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Pro-Active Floor Care
It’s All in the Details
College of Knowledge
Your Instructor
Michael Tarvin
Vice President-Multi-Clean
Agenda
Key Questions & Common Complaints Influencing the Floor Care Cycle The Top 10 High Performance Floor Care Planning for Success: The 3 P’s Pro-Active Maintenance Strategies Green Floor Care
Questions: How Do I………
Extend the life of my finished floors?
Strip less frequently?
Maintain shine with less buffing?
Common Floor Complaints
Floor Finish Durability Dull Floors Dirty or yellow floors Slippery Floors
Influencing The Floor Care Cycle
Finish Strip The Floor Care Cycle Recoat Maintain
Top Ten Issues / Challenges
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Tight Budgets Inadequate Training Antiquated Equipment Poor Tools The wrong products No Plan in Place Ineffective or no matting in place No prioritization of floor areas The wrong type of floor Poor procedures
What is Pro-Active Floor Care?
Planning & Execution Prevention Strategies Improving Efficiency Cleaning to Protect Health Minimizing Environmental Impact “Green”
“Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.”
Paul J. Meyer, Author, Businessman and Philanthropist
Planning
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What level of appearance is desired?
Staffing Budget Issues Equipment Constraints Selecting the right products
‘A failure to plan is a plan to fail’
Chinese Proverb
Execution
What is going to be done?
How often?
Who is going to do it?
A Floor Care
Schedule
that defines the maintenance regimen and frequency is critical to success.
The Schedule should segregate areas based upon soil loading.
People Products
Great Looking Floors
Procedures
People
Workloading: Do I have sufficient staff to achieve desired appearance?
Training: Do I have capable people?
Hazmat Trained Standard Operating Procedures
Training: The 3 Bucket Approach
Entry Level Required Training Intermediate Procedural Training Intermediate Skilled Relationship Training Supervisor Potential Accident Prevention Training Training Resources: ISSA-OSHA Training Web Page http://www.issa.com/?id=shp_slips_trips_falls_in_the_workplace http://www.multi-clean.com/
Products-Chemicals 1.
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Floor Finish: One size does NOT fit all!!
Stripper: It has to work!!
Cleaner / Disinfectant: Safe for floors.
Sealer: Optional, anti-staining Restorer: Optional
Select Your Finish Wisely Extended Wear Versatile
Very hard finishes, not for high speed.
Suited to high or low speed.
High Speed
Exclusively for high speed programs.
Use where a customer does not intend to buff Examples:
Premier
Good for infrequent low or high speed maintenance.
Examples:
Splendor Decade 100
Frequent scheduled high speed maintenance. Think retail.
Examples:
Prime Shine Ultra
60 50 40 30 100 90 80 70 20 10 % Solids of Floor Finish 25% Solids = 25% Polymers / 75% Water 20% Solids = 20% Polymers / 80% Water 25% Solids 20% Solids 17% Solids 15% Solids
Thou Shall Never Break These Rules … .
1. Apply thin coats 2. No more than 4 coats in one day 3. Use “Finish” mops, or flat mops 4. If you notice unusual issues while applying finish…..STOP and ask Questions.
5. Use Neutral pH Cleaners for daily Cleaning 6. Never use cleaners that are over pH 10 or contain solvents. Use neutral pH cleaner 7. Dust Mop often. Keep grit off of floors.
8. Mop up spills quickly
Strippers: Critical to Success
Many scrub n’ recoat cycles: 20+ Frequently Burnished Low build-up 6-10 coats Moderate Buildup: 10-20 coats
How to Strip a Floor 1) Mix to proper dilution w/Cold* H2O 2) Apply generously to floor with mop.
3) Wait 5-10 minutes for it to work (Don’t let it dry on floor).
4) Doodle Bug around edges by hand.
5) Agitate with auto-scrubber with black pad.
6) Pick up with Wet-Vac/Autoscrubber.
7) Flood Rinse with Water & rinse/neutralize
What about chemical free stripping?
