What comes to mind when I say "cleaning service"?

December 5, 2014 7:26 PM

If you had to choose something that could visually represent a cleaning service for houses and businesses in an unusual, offbeat way, what would it be?
posted by omar.a to Media & Arts (11 answers total)

Feather duster. It's not super unusual, but it's prettier than a mop or broom or bucket or vacuum cleaner. And there are different shapes and colours you could go with.
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 7:32 PM on December 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

Yep. A feather duster. I think it's because no one really dusts any more.

For offbeat, maybe a pink feather duster.
posted by OrangeDisk at 7:36 PM on December 5, 2014

Harvey Keitel.
posted by paleyellowwithorange at 7:51 PM on December 5, 2014 [10 favorites]

Response by poster: Uncle Conrad and Aunt Ginny's bedroom set as well, no?
posted by omar.a at 7:55 PM on December 5, 2014

Totally. The logo could be a guy in evening wear screaming up in a flash car, packing a pink feather duster.
posted by paleyellowwithorange at 7:58 PM on December 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

I agree with the feather duster -- that's what I thought too before I saw the replies. And maybe if you can incorporate a glimmer or twinkle into the logo, like something is looking brand new and shiny.
posted by AppleTurnover at 8:23 PM on December 5, 2014

Scrubbing gloves and a sponge mop is what I thought.
posted by Carillon at 9:42 PM on December 5, 2014

Have you ever met Henry?
posted by Middlemarch at 10:01 PM on December 5, 2014 [3 favorites]

I would create two distinct logos, one each for your business and household arms:

For business: a stylized office (or warehouse) in a washing machine. An opened box of soap powder on top. A hand about to turn the machine on.

For household: same, except a stylized house in the machine.
posted by TristanPK at 10:44 PM on December 5, 2014

A winged broom.
posted by Too-Ticky at 1:30 AM on December 6, 2014

For me it has to be a blue rag wiping across something. Not sure why the color but I get the feeling of clean.
posted by ashtray elvis at 3:12 PM on December 6, 2014