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Sep 30 2008

Carpet Cleaning Tips:

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Carpet Cleaning Tips: How to Clean Residential Carpets

Utilize these carpet cleaning tips from ShopCleaningSupplies.com and get your home carpet clean!

Floor and carpet care make up the majority of our business at ShopCleaningSupplies.com. Not only do we sell carpet cleaning supplies, we know how to use them. This page is a simple carpet cleaning guide which will help you properly select and use carpet cleaning supplies to get your home carpet clean.

Nylon and Polyester are the most common materials used in home carpets. Our carpet cleaning guide provides an overview of the most well-proven carpet cleaning tools, carpet cleaning chemicals and methods for removing stains from these materials. If you know the manufacturer of your carpet, it is also a good idea to check with them to find out which rug cleaner will work the best. If you do not know the manufacturer of your carpet, it’s best to play it safe when choosing your rug cleaners. Browse through all of our carpet cleaners to see which one is right for your rug.

Vacuuming is the most common and most important procedure for cleaning carpets. You must vacuum your carpet thoroughly before cleaning it with carpet cleaning chemicals. If you do not completely vacuum your carpet beforehand, cleaning it with chemicals will waste your time and money…and may even cause damage. For help choosing a professional-quality vacuum cleaner, check out our online guide, “How to Choose the Right Vacuum Cleaner“. After vacuuming, pre-spray the carpet, then use an optional but recommended citrus boost.

After pre-spraying, there are two main methods which are used to clean carpets. The first method is carpet extraction. Carpet extraction uses hot water, a chemical called a carpet extractor, and a special type of floor machine. The second method is bonnet cleaning. Bonnet carpet cleaning is a relatively dry method which uses special chemicals and a special kind of floor pad.

After cleaning, you may want to consider a chemical carpet protector. While stain-resistant carpets are common, no carpet is truly stain proof. Your next steps are to brush the carpet and then dry, using (if necessary) one of our air movers and floor fans.

Visit the carpet cleaning supplies section of our site to find great deals on our brand name, professional strength carpet cleaning products. Also, check out our line of vacuums for the best in durable, professional equipment. Be sure to check out the HEPA vacuums, which are highly effective at removing even the smallest particles of dirt, dust and other allergens from your home carpet.

For the environmentally conscious, we offer many green carpet cleaning supplies.

Our carpet cleaning supplies and chemicals will make the process as simple as possible. Search all of our available carpet cleaning supplies and discover how we can help keep your carpet looking clean and new for many years to come. Our goal at ShopCleaningSupplies.com it to be the only place you go for all your floor and carpet care items.

Our full selection of cleaning and janitorial products for helping keep your home and business environments clean and safe includes the following categories:

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Before we began selling cleaning products and janitorial supplies, we used cleaning products and janitorial supplies for over twenty years in our cleaning business. We have extensive experience in the cleaning business and plenty of real-world product knowledge. We’re here to answer any and all of your questions about choosing the right products for your cleaning and janitorial service needs. Feel free to call us, send an e-mail, use the live chat feature on our web site, or contact us with your cleaning product or janitorial cleaning service related questions.

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Sep 25 2008

Tips on Floor Finishing:

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Tips on Floor Finishing: How to Create a Great Floor Finish

ShopCleaningSupplies.com has the floor care products you need, along with the experience and know how to help you use cleaning products the right way.

While floor finishing in private homes often means hardwood floor refinishing, floor finishing in the commercial cleaning business often involves tile and concrete. Proper floor finishing requires the proper floor care products. Your mop heads need to be in good condition. Also, you will save significant time and money by using the correct type of mop. Always use laundered rayon-blend mop heads for waxing. Soiled or new cotton mops can turn the finish brown. Before using mops, soak and tightly wring them, so they absorb less finish and are easier to clean.

Floor wax and floor finish are two different terms that mean the same thing. Whether you call it floor wax or floor finish, different floor chemicals have different characteristics, depending on the type of floor you are finishing and how that floor is used. Certain floor finish chemicals are better with certain floor finishing equipment and certain floor sealers. You should also choose floor finishing chemicals according to what is most important to your client: appearance, durability, protection, or economy.

Before you start floor finishing, you should determine if floor stripping is necessary. There is a simple test to make sure. Apply one coat of floor finisher to a small area and let it dry. Then, apply masking or cellophane tape to the finish and pull it up quickly. If the finish comes off with the tape, you have poor adhesion. Poor adhesion means that you need to decide if the floor needs stripping or if you need to use another floor finisher.

