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Local AdvantaClean provides tips to keep things clean, sanitized

‘Think about high-traffic, high-touch point areas’

By Wesley LeBlanc wesley@opcfla.com
Posted 4/8/20

ORANGE PARK – As everyone in Clay County tries to combat the spread of the coronavirus, it’s important residents know how to properly clean and sanitize the things they touch the most.

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Local AdvantaClean provides tips to keep things clean, sanitized

‘Think about high-traffic, high-touch point areas’


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ORANGE PARK – As everyone in Clay County tries to combat the spread of the coronavirus, it’s important residents know how to properly clean and sanitize the things they touch the most.

Orange Park business AdvantaClean is a microbial remediation cleaning company that handles the removal of mold, water damage, structural drying and indoor air quality. Its owner, Kevin Hamilton, is a pro when it comes to cleaning and sanitizing items and surfaces and he said one of the most important things people can do right now is clean their high-touch areas.

“As far as cleaning goes, what I generally try to tell folks specifically is to think about high-traffic, high-touch point areas,’ Hamilton said. “Your keyboards, your door knobs, your phones.”

Hamilton said more people are working from home and it’s likely their work devices like laptop keyboards haven’t been cleaned and sanitized in a while, if at all. Things like keyboards and cellphones are used a lot throughout any given day and your hands are all over them. That’s why it’s important to clean them often.

Think about how often you touch things in the world and then think about how often you touch your phone afterwards, Hamilton said. Then, you touch your phone to your face, he continued.

“You should be cleaning your phone a lot.”

He said anytime you leave the house and come back inside, you should think about what you might have touched. If you go to the grocery store and touch your doorknob to your home’s front door when you get home, sanitize the door knob.

“Sometimes things in homes are sanitized as much or as well as they should be,” Hamilton said. “People feel more safe in their homes and think that they don’t need to sanitize it like they would out and about.”

As far as cleaning goes, Hamilton said the usual products will work just fine. Disinfectants, germ-killing soaps and cleaners and bleach. A stroll through a grocery store will show these kinds of products are in hot demand. Hamilton said if you can’t find a disinfectant on the shelves, buy some bleach.

Mix some bleach with water to make some homemade disinfectant. Hamilton said people cleaning should follow manufacturer instructions when cleaning. If it says to allow the liquid to sit on the surface for 10 seconds.

“As far as drying goes, let that stuff sit there,” Hamilton said. “Let it appear to be shiny for a minute. Let that stuff stay on there before you wipe it off. If it kills anything on the surface, allow the surface to be immersed in the disinfectant.”

You don’t necessarily need to dry something immediately after, he said.

Hamilton said it’s important that when people wipe surfaces down, they do so in straight lines. By wiping in a straight line from left to right or vice versa, you’re wiping the germs off as opposed to wiping in circles which just moves the germs.

If you don’t have disinfectant wipes, Hamilton said to use light lint-free rags and that the person cleaning should be wearing gloves.

“The biggest thing out of everything I’m saying is touch points,” Hamilton said. “Keep your touch points clean and sanitized. Always wash your hands first when you come from outside. Don’t use hand sanitizer as the primary cleaner. Always wash your hands from elbow to hand with soap and then use hand sanitizer afterwards as a finisher if you’d like.”