Spring is the reset button for your facility's cleaning program. After a winter of salt, mud, heavy traffic, and closed windows, every surface in your building has taken a hit — floors, production surfaces, restrooms, glass, and air quality included.
The good news: a structured spring refresh doesn't require a lot of time or a big budget. It requires the right chemistry, the right equipment, and a plan that covers every surface — not just the floor.
This guide covers the complete spring facility refresh using two of the strongest janitorial chemistry lines Tarheel Paper & Supply carries: NCL for dedicated commercial floor care, and SC Johnson Professional for industrial surface cleaning, disinfection, and worker hand care. Together, they cover your entire facility.
Start From the Bottom: NCL Floor Care
For commercial hard floors, spring is the ideal time to strip down to bare concrete, apply a fresh finish, and set up a maintenance routine that carries through the rest of the year. NCL's floor care chemistry lineup is purpose-built for commercial environments — and every product in the line has a specific job.
Step 1 — Strip: NCL Bare Bones® (#1058) Bare Bones is a no-rinse, no-scrub liquifying stripper with a 55% active formula. It takes floors down to bare concrete without requiring a neutralizing rinse, cutting your labor time significantly. Apply, let it work, and extract. No secondary step needed.
Step 2 — Clean: NCL Image™ (#0927) Once stripped, Image is your go-to neutral cleaner for daily and weekly maintenance. It's deodorizing, free-rinsing, and works in hot or cold water — appropriate for ongoing use between finish cycles.
Step 3 — Finish: NCL 24-7® (#0593) 24-7 is an extended-performance floor finish with ultra-high solids, designed for strip cycles of 18 to 36 months. Apply 3–5 coats after stripping and you're set for the season — and well beyond.
Step 4 — Maintain: NCL Pop N Shine™ (#0545) Between deep cleans, Pop N Shine restores gloss, removes light scuffs and scratches, and renovates the finish without a full strip cycle. Spray buff or mop application keeps floors looking freshly finished between service dates.
Step 5 — Burnish: NCL Spit Shine™ (#0575) For facilities with a high-speed burnisher, Spit Shine delivers a mirror-level gloss finish when used in an ultra-high speed kleen and burnish cycle.
Equipment note: The right chemical program only works with the right machine. For large floor areas, the Karcher BD50/55 Walk-Behind Scrubber (50cm cleaning path, 55L solution tank) handles stripping and maintenance passes efficiently. For targeted work and finish application, the Blackhawk 20" Low Speed Floor Machine is the workhorse. Tarheel's in-house technicians install and service both — one call handles chemistry and equipment together.
Industrial-Grade Surface & Worker Care: SC Johnson Professional
While NCL handles your floor program, SC Johnson Professional brings industrial-strength chemistry for the other critical areas of your facility — production surfaces, restrooms, worker hand care, and air quality. These are purpose-built commercial and industrial products, not consumer-grade chemistry.
Worker Hand Care: Solopol® GFX™ and Kresto® Cherry
In manufacturing and industrial environments, workers deal with grease, oils, adhesives, sealants, and heavy industrial soils that standard soap can't touch. SC Johnson Professional's industrial hand care line addresses this directly.
Solopol® GFX™ is a heavy-duty skin cleanser specifically formulated for removing tough grease, grime, and industrial soils. It's a go-to for production workers, maintenance technicians, and anyone in a hands-on industrial role. Better hand cleaning means better compliance with hygiene programs — which matters for both worker health and facility cleanliness.
Kresto® Cherry takes it further — it's a solvent-based super-heavy-duty hand cleaner for the most demanding removal tasks: paint, adhesives, sealants, and stubborn industrial residues. If your maintenance crew deals with these regularly, Kresto belongs at every sink.
Proper industrial hand care is often the missing piece in a facility hygiene program. The right product at every hand washing station means workers actually use it.
Surface Disinfection: fantastik® Professional and TruShot® 2.0
fantastik® Professional Disinfectant Multi-Purpose Cleaner is an EPA-registered, heavy-duty multi-surface disinfectant and degreaser available in industrial gallon packaging. It handles production surfaces, break room counters, hard surfaces in restrooms, and anywhere disinfection is required. One product that cleans and disinfects without multiple steps — practical for high-frequency touch points across a large facility.
TruShot® 2.0 is SC Johnson Professional's mobile dispensing system — a backpack-style unit that dispenses concentrated cleaning solutions on demand, replacing the need to carry multiple spray bottles across a facility. Available formulas include:
- TruShot® 2.0 Power Cleaner & Degreaser — for heavy soil removal on industrial equipment, machinery, and production surfaces
- TruShot® 2.0 Glass & Multi-Surface Cleaner — for windows, mirrors, glass partitions, and stainless steel throughout the facility
- TruShot® 2.0 Multi-Surface & Restroom Disinfectant Cleaner — EPA-registered disinfectant for restrooms, locker rooms, and high-contact surfaces
For facilities covering large square footage with custodial staff, TruShot 2.0 is a meaningful operational upgrade — one portable unit replaces a cart of spray bottles and simplifies your cleaning program.
Air Care: Glade® Professional
A freshly cleaned facility that doesn't smell clean is a missed opportunity. Glade Professional provides commercial-grade air freshening for restrooms, lobbies, break rooms, and common areas — continuous-release dispensers and odor eliminators designed for the volume and traffic of commercial environments. After a full spring strip and refinish, the final touch is making sure the air matches the floors.
The Complete Spring Cleaning Checklist
Warehouse / Production Floor
- Strip and refinish hard floors: NCL Bare Bones → 24-7
- Scrub with Karcher BD50/55
- Burnish with Blackhawk + NCL Spit Shine
Production / Manufacturing Areas
- Clean and degrease production surfaces: fantastik® Professional or TruShot® 2.0 Power Cleaner & Degreaser
- Restock hand cleaning stations: Solopol® GFX™ for general industrial soils, Kresto® Cherry for heavy-duty removal
Restrooms & Locker Rooms
- Deep disinfect all surfaces: TruShot® 2.0 Multi-Surface & Restroom Disinfectant Cleaner
- Restock dispensers: Marcal roll towels, Georgia-Pacific tissue, GOJO soap
- Add Glade® Professional continuous air freshener
Offices, Glass & Common Areas
- Clean all glass and stainless steel: TruShot® 2.0 Glass & Multi-Surface Cleaner
- Mop hard floors with NCL Image™ neutral cleaner
- Replace air fresheners: Glade® Professional
Entryways & Lobbies
- Strip and refinish floors if needed
- Deep clean entrance matting (Crown Matting Technologies)
- Clean all glass entry doors with TruShot® 2.0 Glass & Multi-Surface Cleaner
One Vendor. Both Chemistry Lines. Next-Day Delivery.
Tarheel Paper & Supply stocks both NCL and SC Johnson Professional across all six of our branch locations in NC, SC, and VA. Whether you need a full NCL floor care kit, industrial hand cleaners for your production team, a TruShot 2.0 system for your custodial staff, or gallon jugs of fantastik Professional for high-frequency disinfection — your rep can have it on your dock next day.
And if your floor equipment needs service before you start — or mid-season — our in-house technicians are a phone call away.
👉 Contact your Tarheel rep to build your spring cleaning supply list.
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