Scrub Brush & Cleaning Brushes

Cleaning Brushes: What You Need to Know

Whether it's a restaurant, hotel, or any other business, ensuring your establishment is clean is imperative to keeping your guests and customers happy. There is a plethora of cleaning brushes available to assist with nearly any cleaning job, from cleaning coils in a machine to removing grime from floor drains. Cleaning brushes have different types of bristles that can be made of various materials designed to fulfill specific cleaning jobs. General-purpose utility brushes are available to tackle a number of miscellaneous jobs. In the section below, we'll answer commonly asked questions regarding cleaning and utility brushes.

Common Questions About Cleaning Brushes

What styles of cleaning brushes are available?

As mentioned above, utility and cleaning brushes come in different shapes and sizes to take on various cleaning jobs. Below, we'll go over some of the more popular types of cleaning and utility brushes.

• Utility scrub brush: These are suitable for a wide range of cleaning applications, such as scrubbing pots and pans. Many utility brushes are equipped with bristles that stick out at different angles to ensure the brush comes in contact with as much of the object's surface as possible. Bristles on utility brushes can come in different colors, enabling you to designate certain brushes for specific jobs without the fear of cross contamination. Their handles may be short or long, depending on what you'll clean with your utility scrub brush.
• Grout and radiator brushes: Skinny with a long handle, grout brushes are used to clean dirt, residue, and grime off hard-to-reach surfaces, such as between floor tiles. The bristles on grout brushes are designed to fit into small spaces that can't be reached with a regular cleaning brush. Similar to grout brushes, radiator brushes are slim with long handles. These brushes are designed to fit into narrow areas, such as cooling coils and other hard-to-reach places on certain pieces of equipment.
• Deck floor brushes: Designed to scrub rough floor surfaces, such as the concrete floors of warehouses and garage floors, these brushes are made to be sturdier and more durable than regular floor brushes. On the other hand, floor brushes can be used to clean indoor floors. The bristles on floor brushes are gentle enough that you don't have to worry about scratching your establishment's floors.
• Hand and nail brush: These brushes are used to ensure that your employee's hands and nails are properly scrubbed before getting to work. The stiff bristles are made to scrub dirt and grime out from under fingernails. Most hand and nail brushes are also equipped with long side bristles to properly scrub and clean fingers and palms.
• Tank and kettle brush: These brushes feature flared heads with handles that are typically sold separately. These brushes are specially designed to clean tanks, kettles, and larger objects that may be found in commercial kitchens. Their flared design enables the brush to reach each curve of whatever object you're cleaning.
• Pipe brush: These brushes are designed to clean the dark crevices of pipes and tubes. They feature a long handle with a bundle of stiff, durable bristles at the end. The bristles are typically made of heavy-duty wire, ensuring the brush doesn't snap when cleaning a pipe or tube.
• Asian-style wok brush: Constructed of bamboo bristles that are bound together, Asian-style wok brushes are made to effectively clean Asian woks. The bamboo bristles are durable enough to clean heated surfaces without melting. Bamboo, a non-abrasive material, is gentle while still cleaning off debris and food particles that may be stuck to the wok's surface.

How do you use an Asian-style wok brush?

To use an Asian-style wok brush, you just need to add water to a hot wok; use hot water if the wok has cooled down. You shouldn't add degreaser to the wok as this can cause it to rust. To clean off the wok, just swirl the bamboo bristles around the interior. As you're scrubbing the wok, the bamboo bristles will remove any food particles and debris without destroying the wok's surface.

Why should you invest in hanging hooks for your brushes?

Hanging hooks enable your brushes to dry properly without ruining the bristles, which could happen if you lay your brushes on a surface to dry. Hanging hooks also provide you with a place to house your scrub and dish brushes, ensuring you can easily find them when you need them.