Orbital floor machine and scrubbers i.e. ‘Square Scrub’ and Clarke ‘Boost’ These systems use a much more aggressive pad for deep scrubbing i.e. 3M Surface Prep Pad The finish is sanded off the floor with successive passes.
Similar results can be achieved with rotary style machines using the pad.
Clean and Maintain
Daily maintenance tasks are typically the simplest things that can be done to keep floors looking their best.
What about cleaning with just water?
Water is ineffective because it has a high surface tension.
Cleaners reduce surface tension of water to “make water wetter” Running electrical current through tap water has no impact on surface tension.
Restore
Specialty products designed to fill in scratches and restore shine without adding new coats of finish.
Products: Equipment
What equipment is currently available?
What equipment investments could help improve productivity or reduce costs?
Products: Tools/Supplies
What tools are needed to accomplish the various tasks?
What tools are available that can…..
Improve productivity Reduce cross contamination Facilitate Training
Procedures
What Procedures?
Daily Cleaning Burnishing Dust Mopping Scrub and Recoat Strip and Finish A floor care essential schedule that is defines what is to be done and with what frequency.
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Keep floors looking consistently clean.
Keep shiny floors from dulling as long as possible.
Floor Safety.
Reduce frequency of expensive renovative maintenance procedures.
Pro-Active Maintenance
Understand it is visible soil that kills floors This soil comes in through entrances
Pro-Active Strategies
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Practice source control throughout your facility.
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Adjust maintenance intensity/frequency based on soil / contamination levels.
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Keep areas outside the main entrances as clean as possible.
Longer Finish Life, Less Strips
Scrub and Recoat processes that effectively remove embedded dirt prior to new finish coats.
Entryways programs that keep floors cleaner.
More effective routine cleaning.
Remove 1-2 coats of dirt embedded finish Flooring
Keep the Shine, Buff Less
Keep gritty dirt of the floor by practicing source control strategies.
More effective daily cleaning Dry dusting: Traditional dust mops only capture large debris.
Wet cleaning: Scrubbing or damp mopping.
Burnishing Faster w/ Results
Pads: Match pad to finish and machine Burnishing is a polishing process Consider Pad pressure & texture, finish hardness Electric Battery Propane
Entryways Studies show 80% of the dirt entering a building comes through the front door!
Estimates suggest that it costs$500-800 to remove 1 lb of dirt from a facility.
Minimum 10 FEET of walk off matting
Floor Care Myths
Myth: High speed burnishing makes floors slippery.
Myth: High speed buffing melts the finish using heat.
Myth: A higher solids finish is more durable.
Myth: The strongest stripper will have the strongest smell.
Floor Care Truths
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Burnishing floors has no effect on the slip resistance of a floor.
Burnishing (high speed buffing) is a physical polishing process, not a heating or melting process.
A high solids finish results in a thicker “wear” layer because it contains more polymer. Ultimate durability is defined by the finish formulation.
Low odor stripper technology is now widely available.
Saving $$$$
Strip less with a more aggressive scrub and recoat method.
Select a finish designed for less frequent burnishing.
Reduce Soil Input.
Appraise soil intensity and make adjustments to the maintenance process.
Use more effective dusting and cleaning technologies.
Green Floor Care Products
Finishes i.e. Clear Essence Strippers i.e. Ultra Stripper Cleaners i.e. Century Others SBR Restorer
Green vs. Traditional Green Floor Care
Clean for Health First Pro-active maintenance Commitment to Training
Traditional Floor Care
Clean for Appearance Reactive Maintenance No specific training requirements Product Performance + Price Product Performance + Safety Special Attention to Entryways No special requirements
Resources
Multi-Clean Website www.multi-clean.com
MC Blog www.yourguidetoclean.blogspot.com
ISSA www.issa.com
ISSA / OSHA Training Site http://www.issa.com/?id=shp_slips_trips_falls_in_the_workplace Cleanlink website www.cleanlink.com
CMM Online