Cleaning supplies and chemicals
Clockwork is a cleaning supplies supplier for businesses across southern Manitoba — degreasers, disinfectants, floor, glass and washroom cleaners, and the dilution and dispensing gear that goes with them. Commercial and industrial cleaning products, delivered on the same schedule as the rest of your order.
Cleaning supplies and chemicals
What we stock
Degreasers and general-purpose cleaners
Kitchen and shop degreasers, all-purpose cleaners, and heavy-duty industrial cleaning chemicals for production floors and equipment.
Disinfectants and sanitizers
Hospital-grade and food-contact-safe disinfectants, sanitizers and bleach-based (sodium hypochlorite) products for washrooms, kitchens, clinics and care homes. Tell us what the surface is and what you need to kill, and we’ll match the product and contact time.
Floor cleaners
Neutral daily cleaners, salt-neutralising winter cleaners and scrubber-safe formulas. Finishes and strippers live on the floor care page.
Glass and washroom cleaners
Glass and window cleaner, toilet bowl cleaner, descalers and washroom surface cleaners.
Dishwashing and kitchen chemistry
Commercial dishwasher detergent, rinse aid, pot-and-pan soap and sanitizer for restaurant and institutional kitchens.
Carpet and specialty
Carpet extraction chemistry, spotters and odour control.
How cleaning chemicals are regulated in Canada
This trips up more buyers than it should, because the two words people use interchangeably sit under two different pieces of federal legislation.
- Disinfectants are regulated as drugs. A product making a disinfection claim for hard surfaces falls under the Food and Drugs Act, is assessed by Health Canada before it can be sold, and carries a Drug Identification Number (DIN) on the label. The DIN is your evidence that the product’s kill claims have been reviewed rather than asserted by the manufacturer.
- Sanitizers are regulated as pesticides. Products making sanitizing claims fall under the Pest Control Products Act and are assessed by the PMRA, carrying a PCP registration number rather than a DIN.
What this means practically: if an inspector asks whether the product you use in your washrooms is an approved disinfectant, a DIN on the label answers the question. If the label has neither a DIN nor a PCP number, the product is a cleaner — it may remove soil perfectly well, but it is not making any regulated claim about killing anything.
We supply the documentation for everything we deliver. If your current supply closet is a mix of products nobody can produce paperwork for, that is worth sorting before someone asks.
Concentrates and dilution control
Most workplaces overbuy ready-to-use spray bottles and underuse concentrates. Concentrates with a proper dilution system are usually cheaper per litre, take far less storage space, and — the part that matters most — give staff the same mix every time.
- Why dilution control matters beyond cost. Hand-mixing produces whatever ratio the person pouring felt like that day. Too weak and the product does not work, which usually leads to people using more of it. Too strong wastes product, can leave residue, and with some chemistries creates a safety issue. A wall-mounted dispenser set to the right ratio removes the decision entirely.
- Closed systems. Higher-end dilution stations connect the concentrate container directly to the dispenser so staff never handle neat chemical. For anything corrosive or heavily fragranced, this is worth the hardware cost on handling grounds alone.
- Working out the real cost. Compare cost per litre of diluted, ready-to-use product, not cost per container. A $40 concentrate that yields 100 litres at dilution beats a $6 ready-to-use bottle every time, and the comparison is not close — but you only see it if you do the division.
We will set the dilution ratios with your team as part of a standing order, and label the stations so the right product goes in the right bottle.
Safety data sheets and WHMIS
Every hazardous chemical in your workplace needs a current safety data sheet that staff can get to, and staff need WHMIS training for the products they handle. Two practical points.
- Accessible means accessible. An SDS binder locked in the manager’s office during a night shift does not meet the requirement. A binder in the janitorial closet, or a digital set staff can reach on a phone, does.
- SDSs go stale. Suppliers reformulate, and a sheet from three products ago is not documentation for what is actually on your shelf. When we change a product on your standing order, the updated sheet comes with it.
If you are inheriting a supply closet and have no idea what is in it, we can go through it with you and tell you what is what.
You shouldn’t have to think about this stuff.
We walk your site.
We come out, look at what you actually use, and build your list. No guessing from a catalogue.
You get a standing order.
Weekly, monthly, or whatever matches how fast you go through things. It arrives without you placing it.
We adjust as you go.
Busy season, new line, new staff — the order changes with you. One call, one invoice.
Common questions
What’s the difference between a sanitizer and a disinfectant?
A sanitizer reduces bacteria to a safe level. A disinfectant kills a broader list of germs on hard surfaces and usually needs a longer contact time. Food-contact surfaces generally need a sanitizer rated for that use; washrooms and clinics generally need a disinfectant.
Do you carry hospital-grade disinfectants?
Yes, for clinics, dental offices and care homes.
Can I buy cleaning chemicals wholesale without a big minimum?
Yes. There are no minimum orders.
Do you supply safety data sheets?
Yes, for every chemical we deliver.
The rest of the order.
- Paper, Washroom & BreakroomHand towel, tissue, dispensers, hand care and breakroom disposables, in the same delivery as everything else.
- Floor Care & EquipmentFinishes, pads, mops, entrance matting, and the machines to run them.
- Janitorial Tools & WasteCan liners, receptacles, wipers, carts and daily-use tools from a janitorial supplier who carries the equipment to match.
- Safety & PPEGloves, eye and hearing protection, hi-vis, respirators and first aid — a safety equipment supplier stocked for what your site needs today.
- Packaging & IndustrialStretch film, boxes, tape and strapping for warehouses and shipping floors.
Worth reading before you order.
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Sanitizer or disinfectant?
The difference, why cleaning has to come first, and the contact-time mistake that quietly voids a product’s claims.
Tell us what you go through in a month.
We’ll put a quote together. No account setup, no commitment, no salesperson calling you every Tuesday.