The office janitor can have a significant impact on the health of employees and visitors – in dealing with indoor air quality, spread of pathogens, and chemical safety. The real reason we clean our offices is to protect the health and safety of our employees and visitors. Folks often fail to consider the health impact of the air one […]
Read More...Here are Six Tips we provide our end users to help them maintain their customer’s floors: 1. Have a floor care plan. Proper floor maintenance requires that the duties, frequency of tasks, and other services necessary to maintain a floor are clearly outlined and formalized, by writing them down. Everyone involved in a facility’s floor […]
Read More...Residential Cleaning – Top 3 Tips 1.Vacuum regularly: Vacuum carpets at least once a week, since 80% of dirt in carpets is loose dirt that should be removed quickly before it becomes absorbed by the fibers. You should vacuum high traffic areas more often, if needed. 2. Dust your floor: Use a treated dust mop […]
Read More...Although I like to put my emphasis in this column on cleaning equipment, I can’t help mentioning something else that comes up all the time in our business: floor care challenges.These are the 10 most common floor care challenges we hear about: 1. Awkward floor layouts and designs. Some buildings are designed with minimal regard […]
Read More...Whether it’s a cooking, automotive or lubricating oil mark, the sooner you deal with a greasy stain, the better the outcome. Follow the directions below to minimize the risk of permanent stains. Instructions Apply an absorbent such as talcum powder or cornstarch to the affected area, then brush away. If the stain is heavy or old, proceed […]
Read More...Thanks to media coverage following the outbreak of H1N1 and other pandemics in recent years, the public has finally caught on that regular hand hygiene is essential to helping prevent the spread of germs. People are washing their hands more frequently and hand sanitizers are populating buildings more quickly than ever before. But, despite this […]
Read More...We’re coming up on cold and flu season again (seems to happen every year, about this time…). Besides retraining and motivating our crews on the usual restroom disinfection (we use a hospital grade quaternary ammonia product) and touch point sanitation (hydrogen peroxide based cleaner/sanitizer), we like to encourage our clients a bit on keeping their employees healthy: touch […]
Read More...Several weeks ago our company, a commercial cleaning and janitorial services provider, received a request for a janitorial quote from a local fast food franchise. Our salesperson was surprised – he’d never seen a fast food location that was interested in nightly janitorial cleaning. Our company had done floor finishes, carpet cleaning, kitchen detail work, and […]
Read More...Tile and grout cleaning is not just a difficult task to face in the average bathroom. Hotels, restaurants, and commercial kitchen areas all have to deal with the same problem on a much larger scale. In areas like kitchens, where there is a lot of food and liquid spills and spatter, tiles are sensible to […]
Read More...Steve Ashkin writes about how the changing of the seasons, no matter which continent you live on, is also a good time to evaluate your Green Cleaning programs and look for, what he calls, gaps. While North America is experiencing a long-deserved warm summer, Australia and other countries in the Southern Hemisphere are planning for […]
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