Neutral pH Floor Cleaner – Hilway vs Zep

Hilway Direct Neutral Cleaner and Zep Neutral Cleaner are both commercial cleaning products that are designed to clean and maintain various types of flooring. While they are both neutral cleaners, meaning they have a pH close to 7 and are not acidic or alkaline, there are some differences between them that are worth noting. Ingredients:…

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Wood Floor Refinishing for Weekend Warriors  

Wood Floor Refinishing for Weekend Warriors  

Are you a weekend warrior, someone who is always busy working around the house especially on Saturday and Sunday? Let’s talk about wood floor sand & refinish and how to fill cracks in the wood planks. I have to admit that I am definitely a Weekend Warrior, someone who feels the need to always be…

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Heart Broken at Home – My Floor Cleaner is Discontinued?!

Have you ever fallen in love with a cleaning product only to find that it has been discontinued after you have been using it for years? I remember buying and using a cleaning product that made my floors look fabulous and I fell in love with it right away.  It was actually a joy to…

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New Year – New Flooring Goals

It’s a new year but instead of making Resolutions I prefer to set Goals. So, if you’re anything like me and one of your goals for the new year is to declutter your closets and clean or refinish your floors and if so, then this post is for you. I completely decluttered my closet and…

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Family, Food and Floor Protection

Keep Your Sanity and Floors Scratch Free with Clear Sleeve Floor Protectors from 1877FloorGuy Supply. For many families, this is the most wonderful time of the year, but for others it can be the most frustrating time of the year with thoughts of family, food and floor protection. Yepper, we know that preparing the big…

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Finding the Best Cleaner for Luxury Vinyl Floors

Product Selection An excellent question and one we hear often is, “What’s the best cleaner for my luxury vinyl plank floors?”. The answer to finding the best floor cleaning product is not one specific item. It depends upon the brand of floor and if it is in a home or business. Any luxury vinyl floor-…

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Adding Disinfectant Cleaner to Your Floor Cleaning Routine

Disinfectant Cleaners are getting a lot more use these days with the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Folks are retooling their cleaning protocols at home and at work. If you’ve added disinfectant cleaner to your floor cleaning routine, there are a few tips you will find helpful. At 1877FloorGuy, our technical gurus have been fielding questions about…

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Shoes and pets bring snow and ice onto floors indoors.

Get Your Floor Winter Ready!

With dropping temperatures comes snow and ice tracking indoors on shoes, pets and wheeled equipment onto your home or business flooring. 1877FloorGuy is here to help you through the mess! First, a quality entry doormat that has a leak proof, non-staining backer. Not all doormats list the type of backer, so purchase carefully. 1877floorguy sells…

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Chair Leg Protectors Reduce Floor Scratches

Chair leg protectors are these tiny little items that have a huge impact on the success of your floor. Furniture items, like chairs and tables, that frequently slide across wood, vinyl or laminate flooring cause scratches that can make a floor look worn. Applying chair leg protectors will greatly reduce floor scratches. You can find…

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Best Furniture Floor Protectors

The Best Floor Protectors

Choosing to use furniture floor protectors is a great way to lengthen the life of your expensive flooring investment. These little felt protectors provide a barrier between your furniture and the floor, effectively helping to reduce scratching and scuffing that will make a floor look dull over time. Commonly used in commercial applications — especially…

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Clean Schools in Summer with these Commercial Cleaning Products

Clean Schools and Commercial Spaces in the Summer with These Products The summertime is the best time to prepare educational environments for a new wave of students in the fall. In addition to performing a deep clean, the custodial staff will typically refinish floors during this time, since it’s the only period all year where…

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New Year’s Cleaning Guide: 5 Tips to Help with your Cleaning Resolution

New Year’s Cleaning Guide: 5 Tips to Help with your Cleaning Resolution Ditch the Professional Carpet Cleaning Service — Instead, implement a routine dry carpet cleaning regimen using powerful at-home carpet cleaners by brands such as Host and Nylac. Bonus: you’ll save a ton when you reduce the amount of professional carpet cleanings required each…

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1877 Floor Guy Featured Brand: Bruce Hardwood & Laminate Floor Care

Bruce Hardwood is the No. 1 best-selling brand of hardwood in the U.S., so it’s no surprise that they offer their own line of top-quality floor cleaners, many of which are available at 1877FloorGuy. Now owned by Armstrong, Bruce has over a century of experience producing quality flooring, including hardwood and laminate. Most of their…

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1877 Floor Guy Offers New Financing Option

How to Get Cleaning Equipment NOW Your business needs vital equipment to thrive. As an industry leader in floor care, 1877FloorGuy is happy to offer FINANCING so you can get the floor scrub machine needed to help you win jobs big and small. For a low monthly payment, you can lease to own floor scrubbers, floor preparation machines, scrub brushes pads,…

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How to Choose Flooring Gloss Level

What Gloss Level Should I Use On My Floor? There are three main classifications of gloss when it comes to flooring, High-gloss, Semi-gloss and Matte. When selecting a gloss level for wood, laminate or vinyl flooring consider these factors… High-gloss provides a bright finish that reflects the most light which will highlight scuffs, scratches and other marks.  Heavy…

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