[M.Acorn]

Don`t have the equipment to do it as yet though,nothing like flying by the seat of your pants !!
It`s an average sized kitchen,with a big island in the middle,charging .45p per square foot,to clean up the grout so it`s worked out at £61.
Going to hire a rotary low rpm,tiles are ceramic,the wife is saying HG3 Products ? But would like to put it through you guy`s first.
Which pad am i best off with ? Green one,will be using the porty to suck up the mess,then just go over it with a clean bonnet,will i need to put anything on the grout to seal it ?
Also doing £240 worth of carpet cleaning for them,and I think they will be regular customers,so need to do a top job..

[david_m]

Hi Mark

As it is only ceramic 
very straight forward low speed rotary machine give soluyions a
ring and try there xr pad for hard floors £34
also get a grout brush from them to
chemical wise a good citrus degreeser should do it ok
the list of chemicals goes on for more specialist  cleaning
the price you quoted may be a little under if its very dirty .
this job is not like carpet cleaning it will take longer.
Do not put any sealers on this floor


        Davy

[Shaun_Ashmore]

When I have done the odd tile and grout I charged £1 a foot and earned every penny, the domestic kitchen was in good condition but the grout where the dog laid and by the kitchen door was quite engained also grout doesn't dry straight away so I used turbos and a hair drier.

Shaun

[Steve. Taylor]

Mark i would mop the floor with citra concentrate, then rotary with brush or green pad

I use a 5ft piece of upvc plastic trim that goes around the machine in a circle shape held together with a butterfly nut, stop's splashing

Wet vac pick up then rinse/dry

It's more labour intensive in most casses than carpet cleaning time you get the pad and hire the machine
not much ££ left

[M.Acorn]

Yeah I know I have gone in low,it`s the entire job total of £300 that makes it worthwhile though,and I need some experience of doing this kind of work.
Machine is costing me £35 to hire for the day,but I will see if they will do a try before you buy type thing,they said they would do a Numatic rotary for under £500 notes,with drive board etc
Cheers for the input again.
House is spotlessly clean,they are gp`s and want it cleaning top too bottom,they have only just moved in,so they could be customers for life 

[Shaun_Ashmore]

You're being paid to train so enjoy!! I would IMO start on the hard flooring and grout then put turbo drier on it then clean carpets and go back onto grout lines, the tiles are dead easy.

Shaun

[Steve. Taylor]

I agree with that shaun, the other thing to do is look on ebay for a 15" or 17" victor or numatic rotary with drive board, so next time

A 15" numatic slow speed with board sold for £86 the other day KEEP UM PEELED

[richy27]

his looks good value mark

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rotary-Scrubber-Polisher-Floor-Machine-C-W-Accessories-/130393343388?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1e5c0c859c

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Think this is the same

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Complete-17-Wood-Hard-Floor-Polisher-Scrubber-/160525584847?pt=UK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item25601209cf

Shaun

[derek west]

his looks good value mark

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rotary-Scrubber-Polisher-Floor-Machine-C-W-Accessories-/130393343388?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1e5c0c859c

i recomend the seller on this one, absolute expert and always on the end of the phone when you need him. top man.

[Steve. Taylor]

No mention of brand name so i guess chinese

I would play safe with this good make good after sales service

http://www.restormate.co.uk/epages/15094.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/15094/Products/RotaryPack

[seamus campbell]

How do you tell a tile is ceramic?

[Steve. Taylor]

Looking at the top of the tile you will just see the glaze around the grout, but if you look at the back of the tile
Ceramic tiles are made mostly of clay, heated slowly in a oven a bit like wall bricks

where as porcelain tiles are made from a fine sand and heated at a much higher temperature

When it comes to cleaning you are cleaning the top so if both are glazed you dont really know

 

[seamus campbell]

is there a different cleaning procedure

[sherco]

I wouldnt use green or red pads on light coloured grout- ivory etc as the pads can leave a coloured stain on the grout...You will defo need grout brushes i think www.cleanstore.co.uk sells them.

[M.Acorn]

Ok that`s a good tip Sherco !! Think it probably was white at one point in it`s life,what colour do you suggest ?

[clinton]

Are you going to buy the or hire the gear just for one job mate

[Colin Day]

I've done a few (including a Chinese Restaurant) with STS and an orange brush on the Orbiter, cracking results and a few recommends off the back of it!!!

[derek west]

envirodri on grout lines, mazin.

[M.Acorn]

Are you going to buy the or hire the gear just for one job mate

Going to hire for this first one,but like I said above,may see if they can do a try before you buy with it.The bloke who is my account manager of the company I buy my gear from,is a mate of my dads,so I will get a good price.
I have added tile and grout to my repertoire,as it`s something I will be required to do with the contract I got last year .
Just good that I have bookings to practice before I start doing it for real,looks like i will be better with a brush then,instead of the pads,tiles themselves are clean,it`s just the grout that is a bit dirty.