How to disinfect wrestling mats so my child doesn’t get ringworm or herpes

My son is a senior on the varsity wrestling team. He and I have come a long way since he started fighting during his sophomore year. When he first informed me that he wanted to audition for the high school team, I had all the normal apprehensions of parents, plus a few.

Yes, I was concerned about injuries, but when my son brought home some documents from the coach informing us of viruses, germs, and infections that can be caught on mats and wrestling equipment, he was mortified!

We are talking about MRSA, ringworm, herpes simplex, staph, strep, and hepatitis B, to name just a few. These infectious and contagious nightmares weren’t just on the fighting mats. They live in harness, pads, equipment bags, and most other hard athletic surfaces.

Aside from the threat of harmful germs to health, there was an unholy stench coming from each fighter’s equipment! No one had been able to put an end to the schtanky miasma that permeated the entire gym.

The coach promised that wrestling mats were always disinfected before wrestlers were allowed to compete. They used chemical solutions that were applied using the old mop and bucket method. This just wasn’t enough for me. First, these children are exposed to viruses and germs and now to chemicals, and how were their equipment and other surfaces disinfected?

I had the answer to this problem, STEAM, but I wasn’t sure who to turn to. I contacted the team mother regarding my concerns and asked if she would be willing to arrange a meeting with the coach. She agreed, apparently this was of great concern to all parents. Even the coach was eager to find a better and safer solution.

We all got together in the gym on Friday night and I presented the perfect solution to all of our concerns. My steam cleaner and its incredible array of accessories were going to save the day once again.

Did you know that the Atlanta Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that the best way to clean and disinfect a surface covered in contagious germs is with steam. I was completely confident in vaporizing verses with whatever other method they had tried, but printed the page from the CDC website to convince the rest of the group. Visit the CDC website to view their report.

I showed everyone how to clean the mats, floors, harness, pads, and all other surfaces in the gym. Steam sanitizing was faster, more effective, there was no waiting time for the mats to dry, and best of all, the steam cleaner uses absolutely no chemicals to completely remove all those germs, bacteria, and viruses.

I asked them how they felt about this method versus the old mop and bucket method and they unanimously agreed that there was no comparison.

All the parents in that room were so impressed with the results that in 30 minutes they had enough money to buy a steam cleaner for the wrestling team and a rotation program of volunteers to get the job done on a regular basis. Talk about tranquility. My son may have some bumps and bruises, but he won’t get infected with any of those nasty diseases.