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Hard Floor Care – Protecting With Matting
Maintaining a clean, attractive floor, whether it be
resilient, wood, hard, carpet or synthetic, is enhanced by a
sound matting program.
Properly placed mats constructed from the right materials will
be helpful in preventing the tracking of abrasive dirt and
soil onto the floor.
The placement of mats will depend on traffic patterns and
traffic sources; however, some general guidelines should be
followed in planning a matting program that will give adequate
protection of the floor.
For mats to work, they must be long enough to catch at least
two footsteps with each foot. The longer the mat, the better.
The outside mats need to be coarse to clean shoes and catch
the larger particles of dirt.
A popular inside mat is a spun rubber mat that traps a lot of
sand and fine dust.
A nylon mat located just inside the door of the building will
pull off additional gritty dust and excess moisture before
stepping on the floor.
The mats should be cleaned daily with a vacuum cleaner and
cleaned periodically as needed with a detergent. If a
germicide is needed for cleaning the mats for a hospital,
nursing home or school, a quaternary ammonium product should
be added to your list of cleaning equipment.
Contact your janitorial equipment dealer for a consultation
and further recommendations.
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