The Art of Clean Sponsored Content
By Matthew St. Amand
Photograph by Trevor Booth
“By May, we picked up some equipment,” Sean says, “and did some stuff around our homes and our families’ homes. We got our social media together, put our name out there, and then picked up some jobs.”
Scrub Power Washing started soon after the global pandemic began in March 2020. As people mourned their suddenly dormant social lives, Dan Dobrich and Sean Bender saw the “new normal” as an opportunity. “We were looking for a way to stay busy,” Dan recalls. “We had a relationship with a person in Toronto who was power-washing at a professional level, who could answer our questions.” 18
A few jobs turned into a few more jobs, and soon Scrub Power Washing was cleaning Starbucks in Leamington, scrubbing plazas in Kingsville and Amherstburg, Shoppers Drug Mart, and demonstrating their skills washing fleet vehicles from transports and dump trucks to farm and construction heavy equipment onsite.
the process to get the job done. They also provide their own water, which makes it possible to wash at any location. “We have a process that is unique to us,” Dan explains. “We found the best chemicals, something that doesn’t exist in the local market. It brightens aluminum, such as shiny wheels and chrome accents—the first things people notice.”
“It’s not about hitting surfaces as hard as we can,” Sean says. “It’s about finding the balance of flow rate and PSI. If you hit a stucco wall with too much pressure, you can damage it. Too much pressure Scrub Power Washing is more than is what leaves streaks on cement after a pair of industrious young guys willing people power wash their driveways.” to go anywhere to clean anything. They Fleet managers throughout Essex have the equipment, the knowledge, and County are discovering that Scrub Power