[Bedfordshire Oven Cleaning]

Hi,
In your opinions please what is the best to clean safety flooring?
Non slip flooring found in factory corridors ect..
We are talking about a heavily used canteen (600 staff 24/7) and 100mtr x 2 mtr corridors.

Canteen is pale green, corridors are dark red.

I personally think a scrubber drier, battery operated obviously due to the nature of the place and the staff coming and going.
But was suggested today during a site visit that a Rotowash be used.
My experience of Rotowash is seeing them parked up, not used, their job replaced by a mop. Happy to be corrected though.

Not sure where to post this so will try general and carpet forums.
Many thanks
Paul

[Matt Gibson]

Is it Altro flooring?

if so...

http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=119894.0

[Bedfordshire Oven Cleaning]

Matt,
It is Altro, but really really neglected, extremely heavily used. To be honest, totally the wrong flooring but hey ho.

I have just read that, and a I dealt with this site a few years ago, I spent weekends with a rotary and a wet vac. Looks great when done but next day in this place its the same.

To be honest, even with a scrubber, you are limited to the amount you can do in one go, as I say its 24/7.
I once barriered a portion off in the night, cleaned that, moved on, and so on.

But the corridors are just footfall (albeit muddy and oily, no food and tea/coffee).
So I think a scrubber with a brush should be best?
Got to get this right, as I am doing cost estimate with this in mind.
Paul

[Pristine Clean]

We have places like that. Its a bit of a heart breaker! You don't seem to get anywhere.

You have to make this clear on site that once the job is done there is no time allowed to be redone once they walked all over it again the same day.

Its so repetitive. Clean the floor - re-clean the floor and management think it has not been done once.

You will have to get it right not just with the cost.. sometimes you need to put an action plan in place and talk to the firm that you are doing the work. They may need to organise their work force so tea, coffee, mud, debris is not brought into the building.

For example - Tea coffee carried with a tray stops most spillages, over shoes or take of dirty work boots etc just a few ideas. Or even if required separate the work force, I.E. workmen use back entrance, office staff use front entrance. - Its keeps the dirt down. 

It can be done as we have done this on large Quarry sites...

Best of luck.

Dave

[Kev Martin]

We have definitely found in the past that using Aqua Mix Heavy Duty Tile & Grout Cleaner in the tank of a rotary scrubber coupled with a soft to Medium Blue Brush and allowing a 5 minute dwell time before vaccing up is the best solution for these floors.  On one particular bad floor we applied a spray buff sealer and installed a floor care plan with a scrubber dryer and a pH neutral cleaner afterwards made life a lot easier.  In short a Mop & Bucket is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard on this type of flooring.

Kev Martin
Marble Life Ltd