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Restroom Car
Use Comet Disinfecting Bathroom Cleaner, a hospital grade disinfectant, for wet areas in the restroom. For dry areas, use Spic and Span Disinfecting All-Purpose Spray & Glass Cleaner, also a hospital grade disinfectant that kills MRSA. For stubborn restroom stains, call on Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Extra Power, now available in a commercial 30-count package. All P&G Professional products are backed by the company’s Green Guarantee, ensuring the environmental responsibility of its products, packaging and operations. For more information on P&G Professional’s green program, visit greenguarantee.com.
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Battery Line
Don’t let poor batteries turn your productive time into down time. Trojan’s Deep-Cycle Gel delivers superior capacity and durability that Trojan’s flooded lead acid battery is famous for with convenience of maintenance free — no watering required. Backed by more than 80 years of Trojan’s proven deep cycle technology, the Deep-Cycle Gel is engineered for exceptional performance in deep discharge and |
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Skin Care System
Technical Concepts delivers innovative hygiene solutions. Like our AutoFoam Skin Care System, one of the best cost-in-use solutions for hand washing. Its user-friendly, touch-free dispenser encourages healthy hand washing and eliminates waste from overuse. The large capacity refill and precision dispensing provides 2,750 hand washes, up Other environmental benefits include the Green Seal certified Lotion Soap with Moisturizer and packaging waste reduction up 80 percent, thanks to the box-less refills and controlled dispensing. Other luxurious enriched foam formulas are antibacterial soap (E2 rated) and the alcohol-free hand sanitizer. Visual and audio cues indicate low refill and battery life for ease of maintenance. The key-locked dispenser deters vandalism.
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Stain Protection
CRYSTAL Stain Block is added to a gallon of Crystal Dry solution and applied to the carpet using Whittaker LOMAC® dual cylindrical brush machine. For conference rooms, food service areas, lobbies and any areas requiring extra stain protection, use the stain block that is approved by major carpet mills and WoolSafe Organization. |
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Chemical Products
Capital Hotel and Hospitality Services Inc., cleans high-end hotels, restaurants and other large facilities in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and northern “Marauder does a great job of cleaning tile and whitening grout,” Marino states. Additionally, the company was searching for the best possible cleaner and disinfectant to use in restroom cleaning. Buckeye Terminator™ is the solution for both cleaning and disinfecting in one step. Now they are able to clean and disinfect in one step, saving them a significant amount of time. Another benefit of Buckeye Terminator is that it has a kill claim for MRSA, a major concern in many facilities.
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Burnishing Pad
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Floor Machines
The E Series machines form Minuteman’s new and innovative line of walk-behind scrubbers. With advanced technology and new green clean features, this series has been engineered to change the way Scrubbers range from a compact 17-inch to a large 30-inch deck. The E24 and the E28 are cylindrical scrubbers with an integrated sweeping function, while the E17, E20, E26 and E30 are disc scrub decks. All E Series scrubbers come with a convenient on-board charger and all are available with maintenance free gel batteries. A sleek, compact design allows for a clear line of sight and results in total operator comfort by focusing on ergonomics. The revolutionary Aqua-Stop system is available on the E26 and the E30; soon to come to the E17 and E20. Aqua-Stop is the solution for water and chemical savings and also the answer for boosting productivity.
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Cleaning Industry Search Engine
When it comes to researching products, services and cleaning techniques online, it’s the quality of results, not the quantity that counts. CleanHound™ is the cleaning industry’s only vertical search engine — an online tool to help you quickly and easily find pertinent information on the Web to help you do your job better. Unlike Google or Yahoo!, this powerful vertical-market search engine “fetches” only industry-specific results. CleanHound searches more than 700,000 pages from leading cleaning industry Web sites. One search yields targeted results from
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Backpack Vacuum
A self proclaimed vacuum freak, Perry is adamantly against dusty conditions because of allergies. At 5,000 square feet, he wondered how he would vacuum the required two to four times a week. He had relied on a well-rated consumer upright to keep his previous home clean. It worked well on carpets, but he resisted using it on hard floors, which there are a lot of in the new home. “The Super Coach is so efficient for a house of this size and there has been a very noticeable reduction in dust,” he explained.“And it doesn’t bang up the baseboards and the furniture.”
