What possible damage could I cause?
Alan Karr
Window Kare
905-321-7720
Enough that you could be replacing glass
This was a great bit of advice from Bumblebee,
[COLOR=#333333][INDENT]"Be careful taking on shower doors. I have come across some doors where the homeowner has used every grocery store acid wash (CLR, etc.) out there and they have etched the glass. They don’t tell us they have even tried pool acid on the door before we arrived. Then we come along and start using our favorite secret formula, it doesn’t work so we break out the nuclear option, CC550. It doesn’t work, or turns the glass white reacting with the cocktail of acid the homeowner has used. Then you have to break out the grinder and do a restoration. What we thought was going to be a quick 100 bucks has turned into an all day pain in the ^$$. Then the customer starts whispering about insurance and a new door…
There is money to be made in shower doors, just make sure we tread lightly and examine the door carefully. Not to be insulting, but if we don’t know what we are doing and are carrying around chemicals we have little experience with and we really don’t know how to use, but someone told you about it, get informed…unless you want a collection of doors at home to practice on."
I totally loved that! Cuz I have run into similar situations when looking at windows. When it really gets sticky just just can’t educate.
Henry
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[MENTION=9757]Alan[/MENTION] this post is a good read. ^^^
How do you guys market this service - especially to new customers? I mean, it’s pretty obvious if you’re cleaning the inside of a home, and spot a stained glass shower that you can mention you also restore showers to the customer. I’ve discovered quite a lot of people aren’t even aware this service exists, and some even consider replacing the glass.
