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Cleaning without Chemicals.

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Cleaning without Chemicals

BY BILL SWICHTENBERG

Steam vapor cleaning can be used to clean, sanitize and deodorize almost any hard surface. The fast and safe method removes the food supply for microorganisms without the use of chemicals.

Finding easier and healthier ways to clean diverse surfaces with minimal environmental impact is the goal of today's cleaning personnel. One relatively new method that accomplishes this goal, but is somewhat misunderstood, is the use of vapor steam cleaning. Vapor steam cleaning systems use only a little water and a little electricity to sanitize and clean almost any surface without using chemicals.

"These systems can't get any easier for workers," says Dan Nestor, U.S. sales director for Osprey Deep Clean. "They involve water and an energy source for heating it up."

Vapor steam cleaning's origin reportedly goes back to an Italian bartender. The story goes that the bartender was faced with cleaning up glasses smeared with lipstick stains every night. On a whim, he walked over to the cappuccino machine and tried steam on the stain. The steam from the machine removed...

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