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Cleaner Times May 2024
by truesource
Safety first! That might sound like a cliché, but it is anything but that. On page 6 Terri Perrin has revised the Pressure Washer’s Guidebook chapter on workplace safety. She points out that the workday for a pressure washer should start by reviewing site safety of equipment and vehicles at your workplace before examining the safety at the job sites where you will be working.
To help keep safety top of mind, it is important to create a customized checklist for your company and team to determine at each worksite what personal protective equipment (PPE) and additional steps are needed to ensure a safe workplace. There is a lot of good information throughout the article to apply as you seek to make safety a priority.
On page 12 Diane Calabrese writes about steam-based equipment and its capabilities. As Calabrese comments, “Save time, conserve water, and reduce the number of pollutants—all are good outcomes—and steam cleaning helps achieve them.” An example of using dry steam to clean roller coaster components, and steam’s capability to save time and promote safety, is shared along with a link to a video of the cleaning process.
Turn to page 16 to read about bleach and bleach additives. Joseph Daniel of ITD remarks, “High-quality bleach additives can dramatically increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the cleaning process.” Bleach and bleach additives are used together to provide a barrier to future mold growth. Because bleach is highly corrosive and reactive, proper PPE should be worn at all times.
If you flip over to page 44, you will read about steps to take in dealing with hard water. Some water ends up with a lot more minerals in it, and the amount of minerals in your water determines how hard it is. What this means for pressure washing machines and components is that the minerals lead to clogging and scaling, which is what you want to prevent. Hard water is inevitable, and pressure washer users who live in locations where it is an issue must decide what possibilities they are going to use to deal with it.
Cleaner Times hopes that you all have a productive May.
