Thursday, June 18, 2015

The Expertise Gained From A Visit To The Janitorial Distributors In Your Area

By April Briggs


No matter how sincerely you want to make your new cleaning business a success, you need a lot of things to make this happen. You will need equipment, such as floor machines. You will need smaller items, such as cloths and dusters and you need chemicals. You also need information. Information about processes, techniques and other resources and the best place to get all of these things is one of the local janitorial distributors.

The big manufacturers of cleaning products, equipment and supplies have set up many of these store fronts to showcase their items. Some shelf space will be devoted to other brands so a complete line of products can be shown. Other stores will actually be independents and offer shelving to all brands. This makes it easy for customers to find what they need or have information about where to go.

Chemicals are critical as no real cleaning can be accomplished without them. You must have a cleansing agent that removes the bond between the soils and the surface being cleaned. You will need a hard surface cleaner as well as a disinfectant. Other chemicals, such as for carpet cleaning and polishing are also needed and available.

One other thing that you know you will need, for all chemicals you use, is a Material Safety Data Sheet, or MSDS. Federal and local regulations require you to have one of these for each chemical. These list hazardous ingredients, if any, and have emergency first aid measures in case of contamination. This store will have access to them for all of the chemicals they offer and many will have access, online, for many others.

All of the various floor machines will be represented here as well. Vacuums, carpet cleaners and buffers make up the lions share of these pieces of equipment. You will be able to read the printed information and ask questions of the employees to find out which is which. The ability to try each piece out, in the back room, will enable you to make an educated decision before purchase.

Information is one of the main thing people come in here for. They are looking for the information about the processes they want to improve. They need information about which tool or supply is the best for what task. They are interested in learning what items can be used for two or more processes or tasks. They also need to know what must be done before other things can be attempted.

A vast majority of the best information that is available is from the other customers in the store. They are usually standing around, talking to each other while drinking coffee or eating popcorn. They can assist you in knowing what items work as advertized and which probably do not.

There are many opportunities to learn about all of the many things that you do not understand about the cleaning business. The employees are helpful and the other customers will do their part. All of the things you need to use and all of the things you need to know are available if you simply walk into the distributor of your choice.




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