Lysol and Clorox wipes do a great job of killing the coronavirus, but their effectiveness is limited, said Jim Sinkuc, owner of Advanced Pest Control Solutions, Brookfield.
“As soon as you do the wiping or the cleaning, someone else comes along behind you, they cough, sneeze, touch the surface – it’s recontaminated,” he said.
Advanced Pest offers a decontaminating process with a more lasting effect, Sinkuc said.
“It’s basically an electrostatic sprayer,” he said. “It electrostatically charges the particles and then they bind with the material and then it takes about 20 minutes to dry or so, and then we wipe it down towards the end just to make sure everything’s dry.”
The charged particles keep working for up to 90 days, and have no negative impact on people or pets, said Sinkuc, an army vet.
Advanced Pest is a full-service pest control company that typically deals with termites, bedbugs, wildlife, birds and bats.
“A couple months ago, I started getting questions through my existing customer base about disinfecting services for the pandemic and the COVID-19 things,” Sinkuc said. “We decided to add that into our service line. I piloted it through my existing customer base, initially. It went really well, and then we decided to move forward with it.”
The disinfection treatment has been in-demand for residential, business, church and real estate clients, he said. He offered the service for free to Brookfield police and fire departments, and is considering expanding the offer to other first responders.
Sinkuc, who was featured in a Fortune magazine story on the “coronavirus cleaning boom,” held a public awareness and fundraising event May 23 at Yankee Run Golf Course. He raised money for No Kid Hungry with a long-drive competition on hole number nine.
“It’s always good when you can add a product line,” Sinkuc said. “Our biggest thing is just try to help some way, in any way we can. Obviously, we are a business, we try to make money, but we do do things in the community and for the churches and for different organizations to give back and to help.”
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