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How to Apply Floor Finish to Resilient Hard Floors in 9 Easy Steps
Every 12 months or so your resilient hard floors will need to be restored with a strip and wax to revitalize your dull, worn flooring. This is a two-part process. The first step is to strip or remove all layers of finish from your floor. Then,...
How to Strip and Wax Commercial Hard Floors [+ Key Benefits]
our floors are the very first thing people notice when entering a building. Keeping them looking their best is important. However, this can be challenging. Everyday soils are tracked inside, and as a result, floors get worn. They get discolored, scratched,...
How to Prevent Commercial Restroom Odors: Eliminate Sources + Best Products
Restroom hygiene can make a big impact on your occupants, and yet they represent one of the highest areas of complaint in many facilities. One of the most common restroom complaints arises from unpleasant odors. Oftentimes, guests equate the cleanliness...
How to Remove Salt and Ice Melt Residue From Your School Floors In The Winter
Just a few months after your students return to campus, winter weather brings snow, ice, and slush.
How to Remove Ice Melt and Salt Stains From Carpet in 6 Steps
During the winter months, ice melt and salts are used to keep sidewalks and entryways from getting slippery, helping to protect the safety of building occupants. While protecting people from injury, ice melt creates a range of cleaning challenges inside...
How to Keep Your School’s Floor Clean & Safe During the Winter
Winter can be a messy season for any facility, but it is especially challenging for colleges and universities located in northern climates. Students and faculty are constantly tracking in wet snow, ice, and slush as well as harsh ice melt compounds...
4 Steps to Remove Ice Melt Residue and White Streaks From Hard Floors
Every year, the winter months increase the risk of occupant slips and falls due to snow and ice.
How to Maintain VCT Floors 101: A Facility’s Guide
VCT is one of the most flexible and popular floor types found in commercial buildings today. Vinyl composition tile, VCT for short, is 12” square tiles that are glued to the surface of a floor. It is then coated with a finish to give the floor...
How to Choose the Best Floor Finish For Your Facility: Types & Considerations
Whether you are finishing your facility’s floor for the first time or trying to restore the look of your floor, you need to select the right floor finish to keep your floors protected and looking great. Each floor finish is unique and selecting the...
How to Use a Floor Buffer VS How to Use a Floor Burnisher [VIDEO]
Two common, yet often confused, floor machines are commercial floor buffers and burnishers. Although similar in appearance, floor buffers and burnishers are used to complete different cleaning procedures and are operated in two different ways.
How to Disinfect Carpet in Your Facility
Cleaning and disinfecting is the best way to remove germs from surfaces and to prevent illness from occurring in your facility. In any facility, the two main types of surfaces are hard and soft surfaces. Most EPA-registered disinfectants clearly state...
How to Change a Floor Pad on a Floor Buffer or Burnisher [+Steps]
Commercial floor buffers and burnishers are used to improve floor appearance throughout your facility. To remain effective, floor pads need to be periodically replaced after wear, and they should be removed after each maintenance procedure to avoid...
How to Repair the Most Common Floor Burnisher Issues [VIDEO]
All janitorial cleaning equipment, including your floor burnishers, will break down at some point or another. Some problems you will be able to fix yourself, while others will require expert help. If you can solve the problem yourself, you will...
How to Remove a Carpet Stain
Whether it’s a coffee stain in the break room or soda spill in the cafeteria, regular spot cleaning is critical to the appearance of your facility’s carpet. Carpet cleaning procedures depend on the type of carpet and soil damage acquired.
How to Clean a Toilet [VIDEO]
Toilets are one of the biggest pain points of a dirty restroom. Dirty restrooms leave employees, customers, and visitors with a lasting negative impression. Stained toilets are quickly noticed and can harbor bacteria which produce those unpleasant...