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Starting your own external cleaning business can be a rewarding and lucrative venture. Some potential benefits of starting this type of business include: Flexibility: You can choose your own schedule and work as much or as little as you want Moderately Low Startup Costs: Specialty equipment designed for gutter cleaning, gutter brightening, window cleaning, pressure washing, mobile detailing, high-dusting etc can be purchased through Buy Now Pay Later programs or leased High Demand: External cleaning services are always in demand, as people are constantly looking to maintain the appearance and value of their homes and businesses. Potential for Growth: If...

  In this video Ionic Systems explains water quality and how water, water fed poles, water purification systems and methods for cleaning have changed over the years. Traditionally window cleaning has been a dangerous activity since much of the cleaning at height is done from ladders, which are inherently treacherous. In the past, to avoid water marks, window cleaners have always wiped windows clean with a towel or squeegee. This meant they had to be close to the glass to get the job done. This all changed back in 1992 when Ionic Systems added pure water to water fed poles...

Hot (Warm) or Cold Water Window Cleaning? If hot, what is the optimal water temperature for cleaning windows? Let's start with temperatures, when we say hot we really mean warm. We don't want water to be too hot and then applied to a cold window...it can cause it to crack. It's difficult to put a finger on the actual temperature of the water and the glass in order to make it crack...it depends on the quality of the glass. But to be safe we heat the water to a "warm" temperature, enough to significantly improve the cleaning but not too...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) defines a combustible dust as “a combustible particulate solid that presents a fire or deflagration hazard when suspended in air or some other oxidizing medium over a range of concentrations, regardless of particle size or shape.” Combustible particulates having an effective diameter of 420 μm or smaller are generally considered to be combustible dusts. The vast majority of natural and synthetic organic materials, as well as some metals, can form combustible dust. The NFPA’s Industrial Fire Hazards Handbook states, “Any industrial process that reduces a combustible material and some normally non-combustible materials to a...