Thursday, June 24, 2010

Check Your Office Cleaning Crew - Part II

Check behind the toilet, this is an area that office cleaning crews may miss and over time, it will begin to have an odor. Besides this is a damp environment already prone to mold and your crew should be taking care to clean it properly.





Dusting 
If you are not sure of whether your office cleaning crew is doing a good job there is one thing that will tell the tale, dust!
A good crew will leave your office completely dust free even in out of the way areas. Check the following:
  • Chair legs
  • Window ledges
  • Tops of filing cabinets
  • Shelves
  • Door facings- along the top
  • Base boards
  • Various fixtures including lights
  • Blinds
  • Corners
  • Along ceiling
Any of these areas that are still dust covered show that your office maintenance team is slacking on the job.
You should bring it to their attention once and if the habits persist look for a new service provider.





Conclusion 
Office cleaning personnel should be professional in attitude and action. You are paying for a job to be done and truthfully, this is not an extremely difficult job.
When you notice any of the above, you are being taken advantage of by your office maintenance crew.

 

Check Your Office Cleaning Crew - Part I

Your office is more than an address where you go to work, often times it is a large physical representation of your service or product.
That being said the way your office looks to visitors is highly important. Most business people hire office cleaning crews who work after hours to make the place shine.

Unfortunately, not all office maintenance or cleaning crews are the same, some are great while others will do a half way job and hope you never notice. Here are a few things to watch for when checking up on your cleaning crew.



Return Phone Calls 
A huge red flag on a cleaning crew is their responsibility in returning your phone calls.
This shows a lack of professionalism and is probably a good indication of their dedication to the job as well. If you cannot reach your office maintenance people it is, time to search for a new crew.



Not Fulfilling the Contract 
Your office may not need cleaning every day; however, your crew should show up when they agree to.
If you know or suspect they are not coming in like they said you should immediately fire them and look for new office cleaning personnel.



Bathrooms 
One area you may not think too much about is your bathrooms, but do not assume that the only people seeing them are your employees.
Visitors often frequent a business's bathroom and if the area is not spotless, it will reflect badly on your business.
















Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Save Your Old Floor Finish with Floor Stripping and Floor Waxing - Part II

Can't floor stripping alone make my floor surface neat again?

Here's how it goes. By applying something that would protect your floor surface like the wax, it will easily conserve and protect your floor surface. 

A wax generally prevents water and humidity from penetrating through the floor's surface area. Aside from the fact that it would serve as a special covering for your floor, which repels stains and moisture, floor waxing would also give your floor a brilliant shine and make it look good as new. 

You may be surprised that your floor will look astoundingly glossy. As well, wax also protects your floor surface by limiting the possibility of scratches and abrasions. Floor waxing will result in a glossy surface making it much more difficult to be damaged.

What Are The Benefits of Floor Wax? Isn't The Only Purpose To Make It Shine?

Floor wax will protect your floor from further imperfections such as grooves and ridges, however it is also important for you to know that this should not be done separately.

Floor Stripping Without Floor Wax Can Make Your Floor Hard To Recover Later On?

Floor stripping and floor waxing should always come together - they are partners in crime. If you would proceed with waxing without trying to strip the floor first, and vice versa, the results would be unfavorable. 

Floor stripping will remove stains, shoe prints and marks, and rusty marks, to name a few, while floor waxing will make your floor shine again while giving it protection.

Keep In Mind

If you do not perform floor stripping and floor waxing, it may be too late. You might lose your floor and you would have to spend a lot more money to install a new floor rather than stripping and waxing it.

Maintaining the beauty and shine of your floor is the simple key to keeping it looking great for many years to come.

Save Your Old Floor Finish with Floor Stripping and Floor Waxing - Part I

Having a floor for a long period without proper care can result in your floors looking yellowish and even dirty, not making it a pleasant sight to see.

Not to mention it is embarrassing to have dull and grimy floors. But most of the time, these things can be further prevented because you can have floor stripping and floor waxing done to preserve and maintain the quality of your floor.

That is why it is important for us to know that floor stripping and floor waxing are relevant when it comes to caring for our floor surfaces and making them last for a long time.

Can Floor Stripping Remove Dull Haze and Stains From My Floors?
Floor stripping would come first and then afterwards, floor waxing. 

Floor stripping can remove that dull haze from your floor and all stains too to prepare it to look new again. There are actually four basic steps in floor stripping:

1. First of all, a floor stripper is applied on your old finish for a while.

2. The surface of your old floor will be scrubbed to loosen the built up dirt that has been accumulating for a long period.

3. The old stripper and the old finish are then wiped from your floor surface.

4. The floor then should be rinsed with water before planning to apply a new finish.

All right, there you go, the floor stripping is already done and the next essential thing to do would be the process of floor waxing. Now, you might ask, is this necessary?