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How Janitorial Supply Distributors Help You Save Time And Embarrassment

By Leslie Ball


Whether you have a cleaning business or are the facility manager at a medium to large company, you need stuff to handle all of the cleaning you are responsible for. That means you need machines, small tools, cloths and chemicals. Finding the correct item, in a grocery store, is not only hard to do but the quality, quantity and knowledge you need will not be there. Find the material you need at one of the local janitorial supply distributors.

Many people, just starting their own custodial or house cleaning business, are, occasionally, not sure what they need. There are a lot of things that other people have told them they need and it can get confusing. Just going into one of these stores can put you on the right track. The friendly employees, who have done this work for years can help you with a basic to advanced list of good things.

All of the small stuff, like dusters, some of them extendable and some curved into neat shapes for getting into small places, are on display. Cloths, like the old line terry cloth and the new micro fiber ones. There are other engineered fabrics that attract and hold onto dust better. You can learn about each one as you talk with the personnel who uses every one of them each day.

Chemicals are a confusing things for many people, even if they know what they want. The hard surfaces cleaners, disinfectants and polishes, on the shelves, can cause some head scratching until each is explained to you. You want to eliminate as many chemicals as you can because that saves your budget no matter what you are cleaning.

All of the small tools, such as putty knives, brushes of various types, sizes and shapes and buckets that are clearly designed for something other that a standard mop, need an explanation. This can easily be obtained from the employees or some of the clients standing around the lobby. A simple squeegee may actually look ominous if looked at one way.

The floor machines, such as a carpet cleaner, scrubber or stripper might scare you at first. If you are going to be doing floor maintenance, this part of the store needs your attention. Setting there, ready for an inspection and try out, these pieces of equipment do not have to scare you when you find out, from the personnel here, what they are for and how to use them. Vacuums are necessary for any cleaning.

One of the best things about going into this type of store is the information you gain and the experiences you hear about. Much of all of that, of course, will come from the employees and a lot of it will come from the friendly customers standing around. There are all kinds of ways to use a particular tool or machine. A simple question directed at any client there will bring some advice or technique for its use.

The best stuff, in this context, is the materials, tools and chemicals you need for your tasks. By helping everyone, in the store, to understand your concerns, you will get the right stuff and the right information. In many of them, you will also get a cup of coffee and, maybe, a bag of popcorn to go.




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