By Coleen Torres


Every professional stays that way because of other professionals helping them. A professional janitor or custodian is no different. There are many occasions that the state of the art of cleaning has changed enough while they are making sure the restrooms smell nice. The companies who cleanup the messes of other people need the help that only janitorial distributors can offer.

The EPA or the Environmental Protection Agency, requires information, in the form of Material Safety Data sheets to be provided for all chemicals. This type of information is very helpful in establishing a coherent policy about what solutions are used in what particular accounts. The chemicals will change over a fairly short period of time, so an acquaintance with this information is vital to the cleaning firm.

Having a location where these various solutions can be tried out, before purchase, helps. New concentrations will be put on the market and a sample of that can be applied to a test surface. The means of application can be adjusted and a short training session will benefit all. This may not be rocket science but it will boost time savings for those who listen and learn.

Tools or equipment for the floors are, probably, the largest single purchases a cleaning firm can make. A carpet machine will represent a large enough purchase that these companies want to try them out first. Many distributors will allow them to be removed and used at one of those accounts and returned if not right. The best course of action, first, is to allow the use of this machine in a back room where carpet has been laid for this purpose.

Upright vacuums as well as backpack units can be examined up close and personal. Comparing these as in side by side demonstrations is always helpful when thinking about a basic cleaning tool. Checking the effectiveness of a bagged model against one that has no bag can be very informative. This makes you understand the difference between clean and not so clean.

Learning about different mopping systems, regardless of which you think is the best, can be illuminating. The many string mops and flat mop systems can become overwhelming if the cleaner is used to just one type. Buckets, and recovery systems, such as a backpack for removing the laid solution, can be explained and explored right there at the store.

Paperwork, MSDSs and all of the tools and equipment needed to accomplish the tasks any cleaning company has is one thing. Having a solid conversation with some of the many leaders of the cleaning industry in the area is another. Finding out how they solved a particular problem is not as hard as it may be in another industry not so sharing.

Access to tools, supplies, equipment and more importantly, information is what these distributors are set up for. Finding out the latest chemical formulations can help and what they can do to other surfaces they are designed for is also helpful. The conversations that are available from customers, employees and even the vendors as they move in and out will help cleaning companies, and their representatives know more about their industry.




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