Microfiber technology has shaped the way we clean by the efficiency of how we clean, curbed bacterial cross contamination of surfaces and has proved to generally be the safer way to clean. When you take the shell benefits of microfiber and add economical savings you have a winning product.

Microfiber material is made by chemically splitting polyester and polyamide fibers the size of a human hair into many tinier fiber strands (16 fiber strands). The product composition cannot be seen with the human eye which is likely how the Microfiber name came to be. Microscopic stands multiplied thousands of times; microfibers make up the revolutionary, lightweight cleaning fabrics commonly used in mops and various cleaning cloths offered in your favorite cleaning supply isle, janitorial supply venues or your favorite car care center.

The manufacturing process of splitting microfibers causes the finished product to have a positive ion charge and dust a negative charge. The static electricity created in moving a dry microfiber across a dry dusty surface causes the dust to cling to the microfiber cloth as negative and positive magnets will cling together

Efficient Cleaning Capability

Microfibers that make up a cleaning cloth or mop are so small that they ”reach into”  crevices and pores of a surface makeup as compared to the larger bulky fiber makeup  of traditional cleaning fabric which glides the surface only.

Eluded to would be the factual difference of deep cleaning or surface cleaning. Although the naked eye may not be able to see the difference of a deep or surface clean nor a hand across the surface feel the difference; porous surfaces with embedded dirt is a breeding ground for potentially very dangerous bacteria and parasitic growth.  The microfiber has a very fine abrasive quality which allows it to “scrub out” porous surfaces that traditional fabrics skim over.

Microfiber is made of many microscopic fibers which gives it many surfaces for dirt to cling or hang onto. Manufacturers have broadened the Microfiber product line offering; wet or dry mops with some being antibacterial treatment, mop covers, dusting cloths, food surface cleaners, glass cloths, multi surface cloths, wall washing clothes or pads and a complete auto cleaning line. In the commercial microfiber line many of products have been color coded for easier recognition of their intended use.

Looped fiber mops are designed for smoother surfaces while sheared fiber has more abrasive qualities for porous or grouted surfaces. Fringe style mops are a cotton layer over a microfiber which tends to pick up larger particulate.

Cost Effectiveness of Microfiber Cleaning

The use of Microfiber cleaning materials may seem initially more expensive until one pencils in the longevity factor as compared to other cleaning cloths and mops. Microfiber is easily cleaned and reused time after time without the breakdown of fabric composure as with cotton based cloths and mops. Microfiber products use less rinsing which means less water and less cleaning compounds which is added savings. If time is money than savings can be added to use of microfiber cloths and mops because they clean more thoroughly with less vigor in less time.

Safety: Microfiber Products versus Old School Cleaning Products

Hospitals and nursing homes use the most rigid cleaning protocol because avoiding cross contamination of bacteria is critical. Microfiber technology deeper cleans multi textured surfaces with an antibacterial, picks up the particulate and deposits it to rinse water.  The microfiber mop rinses cleanly and excess moisture easily extracted from the product as opposed to say a traditional cotton mop that is bulky and must be wrung through apparatus that is also cumbersome and bulky to use.  Emptying heavy buckets of water has long been a source of injury. A microfiber mop takes less liquid to clean and leaves less moisture on the surface as compared to drip spills left at the starting point of a traditional mop.

A new microfiber mop head can be used per room of a hospital which will decrease cross contamination. Laundered mops can be used upward of five hundred times. Less rinsing, bucket water changes and chemicals are used and heavy wringing buckets become obsolete saving both storage space and time.  The microfiber product is lightweight and easy to handle which spells safety.

The safety and health benefits of using Microfiber cleaning products coupled with time savings in labor leaves wonderment to why any home or institution would return to using old school products for cleaning. Rinse and hang a microfiber and traditional mop side by side for a final query to which is the better product.