FEATURE
CLEANING SMELLS
Removing bad smells is a problem that many cleaners continue to face on a daily basis, however, Dominic Barnes, Managing Director of Zybax, offers his tips on how best to remove odours during your normal cleaning routine.
Busy public environments can all suffer from problems with malodours. Failure to remove unpleasant odours can have a negative effect on productivity, profitability, and the reputation of your business. Removing odours isn’t an incurable problem; the solution comes with the right cleaning routine – your commercial success could depend on it.
Always start your cleaning and dusting routine from top to bottom with the tallest furniture first. Use a damp duster rather than a dry one for shelves and hard surfaces, as this will trap dust rather than moving it around the room.
Working your way downwards, rugs and carpets should be tackled with a vacuum cleaner with a High Efficiency Particle Arrestance (HEPA) filter, this is the only way to remove the smallest particles of dust and dirt. Hard floors or vinyl should always be mopped rather than swept, as this will stop the dust from returning straight away.
Cooking smells can be tough to clean because they are bonded to aerosolised grease and smoke. It is essential that kitchens are cleaned well and frequently so that dirt, grease and grime cannot accumulate. To get rid of the dirt a soap or detergent that can emulsify grease – most household cleaners will do – is all that is needed.
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What about those really unpleasant odours, the ones that just can’t be helped? Don’t let the odour from urine, faeces or vomit linger.
The best formula for removing urine from carpets is to use paper towels to soak up as much of the urine as possible. Continue blotting until the area is only a little damp. When you are finished the area should be almost dry. Rinse the area with clean, cold water. Do this frequently, and remove as much of the water as possible each time using towels.
If used immediately shampoo and a wet vac can work on a one-off problem. However if urine is allowed to soak into the carpet, wetting spreads the urine out across a wide area of underlay and floor and the odour becomes worse. Persistent use of a wet vac system can also cause damage to your carpet.
Some solids, such as faeces and vomit, are very easy to remove with a paper towel or plastic glove. Unfortunately, some other ‘solids’ aren’t very solid at all. If this is the case, use a piece of cardboard to remove as much as possible from the fibres of the carpet. It’s always best to do this straight away, before it has had time to dry.
Mix together mild dishwashing soap or laundry detergent with warm water, and gently work into the soiled area –
the aim is to clean all the solids from the carpet pile. Then use paper towels to soak up as much as possible.
If the odour is present in a commercial washroom ensure all surfaces, including walls, doors and ceilings, are mopped or wiped down with a microbiological cleaner.
Top tips here are to apply a bio- enzymatic cleaner (such as Zybax Ultra) to the affected area. When using any enzyme-based odour and stain remover, make sure that it also contains ‘friendly bacteria’. The bacteria will help enhance the odour and stain removal.
These solutions are tried and tested but, like all things, some situations are beyond normal. If trouble persists or they don’t work download the researched guide published by
www.odourdoctor.co.uk. This useful information provides practical advice and invaluable knowledge that helps to simplify the science behind how odours are created.
So if you’re looking for one helpful guide that outlines the proper way to tackle those nasty smells and stains, this is an invaluable addition to any commercial cleaning policy. What's more, the people behind Zybax eco- cleaners have created it, so you can be confident it’s tried and tested.
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