Why are edges important? What edges are we talking about? We are referring to the edges of the floors. They are important because their status affects the look of the entire floor. When we walk into a room our eye is not drawn to the empty spaces in the room. It is drawn to the shape of the room and the objects in it. Now the shape of the room is, of course, defined by its edges. So if we walk into a clean room with dirty edges the entire room looks somehow flawed. That’s right, a floor can be bright and shiny and if the edges are even slightly dirty, the whole room seems off in a way. The room can seem older, out of style, or generally uncared for, simply from having dirty edges.

Why should this concern you, the business owner? In my experience, a lot of “cleaning professionals” don’t clean the edges. It’s not hard to do; a simple firm swipe with a mop, or a little extra time spent with a vacuum attachment will do it. Yet for some reason, they usually get left, forgotten, dirty. A particular problem occurs when a strip-and-wax is going on and the edges aren’t cleaned. When that wax goes down on top of dirty edges, they will remain that way until the next strip and wax is done.

To sum up my little declaration: inspect your edges. If they are dirty, it might be time to get a new cleaning company. It’s something to think about.

Thanks for reading.
Luke McCain, owner of Omniclean