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Your Grout is Not Black
Grout, because of its unique properties, is nearly impossible to clean with a mop. Learn how to stop the mop and clean your tile and grout floor the right way.
The Best Cleaning System for a Building Service Contractor
Get great results and grow your business with the machine that can do it all.
Best Products to Remove Grease from Restaurant Floors
Traditional mops and buckets can’t cut through the grease but they can spread it around the rest or your facility. Kaivac’s OmniFlex™ Dispense-and-Vac used with KaiPow™ degreaser gets rid of grease and saves time an
The Best Way to Clean Large, Hard-Surface Floors
Good looking, well-maintained floors are a must for any business. Here is the best way to clean them.
How to Clean a Correctional Facility
Correctional facilities, jails and prisons face the same cleaning challenges as any other large, densely-populated facility. But their unique characteristics make the job harder and more crucial.
A Clean Restroom Means Repeat Business
Full Sweep Cleaning utilizes a system developed by Kaivac that are 60 times more effective at removing contaminants than mops and rags.
Healthcare Cleaning Best Practices
Healthcare cleaning demands attention, precision and a well-trained staff. A poorly-cleaned facility poses a risk to patients, medical staff and visitors, while cleaning the facility incorrectly poses a risk to your janitorial staff. Keep the public and y
The Best Commercial Kitchen Cleaning Hacks
Running a restaurant is hard work, but there are commercial kitchen cleaning hacks that can lighten the load. Keep your customers happy and employees healthy by following some simple commercial kitchen cleaning protocols.
How to Clean Kennels: The Definitive Guide for Kennel Cleaners
Kennel cleaning is definitely not the most glamorous part of running a pet business, but when it comes to setting your company apart, it is the most important. Keep your client’s dogs and cats healthy and help your business thrive by following a
How to Clean Restrooms: The Definitive Guide to Restroom Cleaning
Proper restroom cleaning is essential, no matter the building type . Well-maintained facilities protect the public from germs, viruses and other dangerous pathogens. But the benefits go even further. Clean, fresh smelling restrooms delight occupants and e
Clean Restrooms Better and Faster with No Touch
It’s long been documented that a business’s reputation lives or dies by the state of its restroom. Customers expect clean, odor-free restrooms in healthcare facilities, supermarkets, retail stores and even gas stations. Anything less will repel patrons an
Picker, Packer, Warehouse Cleaner: Cleaning Warehouse Floors
While customers probably never see or even think about them, an orderly, well-maintained warehouse fills a logistics manager’s heart with joy. Conversely, dirty, unkempt spaces can slow lines, harm workers and effect the bottom line. This makes
Award-Winning School District Models Effective Cleaning
This award-winning school district is helped in its effort to provide the best learning, living and working environment – in large part by adopting and modeling the best cleaning.
Starting a Cleaning Business? Here’s the Tools You Need to Succeed
Here’s all a cleaning business really needs to succeed.
Corrections Cleaning for Health, Safety and Well Being
Proper corrections cleaning will keep inmates, staff and visitors healthy.
Best Floor Cleaning Tips on How to Stop the Mop
Myths about floor cleaning abound. Consider the following myths and corresponding truths.
Top Three Reasons Why You Should Replace Your Mop with a Wet Vacuum
Stop the mop with a state-of-the-art wet/dry vacuum
Clean Public Showers Can Make—or Break—a Summer Vacation
Clean public showers make for happy guests.
Microfiber Cleaning Cloths–The Rest of the Story
Microfiber cleaning cloths work like magic. At least, that is the story marketing tells. However, that is just Part of the Story. Knowing the Rest of the Story is essential to better cleaning.
Puppywood Pet Resort Cares About Pets and the Environment – Meets Cleanliness, Health and Safety Goals Using Kaivac
Puppywood Pet Resort understands the importance of clean, healthy pet facilities.
The Challenges of Crime Scene Cleanup
Janitorial professionals have seen and cleaned it all, but their worst horror stories are just a regular Tuesday for crime scene cleanup professionals.
Converting Hard Floor Cleaners into Carpet Cleaning Machines
Investing in carpet cleaning machines gets expensive when you need a separate solution for hard floors. Here are options that cover all the bases.
Hard-Surface Floor Cleaning in a Pinch
On the days when you don't have time for detailed hard-surface floor cleaning, automatic floor cleaners can save you time, money, and labor.
