooks: Moerman and Pulex offer hangers that provide dedicated places for occasionally used specialty tools, for example, scrapers or trim squeegees.
  
• Style and appearance: Color was already mentioned, but simply having a bucket that looks like it was designed for your window cleaning tools will create an elevated image with your customer and spectators, because we all know that people like to watch you work!
  
• The size is perfect for pro tools: While round buckets can be ok, the rectangular design allows you to store, use and transport the industry standard sized scrubbers and squeegees completely inside of the 6-gallon bucket. It was simply made to do that!
  
• Even smaller rectangular buckets too: If washing with smaller sizes, like 14” washers and squeegees, check out the compact bucket from Ettore as well as Unger. Same advantages of rectangular design with a smaller, 3-gallon capacity.

The profession of window cleaning is built on the simple challenge of removing dirt from the customers’ windows. The professional window cleaning bucket should be your tool box! The 6-gallon, industry standard size and design lets you carry the tools you need to every window you want to clean.

Check the full listing of options at Detroit Sponge today! For any questions, reach out to us over the phone or through email.

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