Sunday, March 8, 2015

Janitorial Distributors Will Have What You Need To Clean Efficiently

By Leslie Ball


Cleaners, your cleaners if you run a custodial firm, can not perform their tasks without things. They need to have tools for various purposes, equipment, both large and small, as well as supplies and chemicals. They, and you, also need information and this all can be gained from a visit to one of your local janitorial distributors.

Tools, such as brushes, putty knives, brooms, mops and buckets, not to mention dust pans, are needed. All of these instruments will be displayed in these local store fronts for comparison. Finding the right size, shape, weight and in the appropriate materials is critical for ease of use in varying situations.

Equipment needs include floor machines, such as vacuums, carpet cleaners and floor scrubbers. Each category of floor machine will be available for testing. The service representatives will help you understand how they work and provide, in most cases, a place for you to try them out. This is important as these impromptu classes are vital and these knowledgeable professionals will fill in any knowledge gaps you may have.

Supplies are all of those things that are used to get into the hidden places for dust and dirt. Cloths, dusters and mops, regardless of material used are vital. All of these are on display for touching and using so that each item can be selected for their functionality in hands on operation. Terry cloth is an old line, material and micro fiber cloth is the newer replacement, but sometimes the old line stuff is better.

The chemicals needed are for a lot of different tasks. Some of these are hard surface cleaners and many of them are the environmentally friendly formulations that may be of concern to you and or your clients. Finding the ones that can perform more than one purpose is especially important as costs rise when you have more chemicals than are actually needed.

Federal regulations from OSHA, EPA and, in some cases, the FDA require the presence of Material Safety Data Sheets, or MSDs for all chemicals you use. These stores will assist you in obtaining these, even if they are for chemicals they do not stock. Their database will assist you in making sure you have this information for your employees safety.

One of the best things about these stores is all of the information you can get through the informal training between customers standing in the lobby. They will be in the best position to help you understand how they get things done and how you can gain the same results. This information extends to businesses and private homes that are getting ready to change contract cleaning services.

Many of these supply stores only handle a few brands or lines of products. They know these very well and all of that knowledge can be transferred to other similar products. Small tools are very similar in nature, large equipment are extremely similar and chemicals are largely, with a few exceptions, made from the same stuff. It is the knowledge and experience gleaned from others that help you and your employees get better.




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