Our janitorial staff are keeping the restrooms clean and sanitary by following a two-level cleaning schedule-a combination of regular daily cleaning and weekly deep cleaning.

Regular Daily Cleaning:

Trash removal, surface cleaning, disinfection, and restocking supplies occur daily in most commercial or office restrooms. Facilities in airports, restaurants, and other high-traffic sites may need more frequent touch-up cleaning and restocking of soap and paper supplies.

Routine cleaning involves removing trash and replacing can liners; refilling dispensers; dusting high surfaces; cleaning toilets and urinals with a non-acid bowl cleaner; cleaning showers with a non-acid soap remover; cleaning mirrors and other glass surfaces; cleaning walls, ceiling, partitions, doors, and light switches; disinfecting all surfaces and fixtures; and vacuuming and wet mopping with a cleaner/disinfectant.

Some products combine cleaning and disinfecting ingredients into one container. These combined products work well only on surfaces that are already relatively clean. For dirty surfaces, it is important to clean first, then apply a separate disinfectant.

Fairly mild products are available for daily restroom cleaning. Such products are reasonably safe to use and have little environmental impact. Accordingly to the supplier's directions, we mix the cleaning product with as much water as possible.

Deep Cleaning:

Deep cleaning in public restrooms usually needs to be done weekly. Deep cleaning also may be required when our staff are cleaning a restroom for the first time or when the restroom is particularly dirty. High-traffic restrooms, such as airport or restaurant restrooms, may need deep cleaning once a day, even if routine cleaning is done more frequently.

Some deep cleaning tasks require stronger chemical products to remove stubborn deposits or stains. Examples include removing graffiti, cleaning stained toilet bowls, and removing shower tile deposits. In addition, we may need to spend more time removing soil with brushes and scrub pads.

Hard Floor Cleaning Strippers

Hard floor care involves one of the most dangerous chemical products that janitors use-floor finish stripper. Stripper usually comes in two forms: a liquid concentrate for stripping large floor areas, and a ready-to-use aerosol for removing floor finish from baseboards. Both of these strippers contain chemicals that can seriously harm the user and also might affect building occupants and the environment.

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