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MON–FRI 7:30AM–4PM    |    10821 AIRPORT DR, EL CAJON, CA 92020

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40+ Years of Knowing How Things Actually Work

Jerry McMillen founded Cleaning System Specialists in 1986 after noticing something nobody in the industry was fixing: service departments had no real training in pump systems or electrical controls. Machines kept failing for the same reasons, and customers kept paying for the same repairs.


So Jerry built a different approach, upgrade-repairs. Instead of swapping a part and waiting for the next breakdown, find what's actually causing the failure and engineer it out. Add the right controls. Add the right safeties. Build it so it lasts.


Four decades later, that's still how we work. And we'll tell you exactly what we did and why, so you understand your equipment better than when you dropped it off.


OUR MSSION

To educate and facilitate commercially environmentally friendly practices, and to teach sustainability in every way.


Environmental compliance isn't a box to check, it's good business. Reclaiming your wash water keeps you out of trouble with the city, and it opens doors to jobs your competitors can't legally take. We'll show you how to do it right.


WHY IT MATTERS FOR YOUR EQUIPMENT
Most service centers guess. We diagnose. Whether you bring your equipment into our El Cajon shop or need us on-site, we repair it correctly, explain it clearly, and get you back to work fast.


Got a question about your machine? Call us. Even if you didn't buy it here.

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40+ Years of Industry Experience

Enviro Compliance Council — National Association for Professional Detailing and Reconditioning

Technical Standards Committee — Cleaning Equipment Trade Association

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A Few Milestones

1986

Founded Cleaning System Specialists Inc.

1987

Built a stainless steel hot water system for a food-grade processing facility. Both units are still in
service today.

1990

Engineered the vacuuming surface cleaner used to clean the wing joints of the Stealth Bomber.

1992

Built a Steam Generator to produce over over 450oF’ for testing Rocket Engines without Rocket Fuel with Accuracy, and Safely.

Patented

The VacuBerm — still the most efficient tool available for reclaiming wash water.

Have Questions for Jerry?

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