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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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