Published: October 11, 2021
Floor cleaning and care are at the heart of any building maintenance and industrial buildings are no exception. The variety of flooring has increased as manufacturers develop new materials and products designed for greater safety, greater strength, lower cost, and other benefits. Innovations from floor care providers, on the other hand, aim to make cleaning and care easier, cheaper and more sustainable. This has increased the number of options, but also made choosing the right product for a particular application more complex than ever. reports Terry Burt *.
The first challenge for a cleaning team is to identify the types of soil that are present. Industrial plants can have more types of floors, each meeting different requirements, than places such as office buildings, transport hubs, health facilities, schools or shopping centers. Production areas, warehouses, service centers or construction and development facilities are likely to have very robust floors that can withstand the effects of heavy machinery and equipment while also being resistant to damage, chemicals or liquids.
Concrete is a widely used and popular flooring material in these circumstances. Many modern blends contain special additives that provide or improve certain performance characteristics. There is also a growing line of innovative synthetic flooring designed for appearance, low slip resistance, chemical resistance or other properties. Many floors will also have special coatings. Each type of flooring and coating can have specific cleaning and maintenance requirements.
As with any soil type, it is important to identify the type and select the appropriate processes and products. It pays to seek the help of a cleaning specialist who has the experience and knowledge to identify your floor and recommend the right combination of floor care products and procedures.
Vendors today offer more cleaning and maintenance products than ever before, with products formulated with various combinations of detergents, disinfectants, polymers, solvents and other ingredients for every application and type of flooring. tant donné le choix, les équipes de nettoyage devraient and à l'apparence et la finition qu'elles souhaitent get.
This increased availability of cleaning agents is reflected in the choice of floor care equipment. The traditional mops and buckets used with traditional cleaning products are less common, but not completely extinct. More advanced systems offer a variety of mop head materials and different product formulations. Many cleaning teams have discovered the benefits of microfibers, which come in a variety of disposable and reusable options that can be used to clean hard floors with products or just water. There are also special hand and power tools for removing old paint and applying new paint. Mechanical rotary disk washers and machines can offer productivity, performance and cost savings advantages on large floors.
Industrial floors, especially in production areas and warehouses, are often relatively large with open spaces. High performance scrubbers, including driver models, are ideal in this scenario. Like their smaller counterparts, the ride-on machines can be used with a wide range of products, pads and brushes to suit the particular floor type. Many also offer innovative functions such as on-board tracking and remote management systems to optimize machine or fleet use. They can also be equipped with additional devices, such as sprayers on board, with which floors can be disinfected during routine cleaning.
The growing variety of cleaning and care products and devices makes choosing the right flooring for your flooring material, your surface treatment and your cleaning process more important than ever. Cleaning products that are ideally formulated for one type of floor may be too harsh for another. For example, an alkaline detergent could inadvertently damage or remove a traditional finish. An acidic formulation, on the other hand, can dissolve or damage the surface of a concrete, marble or limestone floor. When using machines, it's too easy to choose a pad or brush that would make the cleaning process too aggressive or abrasive and damage the floor. Damage can be done quickly, but is difficult and expensive to repair.
Cleaning companies with experience in a wide range of products, equipment and machines can best advise you and suggest the best combination for a given scenario. They usually have floor care specialists who have the experience and knowledge to help their customers find the right solutions and solve unexpected problems. You can also advise cleaning teams on adhering to agreed procedures or regulations for specific industries.
Some cleaning teams have recognized the benefits of cleaning floors with just their equipment and their water. This reduces complexity by eliminating all chemicals, which can reduce costs and burdens associated with selection and procurement, supply chain, training and implementation processes. It also simplifies cleaning processes, creates a healthier environment for cleaners and bystanders, and reduces routine maintenance costs. Microfiber mop systems, for example, are an ideal choice for daily cleaning when using pure water to remove dirt and dust. Floor care machine operators are increasingly drawn to innovations like microscopic diamond impregnated pads that are used with just water and no chemicals. Mounted on scrubbing machines and rotary disc machines, they offer an extremely durable alternative to traditional techniques on a variety of non-wood stretch floors. Pads for different tasks and floor coverings are made by varying the size and combination of microscopic diamonds. The pads are generally less abrasive than their traditional counterparts, help protect the floor while also providing a smoother and improved appearance. The resulting micropolished floor is more resistant to dirt.
Building users and their cleaning teams don't always know what materials were used to build their own facilities. But only with this knowledge can they hope to implement cleaning and maintenance programs that produce the best results, are affordable, and durable. It is therefore important to seek the help and advice of a supplier who has experience with a wide range of products.
* Terry Burt is Senior Application Expert, Floor Care, Diversey UK and Ireland
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