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@@BA7444 That's great. It should work just fine. Set the head pressure to "float" if you have that. Otherwise, the lowest pressure setting possible. Brushes are always better as they do not build up with grit, sand. Sand will take away the polish on the surface.
I like a lot of these tips but where I work they don’t have most of these tools like pump sprayers. We also use cleaner disinfectants which I’m pretty sure I’ve heard you say you don’t like.
Pump up sprayers are relatively inexpensive and can be gotten at most any supplier of janitorial goods. If you need help finding them, I will be glad to help you out. As for the cleaner disinfectants. Just use it to first clean, then again to disinfect with the dwell time recommended on the product.
Mike mentioned using a cart. Do you think it’s more efficient to have your mop bucket(or whatever you mop with) on your cart and wheeling a trash barrel along with you,or just having a trash can on your cart and pulling your mop?
How do you address a concrete floor that has a sealant or finish on it? This is a new floor that we will be servicing and previous company has used a sealant for shine. We are trying to polish it instead.
First you have to find out if the coating they put on is water based and can be removed with water based strippers. You CAN NOT polish the concrete if there is any water or epoxy finish on it.
Do you switch directions between coats or does it matter? The part at the end of the row where you weren’t waxing (where you were standing) do you just wax that at the end waxing out of the room?
No, you do not have to. Once we completed the process, we went back to where we started and continued to lay another coat of finish. Using this process, it only takes a coat 30 minutes to dry.
@@AcademyofCleaningExcellence thank you! I guess the only people would switch directions was for the purpose of not missing any areas I guess, but you did a fantastic job here.
This was cool to see. It would also be helpful to see maybe a start to finish mainly because I’d like to see where you are supposed to start,finish,if you’re supposed to switch directions between coats or not. When you get to where your back is against a wall do you just let that be a path that you use to wax your way out of the door or do you turn and fill in that spot up close to the wall?
@Kyle Salmon. Start to finish would be when a student comes to class. We would love to have you here in the classroom so we can show you everything. academyofcleaning.com/resilient-floor-care
Please note. There was an issue with the sound during the broadcast, so the videos used in class are the only sound you will hear. We'll do better with the next one.
I bought that machine thru parish janitorial supplies. Used it one time to strip a floor. Paid $1300. I absolutely hated the machine. Today it sits in my garage. I have no intention of using it again. Any offer I would sell it.
Without education the employee is like a power tool with no battery. Very limited on accomplishments. Reminds me of the time in my life when someone taught me about "ph and physical removal". That was very helpful ...... once I quit asking myself "Who moved my cheese"...lol.
Wow I can’t believe I just found this interview. I just got my LLC and Business License to start a trash/litter cleaning company. I am going to your page and get your book thank you thank you thank you very much
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Thanks Dave for the opportunity to stress the importance of cleaning, and more importantly, how your people (the attraction, recruitment, development, and retention of the best possible) and leadership (the ones responsible for creating the environment/culture of trust, respect, empowerment, engagement, motivation) are critical to achieving consistently the highest level of clean, safe, healthy at the lowest overall cost.
