[john martin]

Pads scrub better than brushes i discovered  ... is that generally known  ,   i did one of those safety floors with the pits  ... and also kitchen tiles with pores or pits  ,  i figured the bristles would get into the pores , but dont seem to .

[Kev Martin]

John
It’s the other way around a brush cleans better than a pad but you have to use the right brush for the floor.  So a soft to medium works best on safety flooring or alternatively a blue pad on a tufted driveboard works really well but there are very few tufted drive boards around.  We are one of the very few that sell them.  The tufts are so strong they literally force the pad fibres into the pits and fissures of the floor

[john martin]

Thanks  , the tufted board looks interesting
https://www.tilinglogistics.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=500&search=tufted

I have a softer brush for carpet , never thought to try it     next time

[Kev Martin]

Thanks  , the tufted board looks interesting
https://www.tilinglogistics.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=500&search=tufted

I have a softer brush for carpet , never thought to try it     next time

John
The only issue with a Soft Carpet Brush is they are too soft when wet

[premier floorcare]

Cylindrical  brush machines are more effective on safety flooring than rotary ones. However put a melamine pad on a rotary and that outperforms both. Occilating machine even more so.

[Kev Martin]

Cylindrical  brush machines are more effective on safety flooring than rotary ones. However put a melamine pad on a rotary and that outperforms both. Occilating machine even more so.

Sorry, not wanting to start a tit for tat post but I totally disagree.  Cylindrical Brushes are very hit and miss, for several reasons, invariably the brushes are mounted at the front of the machine and therefore apply very little constant pressure,  the bristles are usually too wide apart and finally have you ever looked at a  very large area to clean something like 250-500M2 and then looked down at what is in most cases a toy?  Melamine pads are IMHO are not much better and are only any use for domestic cleaning, any areas with large M2 you need dozens of them.  I would re-iterate that a Mono Rotary Machine fitted with the correct brush appropriate to the type of floor and a good quality Wet Vacuum are best.  Alternatively for Large areas, either a big walk behind or Ride On Scrubber Dryer used correctly with dwell times if you have a very large areas to clean can also be very useful.

[premier floorcare]

No problem with your reply kev.
Your right in respect that doing areas of 200 metres plus you would need several melamine pads, but then they would be costed into the job. The advantage with melamine although slower is they can clean with just water, on an area of over 100 metres a scrubber dryer would be my preferred machine but I would, and have, used one with a cylindrical brush. I use a pro 35 with 2 contra rotating brushes to great effect on safety flooring great for getting into bevelled edges on LVT as well. The thing with safety flooring is I have never come across a large open area, it's usually lots of small area's. Bathrooms, toilets kitchens etc. All awkward spaces.

[Kev Martin]

Have you never done any Hospitals, Care Homes, or Commercial Kitchens?

[premier floorcare]

Yes all of the above

[Kev Martin]

Yes all of the above

Aren’t they large open areas?

[premier floorcare]

Yes but there not all exclusively safety floor