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MOVE OVER MRS HINCH!

Meet the men cleaning up on the web... just by cleaning up

- By CHARLES WADE-PALMER

THESE chaps are cleaning up as unlikely YouTube stars.

Car Cleaning Guru Joe and Trad-Man window cleaner Peter McKay have built huge followings online by filming their daily graft.

It follows the rise of cleaning queen Mrs Hinch, who is now a celebrity on the back of her springclea­n Instagram posts.

But it’s not just Mrs H making a mint from soap and water.

It’s estimated Joe pockets £8,000 a month through YouTube and Peter £1,000 a month.

Window cleaner Peter, 29, said: “It kind of just started off as a hobby, but I’ve been to Amsterdam with it for one of the world’s biggest cleaning shows.

“I get messages from people in Australia, America, Europe.”

Making extra money is just a bonus for Peter, who began his channel to share his top tips.

He said: “It’s a fun hobby which has perks, obviously the biggest perk is being able to help people out.”

Full-time car cleaner Joe, 36, told us he used to struggle to find work. Now, owners queue up for his services. He said: “It used to be the Yellow Pages and things like that.

“Now I get offers of work from here, there and everywhere thanks to my videos.” The two men upload weekly videos, demonstrat­ing new techniques, offering tips and trying the latest products.

When Peter, from Aberdeen, wore a kilt for a month for charity, his female fanbase spiked.

He said: “I’ve had a few offers to hold my ladder when I’m in a kilt.

“But I do get quite a lot of views when I’ve got the kids running around, having a laugh, too.”

For Joe, from Wirral, Merseyside, there is no one formula for success. He said: “People say my voice sends them to sleep. I think they find it therapeuti­c.

“I think the reason it’s done so well is because people are nosey; when it’s got ‘neighbour’ in the title and you can see a very messy car, everyone relates to that.”

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