Cleanliness of the Finishing Room.

The finishing room is a working place that is very easy to get dirty. Dust from the sanding process and spray process can quickly contaminate the finishing room and make the room dusty and dirty. Finishing materials are mostly liquids that can easily be spilled, splashed, or littered at the floor, walls, and equipment in the room. The waste that is not managed correctly can be easily attached to any object in the room and make the room dirty. It is not possible to get the finishing room to be as clean as the office room or hotel room; however, we could always keep the finishing room clean and tidy as a working place.

The clean, tidy, and well-managed finishing room actually will give a lot of benefits and should be considered a profitable investment for the finishing workshop and the business.

Here are some of the benefits of the clean and tidy finishing room.

• Reduce the fire risk.

A finishing room is a place that has a high risk of fire disaster. There is a lot of paint, thinner, and solvents that are inflammable. The room is usually the place of many wooden products that are also flammable; any small ignition fire in the room will easily trigger an uncontrolled fire. That way, it is very important to keep the finishing room clean and tidy. The room that is clean, clear, and tidy will help the people inside to quickly see and detect any unusual things that could lead to the big disaster. By that, we can anticipate any danger arising before it largely blooms to be a big disaster. 

• Increase the work performance and efficiency.

The room, which is clean and tidy, will bring a comfortable atmosphere to any people inside. The people inside will be easily able to take the material, equipment, and tools needed when they need to handle the work. This good condition will save time and energy for any person while working and then impact productivity. The clean room will help to get the proper mixing, staining, and coloring to get the proper finish color and look. 

The clean room will also reduce the risk of any accidents. The finally is also ended to the high efficiency of the work

• Give customers confidence.

The clean finishing room is the most effective way to give a good impression to our customers and easily brings our customers respect and trust. The workplace is the picture of our working condition. The clean and tidy workplace automatically shows that we have high control over the job and the whole working process. 

Well, with so many benefits we got, then it is very reasonable if we consider to allocate time, effort, and energy to maintain and keep the room finishing to keep clean. All the effort we give to maintain the neatness and cleanliness of the finishing room should not be considered an expense but is a reasonable investment that will return as great profit in the end.

Here are some tips to keep the finishing room.

broom to clean the dust in the finishing room

• Discipline and willingness.

To maintain the cleanliness of the room should always be started from willingness. With the strong will, then we can easily arrange the necessary steps and keep doing it consistently. The process to keep the room clean is actually simple things that can easily be done by everybody but must be done consistently. The most important aspect is to teach the good habit to everybody in the work circumstance. With the clear rule and high discipline, we can make the good habit of keeping the finishing room clean every time.

• Always clean the spilled, sparked, and splashed material, dirty tools, and scattered objects as soon as possible.

The cleaning process for the finishing material will always be easier done when the material is still wet. All finishing material can be cleaned easily when the material is in liquid form. Dry finishing materials will stick tightly to the surface and are very difficult to be detached from the surface. Then it is recommended to immediately clean whenever there is a splash, spill, or melt of finishing materials on floors, walls, tools, or furniture in the room. Every tool and piece of equipment must be clean and washed and dried soon after they are used.

• Make the schedule for cleaning and maintenance to the facilities and the room and its accessories periodically.

The room and its big accessories, such as the wall, ceiling, spray booth, etc., need periodic cleaning. The finishing process will always generate dust in the room. Sweep, mop, or suck the floor with the dust collector to clean the dust every day. The spray booth, the wall, the ceiling, and the room may also need to be cleaned every time, depending on the work lot.

• Make the design and layout of the room to make it can be cleaned easily.

To support the good will to make the cleanliness, then we have to support it with the proper arrangement and facility tool to ease the process. Make a simple layout that will accommodate the cleaning process for the room and its accessories. Every piece of equipment and tool must be made of material that can be cleaned easily. The top of the working table must be made from a steel plate that can be cleaned easily.

There is a special coating (strippable coating) that is designed to be easy to strip off and be removed from the underneath surface. We can easily remove the coating layer and leave the object inside to keep clean. We can use the coating to cover the wall, spray booth box, and any other big object. The coating will do as a plastic layer to cover and protect the object from any dust, dirt, and finishing material. When we do cleaning, then we can easily remove the paint later and get the clean object inside.