Educate – Certify – Empower – ISSA Master Certification
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Educate – Certify – Empower – ISSA Master Certification

ByDavid Thompson

“Your information on Risk Management is a totally new way of thinking for me. Everything comes back to health.” Cindee – Boone, N.C. “I wanted to develop personally during this class.  Now I know how to also help my staff develop professionally as well.” John- Kennesaw, GA. Whether you are new to the industry or…

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ISSA/CMI Master Certification
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ISSA/CMI Master Certification

ByDavid Thompson

Professional Development Education for the Cleaning Industry Certifying All Levels of Employment Empowering Staff to Earn Respect Learn how to articulate the true value of your team. You are the leader of the Risk Management team. During this class you will be asked repeatedly, “Why are you doing what you are doing?” “What is the…

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Care and Maintenance of Microfiber Cleaning Products

ByDavid Thompson

If the towel/wiper/pad becomes too dirty, it will also begin to “streak”. It is then time to wash the towel. This is easily done by just throwing the towel, or any other microfiber cleaning product, into any washing machine and laundering with any soap or detergent you prefer. A word of caution here; experience tells me…

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Microfiber Cleaning Wipers – How to Choose?

ByDavid Thompson

Microfiber is available in several different forms. The most common forms are the “Terry Style” and the “Suede Style.” The terry style is best suited for all general cleaning purposes, both domestic and industrial. Suede works best in any “polishing” application, such as eye glasses, sun-glasses (except transitional A/R), all optics and lenses, CD’s, computer…

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Split Microfiber

ByDavid Thompson

The technology was first developed commercially in Japan in the mid to late 1960’s for synthetic suede fabrics. Staple fibers were spun from two polymers, a polyester and polyamide of 0.1 denier or less. If the microfiber is not split the cloth, pad or mop will tend not to be very effective. How many times…

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Microfibers are Measured in Deniers

ByDavid Thompson

Denier is the unit used for measuring the fineness of fabric. Microfiber is incredibly fine with a denier of approximately 0.01 to 0.02.   Compare this against the denier of a single strand of silk at 8, or a human hair at 20! We would also caution you to   examine the denier of the…

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Cost To Controlling Soap Quantities

ByZachary Gerace

Downsizing soap dispenser shots might save stock, but it could compromise handwashing practices To save money and maximize budget dollars, cleaning departments are looking to reduce usage and extend inventory wherever possible — particularly in restrooms, where commodities such as paper and soap need constant replenishing. Altering the size of paper towel output from dispensers…

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Lowering Prices is Not The Solution

ByZachary Gerace

The survival of any business depends on Customers. So what is the best way to attract customers? Some would say, lowering the price of your products is the correct answer; however, instead of gaining customers, this can actually cause you to lose them by either making your company look cheap creating a price war with your competitors. In…

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Janitorial Products of 2015

ByZachary Gerace

Another year has gone by and its now the year 2015. Even though we don’t have practical flying cars, we have seen some booming products in the cleaning industry during 2014, and anticipate huge advances coming in this new year. 2014 Products: SSS, Nano Floor Finish: A pure acrylic high powered floor finish that has an outstanding…

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