Why Industrial Degreasing Needs to Be Part of Your Facility Maintenance Strategy

The buildup of grease is an unavoid­able byprod­uct of a busy, pro­duc­tion-ori­ent­ed indus­tri­al facil­i­ty. Leaky machin­ery, over­flow­ing con­tain­ment trays, spills, mal­func­tions, and machin­ery oper­a­tion all add to the prob­lem, often in sub­tle ways that are easy to over­look until the accu­mu­la­tion is substantial.

What Is Indus­tri­al Grease?

The buildup of indus­tri­al grease is an unavoid­able byprod­uct of a busy, pro­­duc­­tion-ori­en­t­ed indus­tri­al facil­i­ty. Leaky machin­ery, over­flow­ing con­tain­ment trays, spills, mal­func­tions, and machin­ery oper­a­tion all add to the prob­lem, often in sub­tle ways that are easy to over­look until the accu­mu­la­tion is substantial.

How­ev­er, this can cause sev­er­al issues to your over­all pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and bot­tom line.

Why Is the Accu­mu­la­tion of Grease an Issue?

Let’s take a clos­er look at a few of the key rea­sons why you should be con­cerned by an excess of grease in your indus­tri­al property:

• Espe­cial­ly in the food and bev­er­age pro­cess­ing indus­tries, you can fall out of com­pli­ance with the guid­ing reg­u­la­tions and standards
• It cre­ates a haz­ardous work­space for your employees
• As with any oth­er aspect of main­te­nance, the longer an issue is neglect­ed the more work it requires to cor­rect it
• A buildup of residue and grease can get in the way of equip­ment main­te­nance and repairs, some­times even mask­ing a prob­lem until the issue has grown large enough to demand attention

Here at Kaloutas, we offer indus­tri­al degreas­ing ser­vices for two pri­ma­ry, and equal­ly impor­tant, purposes.

Indus­tri­al Degreas­ing When Prepar­ing for New Paint and Coatings

If you have ever paint­ed the exte­ri­or of your home, you like­ly know that sur­face prepa­ra­tion is a key ele­ment in doing the job prop­er­ly. Rather than paint over the exist­ing chipped paint, dirt, and mildew, you washed the sur­face thor­ough­ly, then scraped, sand­ed, patched, primed, and painted.

Skip­ping steps sim­ply means you’ll be paint­ing again next summer.

The same prin­ci­ple applies to large-scale indus­tri­al paint­ing projects. Whether we are prepar­ing con­crete floors for an ESD floor sys­tem or are get­ting ready to paint the walls in a ware­house, we focus heav­i­ly on sur­face prepa­ra­tion. To use floor­ing as an exam­ple, this often includes grind­ing to remove old, failed coat­ings, shot blast­ing to cre­ate a recep­tive, lev­el pro­file, fill­ing, patch­ing, repair­ing, prim­ing, then coat­ing. As a foun­da­tion of the process, how­ev­er, degreas­ing the floor to remove the exist­ing buildup is essential.

Before we paint inte­ri­or walls (if nec­es­sary), we begin with a thor­ough grease removal strat­e­gy to ensure supe­ri­or paint adhe­sion and longevi­ty. Like you, we want your new paint to last as long and per­form as well as possible.

Indus­tri­al Degreas­ing as an Invalu­able Main­te­nance Strategy

We also rec­om­mend that degreas­ing be includ­ed in your ongo­ing main­te­nance plan, regard­less of whether new paint is need­ed. As we touched on above, this cre­ates a safer and health­i­er work envi­ron­ment, allows your exist­ing paint and coat­ings to last longer, and extends the lifes­pan of your equip­ment invest­ments as well.

Why Choose Kaloutas to Meet Your Indus­tri­al Paint­ing and Clean­ing Needs?

Sim­ply put, we under­stand the needs and require­ments of our indus­tri­al clients, and offer a lev­el of exper­tise that can only come from decades of expe­ri­ence and pro­fes­sion­al train­ing. From cut­ting-edge, envi­ron­men­tal­ly-friend­ly prod­ucts to flex­i­ble sched­ul­ing capa­bil­i­ties, we would like to help you main­tain your facil­i­ty while impact­ing your oper­a­tions as min­i­mal­ly as possible.

Con­tact us today with any ques­tions you might have.

Kaloutas is New Eng­land’s pre­mier con­trac­tor for com­mer­cial & indus­tri­al paint­ing, floor­ing, and relat­ed ser­vices. Estab­lished in 1987, Kaloutas has become a trust­ed resource for gen­er­al con­trac­tors, facil­i­ties man­agers, and build­ing own­ers from Con­necti­cut to Maine. Our team prides itself on high qual­i­ty work­man­ship, jobs done on time & bud­get, and tack­ling com­plex projects that oth­er con­trac­tors don’t have the expe­ri­ence or resources to han­dle. Con­tact us today for a paint­ing or floor­ing esti­mate, or give us a call at 978−532−1414 to learn more.