Using Mild Cleaning Agents, Keeping Animals Safe

There’s an old-fashioned expression “canary in the coal mine.” Miners lowered canaries down the mineshaft to see if there was enough oxygen in the mine for humans to breathe. If they died, miners knew it wasn’t safe.. Hummingbirds are the same way with detergent. Hummingbird feeders should be cleaned regularly, but many detergents contain artificial … Read more

Lemon Oil Alert

Here at Safi we have always used Oasis detergent. Oasis is a special green cleaning product because it isn’t just super safe for humans and pets, easy on the skin, safe for greywater systems, never tested on laboratory animals, and completely biodegradable… it also biocompatible. “What’s biocompatible?” you might wonder when you dictionary doesn’t recognize … Read more

Office hours and work hours

If you look at our hours, you will see that they are limited– we take off weekends and we even close early on Fridays! But those are our office hours. Actually, now that we have grown to be a network of cooperatives, we take on jobs seven days a week, from dawn until past midnight. We are pretty busy! Call us and get on our schedule.

Cleaning Home during COVID-19 Pandemic

Right now, everyone is staying home all the time. Nobody is having company over. That can mean you aren’t getting motivated to keep things tidy…. But a tidy house is just plain more cheerful! We at Safi Home Works can help with both. · we put the “company” into our cleaning company…with cheerful employees · … Read more

Face shield for cleaners

The face shields have arrived! Our Safi-made masks are all-cotton, which is a little more truly non-toxic than plastic, but this face shield is one of the best uses for plastic we have ever seen–it doesn’t interfere with breathing or seeing, as the masks tended too. And they protect our eyes! We are still essential, … Read more

Cleaning Business during COVID-19

Yes we are still cleaning, and we are taking very strict precautions. This morning John Moffat, of the Pima County Department Of Economic Development reconfirmed that cleaning continues to be on the list of essential services, and if done correctly, it may be beneficial. So we are still cleaning, but with these updated protocols: –Cleaners … Read more

Essential Service during COVID-19 Pandemic

We are in continual contact with the Arizona Department of Health Services, via the Pima County Department of Economic Development. They have classified our business as essential, and possibly beneficial during the Covid-19 crisis. Families with children suddenly at home in particular benefit from thorough, non-toxic (to humans) but disinfecting cleaning. So we are still … Read more

What kills a virus?

Clients are calling to ask “Can you disinfect my house?” And, “”Is it really possible to kill viruses non-toxically?” Our answer is yes, and also no. We agree with the US Center for Disease Control that routine cleaning is sufficient. Viruses are fragile, and routine cleaning will eliminate most of them. So, cleaning is a … Read more