Avoid Floor Problems with High Performance Finish
Technology continues to advance the quality of floor finish products, addressing issues such as sticky floors, the need for frequent buffing, and premature stripping and re-finishing.
Our newest highly-advanced urethane floor finish system, Praetorian MightyOne HD4, is a two-part system that is perhaps the most advanced product we’ve seen.
It provides incredible performance with very low odor, a reduction in airborne and waste stream contaminants, and conservation of energy consumption.
We have seen this finish last for 18 to 24 months in moderate/high traffic areas without any buffing or burnishing in between with gloss ranges on VCT of 90 – 95o.
This urethane finish system has proven to be incredibly tolerant to everyday foot traffic such as marring, scratching, and abrasion. It is an ideal finish to apply before the harsh winter months!
Facility Update: How Floors Impact Facility Health
However, little is said about floors and the impact of proper cleaning.
There have been several studies that show traditional mopping can actually be responsible for contaminating floors.
Consider the number of times you set something on a hard floor, then pick it up and touch the bottom of it, such as boxes and purses. Pathogens are transferred onto your hands and then spread on surfaces as you go through your daily activities.
Additionally, the very nature of some types of floors encourage the harboring of pathogens, such as textured stone, vinyl, and grouted tile.
The solution?
We deep scrub floors frequently, even daily in some areas. We use auto scrubbers daily on main high traffic floors in almost every facility. This removes embedded contaminants.
Secondly, our regular maintenance program includes regular high-pressure water cleaning with a no-touch system in restrooms and other grouted floors at no extra cost to our customers.
The no-touch system that CLS uses is proven to be 60 times more effective in reducing bacterial contamination on tile and grout surfaces than traditional mops.
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