Cleaning and Sealing Surfaces
Apply an impermeable coating to a porous surface. That’s the simplest definition of what “to seal” means.
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Coil Troubleshooting
When it comes to power washing equipment, coils are on the low-end ranking of troublemakers. Over the years I have seen three main problems with them: they freeze, soot, and scale up.
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Avoiding Scams and Thieves
Do not steal. If only everyone took that to heart. The virtual world compounds opportunities for criminals and multiplies problems for business owners. It has also added a layer of difficulty in detecting potential trouble.
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Small Business Documents: Protecting and Running Your Business, Part II
In addition to the documents and receipts already mentioned, there are a variety of internal documents that are also important to implement. These documents provide internal structure and aid in the documentation of daily events while giving the business structure and order.
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CETA Edge: Technical Issues
Do you have questions about technical issues? The CETA Technical and Standards Committee endeavors to provide answers. Jimmy Welch with American Pressure Inc. in Robbinsdale, MN, chairs the committee.
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Persevering in Drought Conditions
Take a limited amount of water. Add demand. Expect problems. The more limited the water, the greater the scarcity. Consequently, a region that is naturally (because of geophysical conditions) semi-arid or arid will experience the greatest ill effects when generally low rainfall goes lower still.
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Financial: Automation 101
Automation for a pressure cleaning contractor, distributor, or dealer? There’s a common misconception that automation means robotics. However, at its core, automation is about implementing a system to complete repetitive and easily replicated tasks without the need for human labor.
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Selling to School Districts
Follow the money. By offering cleaning services to customers with a reliable stream of funding, a contractor can establish a healthy and consistent profit. Since school districts are funded by taxes, they have secure financing.
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Safe Practices
Complacency deserves the blame it gets for diminishing safety in the workplace. But it’s not the only factor that increases risk of injury or even fatality.
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Cleaner Times Chemical Glossary: Part 3
Cleaner Times wishes to thank DECO Products Inc. and Vector Laboratories for their help in updating this Chemical Glossary in 2022, which previously was published in the August and October 2012 issues of Cleaner Times.
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Cleaning Aluminum Siding and Vinyl
Brick endures. It’s beautiful. It’s also expensive to install and maintain. Wood was the go-to affordable material for exteriors until the 1940s, when aluminum siding entered the competition.
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Successfully Handling an OSHA Inspection
The goal: Each person who goes to a workplace in the morning returns home intact in the evening.
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