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The purpose of scrubbing a floor
is to clean the floor and remove and debris and dirt.
Scrubbing will not polish your floor and could even make your
floor more dull. We recommend burnishing or polishing your
floor after scrubbing to achieve the desired results.
Utilizing a floor machine that runs at 175-300 rpm's will make
scrubbing your floors an easy task. The following steps are
required to scrub your floors.
Apply the floor cleaner and
agitate.
Remove the floor cleaning
solution from the floor
Rinse the floor.
Procedure:
Make sure that your floor has
been prepared for scrubbing. After the floor has been prepared
vacuum or dust mop the floor to remove any dust. We recommend
that you spray your dust mop with dust mop treatment to remove
as much dust as possible. Make sure to remove anything stuck
to the floor because this will gum up or rip the floor pad.
Make sure that the floor are
you are scrubbing does not and will not have traffic moving
through it. Use warning signs to make sure the area where you
are scrubbing is marked out so that everyone is aware of it.
Scrubbing a floor requires a
mop bucket and cotton or blended mop. Fill the mop bucket 3/4
full of your cleaning solution. Check with the manufacturer of
your floor finish for the type of cleaner that is suited to
the finish. Dip the mop into the cleaning solution and wring
lightly. Mop the floor in a figure eight motion overlapping an
inch on each swipe. It is best to divide your floor into 9' by
9' segments so that the cleaner does not dry on the floor.
Using a blue or green scrubbing pad and a floor machine scrub
the 9' by 9' wet area moving the floor machine back and forth.
The purpose of scrubbing the
floor with a floor machine is to loosen any debris, dirt or
scuff marks you will worry about getting the loosened dirt
from the floor once you have scrub your whole area.
After you have scrubbed your
area go over it with a cotton or blended mop and fresh water.
If you have access to a wet dry vacuum with front mount
squeegee, mop the floor wet and pickup water with vacuum. If
you do not have a wet dry vacuum mop in a figure eight rising
and wringing your mop regularly.
After you have completed
mopping your floor check for dirt residue using a white towel.
If the towel is dirty on a swipe mop the floor once more using
fresh cold water and a mop.
Once your floor is scrubbed and
you want to achieve a higher gloss shine burnish the floor as
laid out in out burnishing a floor article. Before burnishing
check with the floor finish manufacturer to see if the finish
is burnishable.
A quick alternative to
scrubbing this way is to purchase an auto scrubber. Auto
scrubbers lay down the water, scrub the floor, and pick up the
water as you push it along. Auto scrubbers come in all sizes
and styles and start in the $2000 range for a base model. (
National Super Service makes a wide range of auto scrubbers at
low prices.)
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