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Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Uniforms

Eric Schnaible · Approved Exterior Cleaner

I'm pretty much the same. I buy the white craftsmen pants from Sears. they are tough and only 19 to 22 bucks. They last way longer than jeans and you can bleach them. As far as spray shirts, I'm usually on the prowl for a deal on the breathable workout polyester/spandex long sleeves. Some brands are affected a bit more than others by bleach. I always get heathered gray. It hides stains real well. They are also practically indestructible even though they are very thin.

-- Edited by Eric Schnaible on Saturday 20th of June 2015 03:13:12 PM

John Aloisio · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Yes I provide eight shirts per guy, mostly black polyester sportek shirts and I give an allowance for shirts, so they allowed the same kind. I provide boots, sneaks and sunglasses too. Also, regular baseball hats and winter hats as well. Everything is polyester.

Diamond Roof Cleaning · Approved Exterior Cleaner

I supply 5 of the shirts and 5 pairs of shorts ,1 pair of boots and hats.

BlueRidge · Approved Exterior Cleaner

I supply 7 company shirts with logo on the front and large logo with more info on the back. Tennis shoes from Shoes For Crews, safety sun glasses and khaki shorts.

Chris Mozick · Approved Exteior Cleaner

I supply company Tshirts, safety glasses, roof harness they buy their own shoes.

Ed Thompson · Approved Exterior Cleaner

I supply shirts only. They're required to supply their own blue Dickies and boots. It's ok for them to invest in their trade. It's not asking much. I think back when I was a plumber. I invested thousands of dollars over the years for all of my own boots, gloves, other various clothing, 100's of different hand tools, wrenches, sawzalls, right angle drills, cordless drill sets, etc. and that is pretty standard for every company.

Eric Schnaible · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Ed, I think about that all the time. I also think about how hard I would work and how fast I would run just to be the best. I imagine others here feel the same way. It's just different now. Young people people don't see or do things like we did (man I'm only 47) I realize that's a big generalization but it's a true one.

SprayWash · Approved Exterior Cleaner

I'm a shirt and PPE guy, the rest is up to them. I do keep a couple of spare pair of white boots handy in case the guys want to wear them .

Fred W · Guru

I provide 3 shirts up front but as many shirts as needed for them to stay looking professional. I provide 3 pairs of blue dickie pants and I provide their PPE.....glasses and masks mostly. There is a hard hat in each truck (I launch my second truck next week.....:) as well as a harness and plain white ball caps.

I just ordered more shirts and went with 100% polyester in lime green and white....hope they come out looking good.
Boots, shorts and anything else are on them.

I do provide bottled water and crunch bars as well.....I spend about $7 a week on the crunch bars and they stay happy so.......I think I win with it in the end.

Chris Mozick · Approved Exteior Cleaner

Are they Cajun style crunch bars?

Doug · Member

Whats a good brand of pants to buy I just bought me carhart white pants and you slosh a little sh and it eats holes in them dam pants are always spoltchy from the bleach and I havent been able to find any that hold up

Fred W · Guru

We use the blue Dic. .kies and they work great.

Sorry Chris....didn't see your post. Just regular ol' Nature Valley crunch bars. The Cajun bars have too much booze.

John Aloisio · Approved Exterior Cleaner

We wear polyester shorts. Usually khaki or black. As long as they are 100% polyester you should be ok. SH will chew up organic based threads.

Admin · Head Quarters

Good thread with a lot of views