If floor stripping and floor sealing are not required, then sweep and clean the floor with floor cleaners and let it dry completely. Then, when applying floor finish, apply more than one coat. Usually, you should apply two or three coats. More coats mean a shinier floor. Make sure you allow each coat to dry before applying the next coat. It will take at least 45 minutes for each coat to dry.

It is important to apply the coats of floor finish a certain way. Different areas of the floor need different numbers of coats. Foot traffic lanes need more coats than other areas. Apply three coats to foot traffic lanes for every one coat in non-traffic areas along the edges. This helps prevent edge buildup. On the first application, stay at least 12 to 14 inches away from baseboards and corners. Gradually work closer to the edges with each subsequent coat. Apply finish in uniform, medium to full coats. Thin coats may dry faster, but often lose strength and powder relatively quickly.

For the environmentally conscious, we offer green floor cleaning products.

We hope this article helped with any questions you had about floor finishing. Please remember to use ShopCleaningSupplies.com for your floor finish, floor wax, and floor sealers, floor stripping products, hardwood floor wood finish, floor restoration maintainers, floor machines, floor scrubbers, floor buffers, air movers and floor fans, and all your floor and carpet care products.

Our full selection of cleaning and janitorial products for helping keep your home and business environments clean and safe includes the following categories:

Special Offers:

Cleaning Tips and Product Information:

Before we began selling cleaning products and janitorial supplies, we used cleaning products and janitorial supplies for over twenty years in our cleaning business. We have extensive experience in the cleaning business and plenty of real-world product knowledge. We’re here to answer any and all of your questions about choosing the right products for your cleaning and janitorial service needs. Feel free to call us, send an e-mail, use the live chat feature on our web site, or contact us with your cleaning product or janitorial cleaning service related questions.

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Sep 22 2008

Airfreshners:

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Air Fresheners: Keeping Your Home and Business Environments Smelling Fresh and Clean

ShopCleaningSupplies.com offers a comprehensive online selection of air fresheners and odor control products. Our mission is to help you bring a breath of “fresh air” to your home, business or restaurant!

Fresh smelling air helps set the mood in any room. It can also help keep customers in a room longer, which can be a great benefit to your business’ bottom line! Another reason to freshen up your home or business is reputation. If your home or business does not smell good, visitors and customers are less likely to stick around or to return. Clean air makes sense and cents!

We’re the Internet’s #1 source for cleaning products and janitorial supplies for homes, restaurants and commercial businesses. Our selection of air fresheners includes a wide variety of the brand name air fresheners you know and trust, like Ajax, Air Wick, 3M, Arm & Hammer, Febreze and many more.

We know from experience that when you search for an air freshener, you want a deodorizer that can actually remove odor. You also want brand name, time tested products that are long lasting and economical. Our wholesale, discount pricing is available for individual products and bulk purchases, so our products can be easily used homes, restaurants or commercial businesses.

Fresh air is important, especially in high traffic areas of your home or business. Odors from smoke, food, cleaners, perfumes and other sources can cause big problems. No one wants to eat in a restaurant that smells of mold or urine. No one wants to be in an office filled with smoke or stale air. Fresh, clean smelling air is important for any home or business environment.

Air fresheners are used in every room: for odor control and removal in kitchens, bathrooms, offices, storage rooms and many other types of rooms. Choose from dry deodorants, liquid deodorants, fan dispensers & gel packs, or metered air fresheners & refills. For bathrooms, always a problem area, we have odor eliminating products such as bowl deodorants and cleansers, and air fresheners to make these rooms smell as clean as you make them look. Urinal & bowl deodorizers, urinal & bowl blocks, urinal floor mats and urinal screens will help keep odors minimized. A scented deodorizer not only can eliminate odor, but will add the freshness of a floral bouquet, natural pine scent, or any of a number of other clean smelling scents (including non-scented) to the air in your home or business.

Odor removal and odor neutralizing products are desirable for any room where you’d like to have a quality atmosphere, home or business. A smelly, nasty room, office, or restaurant will chase away friends and customers in a flash. Fight back with total odor control from your #1 source for cleaning products and janitorial supplies for homes, restaurants and commercial businesses. Shop online at ShopCleaningSupplies.com or use our convenient phone support line if you prefer to talk with a human!

