Specialty and performance cleaners can enhance your office's appearance and smell when used regularly and properly. The continuing trend to go green with all types of products remains strong, and that definitely includes industrial cleaners and specialty cleaners. Fortunately, you can now readily find chemical cleaners, green cleaners and all-natural cleaners online when you shop for home or industrial cleaning products.
If you own a small or medium-sized business or work from home, you may not need industrial cleaning products, and you may even buy most of your specialty and performance cleaners at a brick and mortar store; but you should spend some time online to look for deals and products you won't find in local stores. When buying cleaning products, keep the following in mind:
1. Green and natural sound synonymous, but differences exist. Though environmentally friendly, green products may still contain a minimal amount of potentially harmful chemicals.
2. Look for the EPA-sanctioned DfE (Designed for the Environment) label on products. These safety-tested products conform to the natural environment and to humans.
3. While the green trend continues to gain momentum, manufacturers of traditional chemical cleaners still stand firmly behind their products when used properly.
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Keep your restrooms odor free with specialty cleaning products
Every business owner wants clean restrooms at their place of business, whether it's a fast food restaurant, retail store, office building or an automotive garage.
I recommend: To keep toilets clean, buy the drop-in tank blocks that clean, deodorize and fight bacteria growth at
ReStockIt. If you have a large bathroom or it gets lots of foot traffic, consider the non-acid, daily bathroom cleaner at
Delta Janitorial Systems. For clean floors, try Scotch-Brite's bathroom floor cleaner at
Revolution Health Store. If you want a green cleaner, get Clorox Green Works Natural Bathroom Cleaner at Drugstore.com.
Order a specialty cleaner made for your floors
Whether you have carpet, tile, stone or vinyl floors, you need to clean them regularly. Even though you frequently sweep and vacuum, at some point, you have to clean stains on your carpeting, so use performance cleaning products for your particular floors.
I recommend: Buy Spot Shot stain remover for your carpet at work if your carpet's next professional cleaning won't happen for a while; you can either order it
online from Walgreens or buy it at your local Walgreens. Buy Stone Tech Professional All Purpose Stone and Tile Cleaner at Bane-Clene for your natural stone or tile floors (and counter tops). Wood floors don't require much more than daily sweeping, but vinyl floors need a little more attention; actually, you can buy Floor Blaster at
Clean Floor Store for both types of floors. If you prefer green products, buy the floor cleaner at
optionsforlife, good on most types of hard floors.
Look for chemical, green or natural performance cleaners for your office furniture
Office furniture collects dust, finger prints, germs and rings from cups set down without coasters just like your furniture at home, so look for specialty cleaners to handle your specific types of furniture and accessories.
I recommend: Purchase a case of Professional Endust at
BuyOnlineNow to clean your wood furniture with no waxy build up. Glass in mirrors and furniture gathers dust and fingerprints quickly, so if you’ll use a lot of glass cleaner, consider buying a case of aerosol glass cleaner from
Erie Cotton. For cleaning your computer screens, computer equipment and personal electronics, buy
Photodon's Ultra Screen and LCD Cleaner, a green product. As a green furniture polish alternative, try Citra-Wood at
Green-kits.