Tanning Bed Cleaners

Cleaning your tanning beds isn’t that difficult. It requires a good disinfectant, a polish, and some elbow grease. But of all the cleaning products you’ll buy the disinfectant is by far the most important.

The disinfectant you need to use has to be a hospital strength germicidal. It should not contain ammonia or ammonia related ingredients as they can damage the finish on your bed.

You should prepare yourself too. Use disposable gloves to protect your hands from the chemicals and the germs. Use a mask when you are working with polishes and chemicals.

After each tanning session your beds need to be properly cleaned and disinfected. You must clean all parts of the bed that come in contact with a person’s body. You must also clean all the pillows, acrylic shields, and even the timer buttons.

Cleaning will ensure that fungus, bugs, bacteria, and viruses are stopped dead in their tracks. When you or your clients crawl into the bed you want it to feel squeaky clean with no worries about catching anything. You can’t clean too often.

You should wipe down the reflectors and lamps at least once a week. More if needed. Oils can cause the lamps to work ineffectively blocking the rays. Remove the acrylic shields and use a soft damp cloth to wipe everything down. Check the vents, fans, and blades for any blockages.

At least once a month you will also need to clean the cooling fans. By removing the dusty film that builds on the blades your fans will operate more efficiently and last longer and they’ll also continue to run quietly. If you don’t clean them they get gummed up with dust and crap on you. If the beds have air filters replace them.

After every 500 hours of usage you need to do an entire bed inspection. Make sure everything is secure right down to every last nut and bolt. You also need to check for weak or broken parts that may become hazardous and replace them.

The life of the tanning lamps will vary depending on the type of lamp and the manufacturer. Different bulbs have different ratings. By the time your lamps have reached half their life expectancy they are only operating at 50% which reduces their potency and limits the tan. Your clients will appreciate if you replace them early. Remember when you replace the lamps you also need to replace the starters.

There are several good cleaners on the market;

1. Lucasol One Step Disinfectant – is a one step hospital deodorizer, disinfectant, and cleaner with no perfumes.
2. Ultra Clean Tanning Bed Cleaner – a concentrated citrus scent deodorizer, sanitizer, and polisher combined into one product.
3. Clean Tanning Bed Cleaner – is a concentrated unscented deodorizer, sanitizer, and polish that makes 72 gallans.
4. Ultra Clean Tanning Bed Sanitizer – this concentrated unscented cleaner is a combines sanitizing, deodorizing, and polishing.
5. Novus – cleans and protects leaving a beautiful shine and a protective coating the repels the dust and reduces static.
6. Power Kleen – Contains no ammonia, disinfects, and cleans leaving a beautiful shine on your acrylic.