The 2016 Spring season is upon us… but after a long dry year last year this unprecedented amount of precipitation is confounding the senses! In other words, people are going to put off their spring projects (especially window cleaning) until it stops raining. But if you know anything about kids (El Nino= the boy) they can often be temperamental. In February, it was dry, in March, it’s pretty wet. April? Who knows.
What can a consumer do? Let the weather control their decisions forever? Of course not!
Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Fear the Rain
(At least for your windows.)
[WARNING: SCIENCE AHEAD!]
Most people understand that the water that comes from the spouts in their house is “hard” water (which means it has a lot of impurities in it), and it leaves stains when it dries. Rain is not hard water… it’s pure water. When it dries, it leaves nothing! However… because there is really not much force or pressure behind it- it doesn’t help or hurt. Our California rain is strong enough to move the dirt around on your windows, but not enough to actually clean it.
On the other hand, what if it were to rain on your already clean windows? Remember- rain is pure water- it leaves nothing behind when it dries. In fact, some window cleaners even collect rain to use in pure water cleaning systems (more about that later.)
There are small variables like water runoff from dirty siding or from the window screen that could possibly dirty a window- but those are the exceptions, not the rule. I’m not speaking purely theoretical either- I just cleaned my windows last week, it rained all weekend, and today, they still look clean.
But all this information does nothing for you unless I put my money where my mouth is. That’s why I have the 1-week rain guarantee: If your windows get dirtied by the rain I will come out and re-clean any affected windows free of charge (but I must be notified within one week).
TL:DR– The rain won’t make your clean windows dirty, if they do, we’ll re-clean them.