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Easy Solutions to Enhance Your School Floor Care Program
Did you know that 78% of students believe that a lack of cleanliness in their schools negatively impacts their health? Maintaining a clean school is vital to the well-being of students, teachers, and staff. A big part of maintaining a clean school...
Industrial Floor Sweepers 101: Everything You Need to Know
The right janitorial equipment is crucial for maintaining cleanliness in large warehouses, industrial areas, factories, and other facilities. What do I mean by the “right” equipment? Most cleaning tasks can be completed with a variety of...
Commercial Floor Buffers 101: What is a Floor Buffer?
Maintaining your hard floors is not just about appearances; it’s a critical aspect of effective facility management. Clean floors not only leave a lasting positive impression on customers but also contribute to a healthier environment for...
Wet/Dry Vacs 101: What is a Wet/Dry Vacuum?
If you’re trying to up your cleaning game and tackle a wide range of messes on your hard or carpeted floors, a commercial wet/dry vac could be your new best friend. Versatile, durable, and capable of handling both wet and dry messes, this cleaning...
How to Get Rid of Sticky Floors After Mopping
Sticky floors are inevitable. All day, people walk on the floors of your facility. Whether they know it or not, each time they come in from outside, or make a trip to the restroom, they’re tracking dirt, soil, and other debris across the floor. ...
How to Clean LVT (Luxury Vinyl Flooring) in 6 Steps
While luxury vinyl tile is easy to clean, that does not mean it can be neglected. Like other floor substrates, LVT requires a comprehensive floorcare program with daily, periodic, and restorative cleaning procedures to keep your floors looking great....
How to Restore LVT (Luxury Vinyl Tile) Flooring in 9 Steps
Does your LVT flooring have dark stains, deep scratches, or thick scuff marks that just won’t go away with cleaning? That’s how you know it’s time to restore your flooring. Luxury vinyl tile, or LVT, is a popular choice for commercial settings...
What is LVT (Luxury Vinyl Tile) Flooring? Everything You Need to Know
Luxury vinyl tile (LVT) is found in commercial settings across the US because of its durability and versatility. But, what is LVT flooring? What is the cost to install LVT flooring? What is LVT flooring made of? This article will answer these questions,...
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...
Encapsulation Carpet Cleaning: 5 Best Practices to Achieve Best Results
Five tips you need to effectively perform encapsulation carpet cleaning. Each of these tips are geared towards saving you time, labor, and costs.
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...
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.
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.
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?
How to Clean Commercial Entry Mats in 6 Easy Steps
Did you know you can save between $600-$1200 per pound of soil removal by using a properly maintained entryway matting system? Removing dirt from your facility’s floors through sweeping, vacuuming, and mopping is time-consuming and costly, but using...
4 Ways To Keep Your Floors Looking Their Best This Winter
Winter can be harsh on your facility’s hard floors so it’s important to take a different approach in the winter to account for increased soils and winter weather. The processes that would typically work during the summer or other seasons may not work...
Winter Commercial Floor Maintenance: 4 Products to Protect Your Floors
You’re probably familiar with the increased cleaning demands of winter, and you might be wondering how you’re going to keep up this year.
What’s The Best Floor Pad for VCT (Vinyl Composition Tile)?
When maintaining your VCT (vinyl composition tile) flooring, it’s important to know how to keep it looking its best for enhanced facility appearance, lower maintenance costs, and extended floor life. As you have likely seen in your searches, there...
5 Benefits of Adding Autonomous Cleaning Equipment to Your Cleaning Program
Over the last several years, autonomous cleaning equipment has continually risen in popularity as businesses seek ways to increase cleaning efficiencies and boost staff productivity. Labor shortages, tight budgets, and the battle against COVID-19 and...
Safeguard Your Floors This Winter With The Right Commercial Entry Mats
The winter months bring cold, wet weather inclusive of harsh contaminants like rain, snow, and ice. And, with crude wintery weather comes hazardous conditions like slippery sidewalks and entryways. The good news is, you can alleviate the associated...