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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…

Shoes and pets bring snow and ice onto floors indoors.

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…

Chair Leg Protectors - Feature Image

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…

Best Furniture 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…

Schools - Floor Cleaning During Summer

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Hey, Don’t Blame the Carpet, an article in Hotel Industry Magazine’s online publication, features Host Dry Carpet Cleaning System. The article highlights the benefits of using a dry carpet cleaner such as Host Dry Extraction Carpet Cleaning. Host is effective for cleaning a small area or an entire room with a dry extraction powder that dries quickly, eliminates…

Have you ever had something stink and no matter how many times you clean it, the smell is never quite gone? My most recent experience was with my son’s backpack. He returned from a Boy Scout camping trip with a “wet dog” smell in his backpack and on the items that were in the backpack.…

Vital-Oxide, EPA Registered as a Hospital Disinfectant and NSF Certified for use on no-rinse Food Prep Surfaces. This broad spectrum disinfectant cleaner is proven to effectively eliminate and protect against harmful bacteria, viruses, mold & mildew including MRSA, E-Coli, H1N1 & more using new chlorine dioxide technology. Safe for people, pets and the environment, clear,…

Diversey’s Taski Vision Matte Floor Finish has, recently, been discontinued in all sizes. We’ve had many customers ask for a comparable replacement and have been recommending Hilway Direct, Matte Floor Finish. The Hilway Direct product is a hard-wearing, highly resistant acrylic floor finish for use on vinyl, linoleum, rubber, cork and other hard surface flooring. …

Spartan Chemical has a line of maintenance products for resilient flooring that is Green Seal Certified. Use of these GREEN products to clean and maintain resilient flooring in your facility will earn points towards LEED Certification and bring you one step closer to meeting your company’s sustainable environmental initiatives. If you‘re not familiar with LEED,…

Diversey Inc has made is simple for you to identify GREEN within their product lines. They have compiled a list of GREEN certified products so you can find cleaning & maintenance solutions that add points towards LEED Certification or that meet your corporate sustainable environment initiatives. Check out this great tool here, Diversey GREEN Products. If…