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Hello! I know this may not be purely janitorial but perhaps someone did do something like this in their line of work and had success.

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In an effort to save money on labor, our talented gents of the church are looking to repaint bathroom stalls in the women's room. I'd like some advice on the most proper way to attack this as well as the type of paint. This is in our church hall which will be unoccupied during the summer so smell, and return-to-use is not important. Most likely will be going for a lighter eggshell white color.

1. Masking/Taping etc.
2. Clean with degreaser
3. Sand? Scrape rust spots? Primer? This is where I tend to get lost in the many options available.

Thank you all for your help! Doing the work is not an issue - just want it done the best way longevity wise.

How are you guys handling it when a client says something wasn't cleaned?

I've been talking to a few owners and it sounds like everyone has a different system.. some take photos on their phone, some have supervisors do walk-throughs, some just eat it and re-clean. A few have lost accounts over a single complaint they couldn't push back on.

Curious what's actually working for people here:

• Do you document every job, or only "problem accounts"?
• Photos? Checklists? Signatures?
• Has it ever saved you from losing a contract?
• What's the biggest pain with how you do it now?

I manage a commercial property in Japan. Our Bathrooms are tiled with a drain. In my opinion the bathrooms smell badly like urine, despite the cleaners who are contracted mopping daily.

The cleaning company is saying the smell is from the drains and nothing can be done, but when I talked to the cleaning staff the say they haven't done anything but mopping. I can tell the company is giving the run-around).

I'd like to take things into my own hands and do a deep cleaning of the floors as i'm positve the urine is soaked into the grout and tiles, and all the mopping is doing is smearing it around.

Here is the general advice I've gotten from Youtube, but I'd like some second opinions.

1. Using a sprayer applying a diluted acid based cleaner to the tiles and grout to break down the surface layer of scale. Rinse after 15 ish minutes.

2. Apply an enzymatic cleaner and agitate with a rotational brush. Rinse.

3. Change from bleach based detergent to enzymatic for daily cleaning.

Is this something you would recommend to get rid of the smell long term? I'm interested in hearing processes from professionals. And what products you could reccomend to me.

One thing I’ve noticed anytime there’s a public health scare is that clients start paying a lot more attention to sanitation workflows and documentation. During COVID it was disinfecting. Now I’m seeing more conversations around rodents, air quality, and HEPA systems because of the hantavirus news. Has anyone else in commercial cleaning or property management is noticing increased concern from clients yet.