[Zeke]

I guess I'll struggle on at $600. I did window washing at the beach on Saturdays for gas money in high school. I found I could make up to $30/hr cash in the '60's. Dollar a pane no matter what size, inside and out plus wash the screens. It all averaged out even though beach front windows tend to be bigger and more.

Had to lean out of a lot of windows sitting on the sill and hanging on with one hand. Used to take less than a minute to do a 3 x 3 pane on the outside and about 30 seconds for each inside. Lots of old sheets and towels for the floor, walls, etc. The window gear consisted of 3 items, a lamb's wool washer, an 18" Ettore' squeegee and a high quality chamois. I used Ettore's washing powder per instructions. Any troublesome areas I sprayed distilled water on it for a rinse, used a clean chamois and walked away. No streaks or spots.

I see they use ionized water now. Leaded glass windows were never a problem. Spray them with Glass Plus (never Windex) and wipe them in all directions with a nice fluffy terrycloth towel. Perfect. I could do house windows better than a car.

Old timers used wadded newsprint when the ink wasn't vegetable based and would rub off on your hands. Something about that old ink that polished glass. Newsprint doesn't work that well now. And I use Sprayway foam now, the best there ever was. Unless it's a sliding glass door. on those back to the old "snaking."