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Industry Web Site
Developed by the publishers of Sanitary Maintenance, Contracting Profits and Housekeeping Solutions magazines, CleanLink.com is the online information resource for sanitary supply distributors, building service contractors and in-house cleaning professionals. Innovative features include: blogs (the first media blogs in the industry); podcasts; editors’ picks; category search functionality; and daily new products. CleanLink also features The Buyer’s Guide, daily news, people and company updates, case studies, white papers and more.
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Foam Soaps
As a Green Seal™ Certified hand hygiene solution, Refresh foam soaps meet today’s most rigorous, science-based environmental leadership standards. Formulations have been tested and deemed both safe for the environment and highly compatible with the skin. Plus, the recyclable packaging that uses fewer raw materials and eliminates material from the waste stream, contributes to a cleaner, safer and more sustainable environment.
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Floor Coating
To address the growing demand for low maintenance floorcare systems that don’t require frequent UHS burnishing which is often impractical or not an option, Amano Pioneer Eclipse developed a durable, high gloss 22 percent solids coating. Our goal was to provide a floor care solution that would reduce labor costs without sacrificing appearance, durability or The result of our efforts is WonderGlo™ Low Maintenance Floor Coating — a high-quality, high-performance alternative to more labor-intensive products requiring frequent burnishing in order to perform up to spec. WonderGlo Low Maintenance Floor Coating offers a deep, high gloss straight off the mop. It is extremely slip-resistant, durable and easy to clean and maintain. Are you faced with budget and time restrictions, but need a durable coating with high appearance you can count on consistently? WonderGlo is the answer!
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Procter & Gamble Professional™ presents the Comet®, Spic and Span®, and Mr. Clean®, the trusted trio of brands for deep restroom cleaning.
heavy-duty cycling applications—making them your ideal choice for tough floor cleaning jobs. Plus the Deep-Cycle Gel offers longer lasting run time and battery life than AGM batteries, with a proprietary gel formulation that won’t stratify. Featuring a certified non-spillable (UN2800) design, Trojan’s Deep-Cycle Gel ensures safety in Health and Safety-sensitive Environments (HSE) such as schools and office buildings.
to 35 percent more than typical foam soap systems. Fewer refills combined with an industry leading battery life of 120,000 dispenses or 3 years, mean real labor and environmental savings.
CRYSTAL™ Stain Block stain resistant additive is an effective product for stain protection from food dyes. It is the only stain block to receive WoolSafe certification. It helps prevent carpet fibers from being stained by wine, coffee, red soft drinks, fruit juices and more. This environmentally preferred product contains no volatile organic compounds and has a neutral pH.
Virginia. One challenge that they were facing in many of their facilities was keeping grout clean in the restrooms. John Marino, owner and president, saw a demonstration of Buckeye Marauder™ and was convinced it was the product they were looking for.
The Blue ACE™ burnishing pad is the newest addition to our almost 30 years of making the finest floor pads in the industry. With this pad, we created a very soft, dense burnishing pad of fine synthetic fibers to deal with some of the newest finishes on the market. Blue ACE is designed for frequent burnishing with battery, electric or propane machines 1,000 rpm and above.
you clean floors. It’s scrubbing reinvented.
Charlie Perry is a consultant on mold-free and building practices for the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH). When he decided to make the lakeside house he was building for himself a PATH showcase home for mold-resistant construction techniques, he discovered the Super Coach™ backpack vacuum cleaner from ProTeam.
friendly hand hygiene system on the market. Thick and luxurious, Refresh Foam Soap encourages more frequent hand washing with a light fresh fragrance and advanced moisturizers that help skin stay healthy and smooth. For environments where allergic reactions and sensitive skin are a concern, a fragrance and dye-free version is also available.
safety.