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Help Make Routine Sanitizing and Disinfecting More Efficient with PURELL® Surface Wipes
With widespread labor shortages, surface wipes allow staff to kill germs quickly so that they can attend to other important tasks. Learn how PURELL® Surface Wipes can help make sanitizing and disinfecting surfaces easier and more efficient.
How to Clean LVT (Luxury Vinyl Flooring): 5 Key Steps for Daily Maintenance
Do you want your luxury vinyl tile, or LVT, flooring to look its best all the time? Of course, you do!What you need to do is develop a comprehensive floorcare program with daily, periodic, and restorative cleaning procedures. Daily and periodic cleaning...
Are Paper Towels More Sanitary Than Hand Dryers?
Hand dryers are a popular replacement for paper towel dispensers, but are they more sanitary? Hand dryers promote cross contamination by spreading germs from the air, to your hands, and eventually to other surfaces. Here are a few reasons why paper...
3 Ways to Reduce Stretch Wrap Costs for your Business
Want to know how to save money on stretch wrap? Follow the methods we lay out in this article to reduce material costs, increase worker productivity, and optimize stretch wrap usage for your business.
Edge Protectors 101: Everything You Need to Know
Delivering damaged goods can often have a greater impact on your business than on the customers you serve, especially in the packaging industry. When a customer receives a damaged package, it gives them the impression that your business is careless...
3 Easy Ways to Prevent Ice Melt From Getting Inside
Ice melt can be a saving grace during periods of harsh, wintry weather. It has the ability to eliminate ice and snow build-up, and continue to protect against those hazards even after it’s applied to the ground. In doing so, it also reduces...
5 Ways to Extend the Useful Life of Equipment
Unexpected equipment breakdowns can be costly to repair, and lower the useful life of equipment. Save money and extend your equipment lifespan with these 5 tips.
How to Remove Rust Stains From Linen
Dealing with rust stains on your linens? Read this article to learn how to remove rust stains from commercial sheets and linens with rust pre-spotter, or rust reclaim powder.
Carpet Wicking 101: What Is It and How to Avoid It?
Do you notice stains reappearing on your carpets, even if you and your cleaning team just extracted them? Recurring stains are often due to carpet wicking. Carpet wicking can be an expensive problem when time, labor, and cleaning products are...
Winter Carpet Cleaning: How to Properly Clean a Carpet
From November to February, much of the US can expect to get hit with snow, ice, and sleet. For many, preparing for the increased wet weather and associated dangers means laying down ice melt and rock salt.
How to Save Money & Lower Maintenance Costs With Winter Floor Prep
Winter weather is unpredictable. There’s just no knowing for sure how harsh it will be until we’re in the thick of it. Last year, the foremost weather observatory in the US recorded a warmer winter than average, but sporadic weather meant that...
Winter Floor Prep: Creating a Winter Floor Care Bundle [+ Product Recs]
When creating a winter floor care bundle for your facility, consider the winter weather hazards you dealt with last year, the problems that arose from them, and what products you needed to address those issues. Did you deal with hazy, white ice...
Stretch Wrap 101: What Is Industrial Plastic Wrap, Types of Plastic Stretch Wrap, & How to Use
Imagine this: the average semi-truck (72’) can fit 26 standard pallets inside it, without stacking. A single standard pallet can carry up to 4,600 lbs of cargo. That means just under 120,000 lbs of cargo can fit inside a semi-truck.
How to Clean Bathroom Tile and Grout: 10 Tips and Tricks You Need
Is your commercial bathroom plagued by stained, dirty floors? Are there lingering odors in the air? These are some of the most common complaints for a commercial restroom, but they don’t have to be for yours.
How to Maintain an Autoscrubber in 10 Easy Steps: An Operator’s Manual
Keep your automatic floor scrubber in peak condition by following these 10 key autoscrubber maintenance steps.
Floor Prep 101: Get Your Floors Winter Ready with a Scrub and Recoat
With all the products and floor prep information floating around this season, we thought we’d save you from the hassle of having to figure out what the best option for winter prep is by putting together this guide.
IoT & Smart Restroom Management Systems: Which is Right For Your Business?
Check out some of the most popular smart restroom management systems on the market today!
How to Perform Encapsulation Cleaning in 7 Easy Steps
If you’re looking for effective ways to rid your facility’s carpets of the toughest stains, then you no doubt stumbled upon encapsulation cleaning in your research. Or, maybe you just got finished reading our article on encapsulation carpet cleaning.
What is Encapsulation Carpet Cleaning?
If you’ve been in the commercial cleaning industry for a while, then you’ve probably heard the term encapsulation thrown around. Or, maybe you’re not an industry vet and just heard it for the first time. Some may know it’s a low-moisture method,...
How to Clean Commercial Floor Mats in 6 Quick Steps
Are your commercial floor mats in need of some TLC?
What is UV-C Disinfection? A Method for Chemical-Free Disinfection
Did you know that you can disinfect surfaces and objects in your facility without using a chemical disinfectant? Chemical disinfectants are the most common way to inactivate germs on various surfaces and objects, however, newer alternative methods...
Industrial Packaging Tape: Everything You Need to Know
Do you need multiple pieces of industrial packaging tape to effectively seal your commercial boxes and containers for transport? Have you noticed that your tape isn’t actually sticking to the materials being shipped?
What is IoT Technology? Everything You Need to Know Before You Invest
With labor being the most costly expense for most facilities, finding ways to make cleaning your building quicker and easier for your janitorial team is likely a high priority for your business. Switching to IoT-enabled devices is one way your...
4 Innovative Cleaning Solutions To Enhance Staff Productivity
New janitorial innovations are hitting the market daily, making it easier for janitorial personnel to clean and maintain the areas in their facility. You’ve likely encountered common issues, like malfunctioning dispensers, under or over diluted chemicals,...
How To Update An Outdated Commercial Restaurant Restroom
Quite often, the design of your commercial restrooms may be in need of a make-over to create an enhanced and cohesive look in your facility. Outdated restrooms can appear unclean and increase the amount of time your guests spend in your restroom. Updating...