Grocery Store Cleanliness: Why Salad Bars and Hot Food Bars Need Your Attention
If you add a salad bar or hot food bar to increase your grocery store's traffic, grocery store cleanliness will become an even bigger issue. Here's why.
Buyer Behavior: Why Store Cleanliness Matters!
Influencing buyer behavior is a top priority for any business owner. According to recent studies, store cleanliness affects your bottom line.
Stadium Cleaning: A Huge Job for a Small Crew
With thousands of people moving through stadiums each day, stadium cleaning is one of the biggest challenges around. Here are some helpful strategies.
Dog Kennel Cleaning: How to Make a Pet Boarding Service Shine
Pet boarding businesses should follow these dog kennel cleaning procedures to ensure that their furry guests are as happy and healthy as possible.
A Grocery Store Cleaning Checklist
This grocery store cleaning checklist focuses on all of the areas in a grocery store that need to be cleaned regularly.
Advanced Cleaning Systems: A Great Improvement Over Past Methods
Throughout the years, advanced cleaning systems have transformed the cleaning industry. These effective new tools save you time and energy.
Deep Cleaning Your Restaurant Kitchen
Interested in learning how to do a deep cleaning of a restaurant kitchen? Here's a guide to the steps involved in this process.
Warehouse Floor Cleaning: Are You Wasting Money on Tools and Labor?
Warehouse floor cleaning can be difficult for business owners. Here's how to clean floors in a quick and effective manner.
Airport Cleaning: Unique Challenges, Creative Solutions
Airport cleaning involves unique challenges because of the large areas and high levels of foot traffic involved. Kaivac has solutions for these challenges.
Low-Cost Floor Cleaning System Helps BSC Achieve High Performance Results
Jancoa, a leading Cincinnati-based BSC, leverages an innovative low-cost floor cleaning system to deliver superior results for its customers.
Marble Floor Cleaning: How to Get Better Results in Less Time
Marble floor cleaning can be time-consuming and expensive. Kaivac's AutoVac cleans your marble floors quickly, safely, and efficiently.
A Daily Classroom Cleaning Checklist for Healthier Schools
Here is a classroom cleaning checklist for custodians to know which areas of the school are most likely to hide nasty germs and bacteria.
Restaurant Kitchen Cleaning: Surprisingly Dirty Areas
Food prep brings in a lot of germs and bacteria. Restaurant kitchen cleaning is crucial, especially in these surprisingly dirty areas.
Cleaning a Nursing Home: What You Need to Know
Cleaning a nursing home properly takes a special approach. Here is how custodial crews should handle this difficult assignment.
Gym Floor Cleaning: How to Protect the Finish
Traditional gym floor cleaning leaves floors still dirty, dangerously slippery, or both. Kaivac's new cordless OmniFlex AutoVac is a better solution.
Effective Grout Cleaning in Your Restaurant Kitchen
Restaurant grout cleaning is ineffective with brushes and mops. Kaivac's Dispense-and-Vac system does a better job.
Eliminating the Urine Odor in Restroom Facilities Once and for All
Confronting the urine odor in restroom facilities is impossible with a rag and mop. Here is how to remove the bacteria and eliminate the foul smells.
Hospital Cleaning Best Practices to Keep Patients and Staff Safe
Diseases from hospitals lead to nearly 100,000 deaths per year. A change is in order. Here are seven hospital cleaning best practices to make it happen.
No-Touch Restroom Cleaning Machine Saves Time and Labor
Scores of BSCs and ISPs dream of finding a restroom cleaning machine that can solve their problems, speed up cleaning, and be so cost effective that this "dream" machine pays for itself in just a few months, or less.
Hygienic Green Cleaning – The Next Wave
In the past 10 years the concept of 'green' cleaning has progressed from fringe ideology to mainstream philosophy. Cleaning service providers, facilities maintenance managers, building service contractors and others who once dismissed environmentally friendly...
Wisconsin Prison Adopts No-Touch Cleaning
The Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (WSPF), Boscobel, WI, reports they are now cleaning the facility using No-Touch Cleaning® equipment developed by Kaivac, Inc. The 205,590-square-foot facility retains its own custodians and has nine cleaning workers and one lead...
Breaking the Cycle of Restroom Neglect – One School's Story
When your child comes home from school, most likely you ask them: "How was school today?" However, it might be wise to start asking them: "How were the school restrooms today?" Chances are, their responses will range from fine, to nasty, disgusting, or...