Shop with confidence and purchase your favorite brand names. Browse our comprehensive website for additional janitorial and cleaning supplies you may need. Our product selection is current and our brand name suppliers are the best. Our suppliers offer the latest advances in packaging and dispersing technology to give you outstanding results, with a wide selection of deodorizers to control and remove odor from any room.

Save time by shopping online at ShopCleaningSupplies.com. Your order will be delivered directly to your home or business. No need to battle traffic or carry heavy packages around. Save money too, as we buy direct from manufacturers and we offer significant savings to consumers and businesses.

Remember, when it comes to deodorizers, ShopCleaningSupplies.com will help your home or business smelling great!

Our full selection of cleaning and janitorial products for helping keep your home and business environments clean and safe includes the following categories:

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Cleaning Tips and Product Information:

Before we began selling cleaning products and janitorial supplies, we used cleaning products and janitorial supplies for over twenty years in our cleaning business. We have extensive experience in the cleaning business and plenty of real-world product knowledge. We’re here to answer any and all of your questions about choosing the right products for your cleaning and janitorial service needs. Feel free to call us, send an e-mail, use the live chat feature on our web site, or contact us with your cleaning product or janitorial cleaning service related questions.

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Sep 20 2008

Disinfectants

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Disinfectants: Keeping Your Home and Business Environments Safe, Healthy and Clean

You may know about the MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) Virus in the United States. Staphylococcal (staph) infections are communicable infections caused by staph organisms and often characterized by the formation of abscesses. They are the leading cause of primary infections originating in hospitals (nosocomial infections) in the United States. ShopCleaningSupplies.com sells disinfectants that are effective against this deadly virus and many other viruses.

Hand sanitizers are extremely effective in reducing vulnerability to viruses, especially when soap and water are not available for traditional hand-washing. We offer Purell hand sanitizers and other hand sanitizers.

If you are interested in disinfectants and air fresheners, we carry a carry a full line of these products.

For those interested in environmentally friendly products, we offer green disinfectant deodorizers.

Our full selection of cleaning and janitorial products for helping keep your home and business environments clean and safe includes the following categories:

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Sep 17 2008

Office Supplies Guide for Janitorial Cleaning Businesses

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Office Supplies Guide for Janitorial Cleaning Businesses

Even though your Janitorial Cleaning Business helps keep other businesses clean, you will still need manage the office supply needs for your business. Once you’ve picked out your office space, moved in your furniture and purchased professional cleaning supplies for your janitorial cleaning jobs, you will still need to purchase office supplies. ShopCleaningSupplies.com has the office supplies and other items you will need for your office and small business.

When you purchase your cleaning products at ShopCleaningSupplies.com, you will save time and headaches by purchasing your office supplies at the same time. Additionally, we will help you save money, as we purchase our office supplies in bulk direct from the manufacturers.

If you are just setting up the office for your cleaning business, here’s a list of some of the office supplies you will need. Obviously, you need paper, pens and pencils; other office supplies you will need will depend upon the size of your cleaning business. Listed below are some of the most common office supplies needed for Janitorial Cleaning Businesses:

  • Clipboards
  • Clocks
  • Coffee
  • Coffee Makers
  • Envelopes
  • File Folders
  • Label Makers
  • Markers
  • Packaging Supplies
  • Paper Shredders
  • Scissors
  • Snacks
  • Staplers
  • Surge Protectors
  • Tape
  • Tape Dispensers

Once your cleaning business has been running for a while, you will know which items you use a lot and which items you hardly use at all. It will be helpful to keep track of how fast you go through particular office supplies, so you can order them at regular intervals and insure that you do not run out or order too much.

You already use and trust ShopCleaningSupplies.com for your janitorial supplies, and we hope that you will consider us for all of your office supply needs. Remember, there’s no minimum order…so you can purchase as much or as little as you need!

Our full selection of cleaning products for home and janitorial cleaning supplies for business include the following product categories:

- Air Fresheners

- Cleaning Products
- Facility Maintenance
- Floor & Carpet Care
- Food Service, Restaurant
- Material Handling
- Mops, Buckets & Brooms
- Personal Care
- Storage, Shelving
- Paper Towels
- Toilet Paper
- Trash Bags
- Trash Cans
- Green Cleaning Products

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