Thursday, 20 August 2015

The Best Thing Janitorial Distributors Offer Is Information And Assistance

By Nancy Gardner


You may be the facility manager of a medium to large commercial property, starting a new contract cleaning company or a house cleaning concern. You know you need to have a lot of things to do your job. Most of that material will be chemicals for proper cleaning and some of those items will be the equipment and tools that are so necessary. The best place to acquire all of this stuff is from a janitorial distributors store.

A good portion of these distributors are set up by the manufacturer of the main product line. These stores will also offer shelf space for other brands in an effort to provide a well rounded selection. It would do you no good to go into a supply store that only has one or two types of products as you need many things on your cleaning cart, including the cart, to take care of all of your duties.

Chemicals are those solutions that do the most work. You will need to identify the basic cleansers, such as for hard surfaces, glass, bright work and the disinfectants for all of those many germs and bacteria. Something for carpet cleaning will need to be acquired as well as polishes and a solvent for the grease you always have in kitchens and many manufacturing plants.

Another piece of information that is available is the Material Safety Data Sheet, or MSDS. This packet of papers must accompany all chemicals you have in use and states first aid measures and lists hazardous ingredients. Most distributors will have all of their MSDS on file and some of the competitors products as well.

The many cloths, rags, dusters and putty knives that are so important to any professional cleaner will be on display. There are also buckets, mops, mop heads, handles, sponges, squeegees, and a lot of other small tools and supplies, whether soft or hard, all of which are critical for their tasks. You will be able to find all of these and see many sizes, shapes and qualities of each.

Finding the right floor machine is easy when they are all displayed, side by side. Checking them out, usually in a back room, will help you know which one is right for you. The difference between upright and back pack vacuums can be examined. Carpet cleaners use different systems to provide a clean floor covering and grout cleaners are an interesting and useful piece of equipment that needs some consideration.

Part of the reason you can find all of the correct materials at these stores is because all of this material is useful and available. Part of the reason is that all of the customers, standing around, assist you in many ways also. These people, who have usually been in the industry for many years will share experiences and advice in ways of doing things that work for them.

Needing a lot of information, equipment, tools, supplies and, best of all, someone to bounce ideas off of are the main reasons for these distributors being in existence. Taking advantage of all of those resources will make you a better stocked, better informed cleaner. Networking will also help you find clients that are looking for a new cleaning contractor which could pay off big.




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