by Shane Henson — November 25, 2013—Ecolab, a provider of water, hygiene and energy technologies and services for companies worldwide, recently announced that its StainBlaster product line has been improved to ensure that janitorial staff at hotels and other places that use and reuse linen are able to remove tough stains and offer guests clean, white and soft laundry.
The StainBlaster line encompasses four proprietary products. Ecolab StainBlaster Multi-Purpose features a proprietary detergent combination designed to save customers time and money by replacing three separate pre-treatment products with one unique formula. StainBlaster Multi-Purpose removes the most common stains laundry professionals face, such as grease, oil, ink, blood, lipstick, body soils and food.
Ecolab StainBlaster Specialty is formulated to eliminate the most challenging stains such as foundation makeup and baseball clay. It also aids in the removal of sunscreen stains. The two other products are StainBlaster Destainer, for use on bleachable stains such as coffee, tea, wine, fruit juice and mildew; and StainBlaster Rust Remover for removing spots caused by rust and iron.
Ecolab notes that in a recent study conducted by Satisfaction Management Systems, a Minneapolis-based market research and consulting firm, 70 percent of laundry professionals in the lodging industry said stain removal presents their biggest challenge, making products within its line a must-have for cleaning professionals.
Ecolab’s products also help increase customer satisfaction while reducing a company’s expenditures.
For a typical 150-room hotel, the average cost of doing laundry is more than $200 per day, says Ecolab. Over a year’s time, a 150-room hotel will spend approximately $75,000 on its laundry operation, and of that total, about $18,750 or 25 percent will be for linen replacement, notes said Jim Tarara, vice president of research, development and engineering for Ecolab’s global institutional business. By effectively removing stains, a hotel can help optimize its laundry operation and save money by reducing the need to purchase new linens.
