Microfibre washing tips

There are some basic rules and a few customers have given me a couple of pointers when laundering their microfibre materials:
1) Never use bleaches, softeners or toxic chemicals
2) Never mix with towels, dusters or other woven materials it grabs all the loose fibres
3) Try and wash cloths and mop pads separately as the mop pads have a lot more soiling on them
4) Use only a little detergent as the fibres will absorb excess causing a drop in performance (wash with no detergent if you do over dose)
5) If you want to wash all cloth colours together use our Halo detergent at 30 degrees to save energy as apposed to over 70 degrees to kill the bacteria
6) Use laundry net bags to place product in and throw in machine, its safer and easier to transport
7) Don't forget to check state and age of cloths as they last so long you can forget they are so old and become ineffective
Any more tips? Mail me on stuart@ma-enviro.co.uk

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Quality contract cleaning company's hard to find

Having met with some of the biggest contract cleaners in this country employing sometimes many thousands of staff Nationwide,I am always amazed at the poor level of work, products and quality of staff training provided by them when I do.
Despite them referring to BIC's standards and various actions they take it still doesn't take away the fact that the products, systems and end results can be very poor and in some cases damn right dangerous to health of the buildings occupants (one company employed a lady in a South East England location shopping centre who never knew to use a separate cloth for wiping the toilet seat and then the wash hand basin, she just thought she used a red cloth for all the toilet sanitary ware!).
This is normally due to the fact that the contract company act like employment agencies paying the least they can to cleaning staff, keeping material costs to a minimum and looking to sign long high value contracts with buyers who have little idea of the nitty gritty of cleaning standards they produce but are impressed with the badges or flow charts they sell to support the tender at management level. Indeed the buyers are always looking to cut budget and save on the previous contractor without it seems a real care for wage or performance levels to sustain good hygiene levels.
An idea of a company that is building a reputation to reverse these frustrations and concerns is ButlerMaids they use our micro pore green cleaning cloths, mop pads and green fluids and train their teams in the correct use and benefits of the products regularly and focus on fair pay and team performance.
Clients notice the difference in results and hygiene levels and therefore can see the benefit of procuring their cleaning company wiser. Poor cleaning will lead to health issues, risk and a poor look and odour to your environment and impact the bottom line.
For more information see www.butlermaids.co.uk and www.greenmycleaning.co.uk.

Cleaning help for Volcanic ash victims (or VAV's)

In anticipation of the panic calls seeking help for the removal of Volcanic ash as it descends from above.
The fine particles are like glass and therefore abrasive use only a vacuum or if not a high finish a damp cloth to adhere particles to. Be very careful on car bodies or sensitive surfaces on removing this.
I am sure Vacuum motors are safe to extract the size of dust particles that may fall and not experience seizure at present levels.

Cleaning flat screens

Do you struggle to get a streak, lint or grease free result using cotton cloths or dusters made of woven fibres? Simply use our Microglass cloths which are lint free and have a much shorter fibre as you do not need so much for water and soil retention.
If you dampen the cloth and fold it square and use it in a circular motion then if you want to remove any excess moisture to accelerate the drying you could buff out with a dry Microglass cloth.
This will save using glass cleaning chemicals and dodgy cloths and the bonus is it actually works.

Recycling isn't the greenest option for every product

Lately we have struggled to get our regular brand and source new commercial recycled quality toilet tissue from our reqular suppliers. I am told the price of pulp is going through the roof and thus recycled pulp too and therefore companies are not producing as often.
I believe that in fact we may have to concede luxury white soft and fluffy RECYCLED toilet tissue soon to the 'never worked' column! Why? For two reasons, one cause the energy and waste in producing such a product is more than to produce it from sustainable forrest plantations (FSC approved of course). Imagine the water, dyes and fuel needed to turn coloured pulped paper waste in to fluffy white toilet tissue.
Consumable paper tissue such as hand towels do not need such a cosmetically pleasing feel for the coloured heavy gauge papers and therefore would be easier to convert as would natural card products. As we are still in the great scale of things amateurs in such products and still learning I believe the directive for green awards should therefore be towards best solutions and not just a badged product for the sake of an eco term.
If you like the eco gumpf however, how about FSC approved sustainably sourced tissue paper. Also don't forget whilst the tree's are growing they are also consuming CO2 too.

Your supplier should be able to supply you with the appropriate certificate for the product to support this and the good news is most all products now are such.

Loving the sun and tourists!

Great to see the sun finally and what a scorcher, should mean the second half of the holidays will see good numbers at venues.
What a fantastic attraction Kevin and Lisa have made out of the Miniature Pony Centre near Mortenhampstead on Dartmoor. We had an amazing day with my group ranging from 3 to 11.Lots of entertainment all day long from rides to children's entertainer. The food is good and reasonable as well and the place is maintained to a very high standard (and of course very clean!). Check out the events all day when you pay and don't forget the zip wire and trampolines up the top. Down the bottom is a willow craft area which has really developed since my last visit.