> Yesterday I went to my local janitorial suppliers to pick up some
> > Prochem carpet cleaning chemicals. We got talking and he was telling
> > me that I would be better off getting all the household chemicals from
> > them as the ones from supermarkets are woefully watered down and work
> > out to be very expensive, he gave an example; the degreaser they sell
> > is around £10 for 5 litres but then dilutes down to make 13-14 750ml
> > spray bottles.
>
> He gave you good advice.
I thought so ;-)
> > He also pointed out that if things were dirtier than
> > usual you could just make the cleaning mixture a tad richer. This all
> > seems very good to me and when we do run out of things like all
> > purpose cleaner, bathroom cleaner, degreaser, bleach etc I think we
> > will start replacing them with the trade alternatives.
> > However I am
> > slightly confused as they are so many different types of things, like
> > bleach is available with 4.5% available chlorine and 4.7%.
>
> You don't need bleach. It achieves nothing in a bathroom.
Will let Mum know, I think she uses it mostly to stop smells in the kitchen drain.
> > There are a
> > variety of washroom chemicals too. Can you help me to decide on what
> > chemicals I need? First off an APC to replace Flash and a bathroom
> > cleaner to replace Mr Muscle which tbh is good but still works out
> > expensive when you look at the products available. Also will these
> > chemicals be more likely to destroy things as I seen a few with the
> > Corrosive label on them.
>
> Not if you follow the instructions.
>
> > And is it really a good idea and do you think they are any downsides
> > apart from storing 5 litre bottles?
>
> None.
>
> > This is the supplier:
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> The prices on the website are not all correct and I can also get 15%
> > discount on certain things.
>
> Trust me, you only need a few thing to keep a house clean.
>
> Jangro are a buying cooperative of independant janitorial suppliers, they
> know their stuff & have huge buying power.
Have you ever used anything from Jangro?
> First of all, in the bathroom you only need a daily cleaner & a toilet bowl
> descaler. Bleach has no place in a bathroom, its a complete waste of money. >
> For a daily cleaner the Toilet & Washroom Cleaner Descaler or the Perfumed
> Toilet Cleaner
> will do sinks, toilets, baths. showers etc. Acidic Toilet Cleaner & Lime
> scale Remover will deep clean the toilet bowl once a week.
Thanks
> For the kitchen all you need is a good hard surface cleaner either the
> Jangro Heavy Duty Cleaner Odourless or the Kitchen Cleaner Sanitiser > Odourless
What is the main differences between their:
a) Multi surface cleaner
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Hard surface cleaner
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Heavy duty cleaner
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?
Will their all in one cleaner and disinfectant do the job? I think my Mum often adds a little bit of Dettol to her cleaning bucket when wiping down walls so this will save her having to get a disinfectant.
> These are both 'no taint, no taste' cleaners.
>
> Most of those are available in 1 litre bottles. Try a few, then buy 5
> litres of the ones you like.
>
> You might want to add a glass cleaner, an air freshener and a polish.
One more question, will their neural floor cleaner:
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the job on our marble floor when used via the George scrubbing/ drying facility, also will it be OK on laminate? At the moment we use just water on the marble floor as the neutral cleaner from a local tiles place is way to costly and runs out very quickly and on the laminate we use a dedicated cleaner.
> Worth checking out toilet roll prices as well.
Good point,
> --
> Dave - The Medway Handymanwww.medwayhandyman.co.uk
Thanks for the help so far, very much appreciated.