[mark_roberts]

Looked at rubber floor today around 65sqm. I was assured it was real rubber due to the cost. It has dimpled affect, grey in colour and in a coffee shop. One year old with the staff cleaning it with a mop, srubbing brush and some unknown floor cleaner.

I gave him a price of £100 to clean. By this I mean pre-spray, scrub with a pad and extract and neutrialise. He looked at me as if Id two heads?

I reckon 2 hours for it at 7am. It opens at 10am.

Was I way off. How would you have tackled this in terms of cleaning? It looks dirty.

thanks
Mark

[Doug Holloway]

Mark,

One of the problems I've found with floors is that people perceive it as a quick job which it most certainly is not.

I made the mistake of quoting too cheap in the past but I don't now.

I would have quoted at least what you did as these dimpled floors are difficult to clean.

Cheers,

Doug

[Adrian Makel]

in my opinion 100 is cheap.Let him get a few quotes,he`ll be back.

[HolmansUKLTD]

It sounds like its a studded rubber floor their pretty easy to clean i used A217 ultrapac (or if it had polish on it prostrip) and a slow speed rotary with scrubbing brush, acidic rince and extract up with a squeegie attached to your extraction unit, apply a coat or two of polish and there you go but £100 is very cheap, dont forget cleaners can become a little scared  of hard floors. In actuall fact if you know what type of flooring they are and use the correct cleaning method there money for old rope ::)I would go at least £3 per m2 plus materials about£220

Nick

[Len Gribble]

Nick

Is that your normal price? Think I will pass you all my work and stay at home.

By the way I will now add parking to the bill £5.00 for 1 1/2 hours.

Len

[HolmansUKLTD]

Pass it on to me Len I can do a 65m2 floor in under 2 hours £110  an hour give me all youve got Master Yoda

NIck

[Len Gribble]

Nick

You’re on.

Len

[HolmansUKLTD]

Sweet

[magic_carpet]

nick...from holmansuk.
i found this thread deep and hope you are out there.
i'm doing a big rubber (with raised discs) floor next week which has been screwed over for years. i'm not sure what polish it has on it but it has loads of build up.
do you think i'd be  ok to use an amoniated stripper or should i use something a little kinder?. also which polish would you recommend, they want it to shine.
hope you see this soon and can help.
many thanks
jamie

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

I've done my fair share of these. It's Pirelli grip flooring. Ultrapac would be a good cleaning agent. Allow sufficient dwell time and use a hard floor rotary brush as opposed to a scrubbing pad seeing as it's a profile floor.
Rinse extract with Acidic rinse.
Cleaning side of things should be well within two hours.

I would charge £162.50 for the clean or £260 for clean and 3 coats of ETERNUM polish.

SCJohnson do a fantastic range for hard floor called 'CAREFREE'

Bottle 1.  'EASYSTRIP' Self neutralising so dont need to vinegar rinse.
Bottle 2.  'ETERNUM' high gloss low maintenance floor polish.
Bottle 3.  'MAINTAINER' Smells fantastic and is buffable. Sell this to customer. Lasts ages.

This stuff is quality and really lasts.

[magic_carpet]

thanks Alan.
i'll get those chems in ready for the big night.
i guess those prices refer to the first post as my floor is nearly 200sq/m.
the quote is in and job book but i reckon i'm around that price range.
many thanks again for your help.
jamie

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

Give us a shout. Let us know how it goes.

Regards.
Alan