If you are doing both pressure washing and window cleaning on your Conway home this spring, the order matters. Do it wrong and you will end up with windows that look dirtier than before you started – or worse, damage your glass by mistake.
Why the Order Matters for Conway AR Homeowners
Window cleaning should almost always come after pressure washing – not before. Here is why: pressure washing, especially on Arkansas siding (vinyl, brick, or stucco), kicks up a significant amount of grime, mud, and cleaning solution residue. That residue – if windows are already clean – will splatter and dry onto freshly cleaned glass. You will be looking at a second window cleaning to fix what the pressure washer did.
The correct sequence: pressure wash first, let the property dry for 24-48 hours, then clean the windows. Simple. Effective. No double-cleaning.
When You Should Clean Windows First
There is one exception to the rule above: soft washing. Soft washing – using low-pressure water combined with cleaning solutions to treat siding, roofs, and decks – is a different technique. For homes with delicate siding materials – wood, stucco, or painted surfaces – soft washing is the correct approach. If your spring exterior cleaning involves soft washing, the same principle applies: soft wash the exterior first, wait 24-48 hours, then clean the windows.
The cleaning solutions used in soft washing are also acidic or alkaline depending on the treatment – they can leave residue on glass if windows are cleaned afterward. Waiting allows those solutions to dissipate and be rinsed by rainfall or initial irrigation before window cleaning begins.
Should You Hire One Company or Two?
Most professional exterior cleaning companies offer both pressure washing and window cleaning as separate services. You can hire one company to do both in the correct sequence, or hire two companies and coordinate the schedule yourself.
Spotless Window Washing offers pressure washing and window cleaning as a combined service for Conway area homeowners. We coordinate the timing so that pressure washing is completed first, the property is given adequate drying time, and then window cleaning follows. You book one service call and we handle the sequence.
Call 501-278-7169 for a free estimate on combined exterior cleaning – pressure washing and window cleaning – for your Conway home.
Licensed and insured. Serving Conway, Heber Springs, Searcy, Greers Ferry, Little Rock, and all of Central Arkansas since 2003.
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M. Victor Kilgore has been cleaning windows across Central Arkansas since 2003. As the owner of Spotless Window Washing in Searcy, he provides residential and commercial window cleaning services throughout Heber Springs, Greers Ferry, Little Rock, and surrounding communities. A family-owned and operated business, he and his wife share insights on window maintenance, lake home care, and keeping properties looking their best year-round.