Imperial Dade Insights

Is your floor finish yellowing and you don’t know how to fix it? Discolored floor finish is a common problem but it can be hard to address if you don’t know what’s causing it. Read on to learn about the common causes and solutions to yellowing floor finish.

The pulp and paper industry has faced a number of obstacles and extreme uncertainty in the past few years. Read about how the pulp and paper industry came to be in such a state of disorder, how those influences will continue to affect the future, and what Imperial Dade Canada can do to help your business weather the storm.

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.

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 should be used to keep up the appearance of your flooring, while restorative […]

Biofilm is a complex issue in the food service industry, as it has the potential to shut down a facility when left unchecked. This article will define biofilm, review its causes, show where it likes to hide, and provide guidance on how to keep your facility clean and safe from biofilm formation.

Do you care about your facility’s indoor air quality? Learn how to identify airborne pollutants in your facility so you can improve indoor air quality.

Bacteria in food production is a huge issue with serious consequences if not handled properly. We go over what conditions promote the growth of bacteria in food processing plants and how to prevent bacterial growth in food production environments, so you can take the first steps towards combating bacteria in your plant.

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 towels are more sanitary than hand dryers.

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.

Is there a difference between biodegradable and compostable? What is biodegradable food packaging? What is compostable food packaging? Let’s take a deep dive on these sustainable food packaging options.

Choose the most cost effective stretch wrap dispenser and cut costs while boosting productivity! Hand-saver dispensers, mini stretch wrap dispensers, stretch wrap dispensers, and stretch wrappers are all designed to improve the stretch wrap application process, but which is the right one for your operation?

High touch surfaces are a major contributor to the spread of germs and bacteria in the workplace. If you want to reduce illness in your facility, then you need to learn about identifying, cleaning and disinfecting high touch surfaces.

Improve your warewashing program by cutting out these 5 common mistakes. Use this article to identify and fix the most common warewashing mistakes that may be causing trouble for your operation.

Five tips you need to effectively perform encapsulation carpet cleaning. Each of these tips are geared towards saving you time, labor, and costs.

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 or cannot effectively deliver goods. On a similar note, it indicates to your potential customers […]

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 the likelihood of liability issues stemming from slip-and-fall hazards on outdoor walkways.  […]

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.

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.

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 continually spent on the same stain, only for it to keep reappearing.  That’s not to […]

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. 

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 it also saw more cold fronts and above-average snowfall. In fact, winter snowfall […]

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 melt residue on your hard floors? Stock up on winter floor neutralizer. Or, […]

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. 

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.

Keep your automatic floor scrubber in peak condition by following these 10 key autoscrubber maintenance steps.