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| [Tuesday, August 21, 2012] |
| I have a 10 year old cork floor in a kitchen. It is made of tiles pretreated with water based urethane that have been given several layers of a topcoat of water based urethane. The floor was cleaned with a substance recommended by the manufacturers that contains d-limonene, a surfactant, and 5% ethanol and it is diluted in water. The owner complains that the floors have never looked clean; they always look as if there is grease build-up on them.
This year, in the heat of summer, the floor became sticky. Every footstep is audible; socks stick to the floor. Re-cleaning the floor doesn't change this in any way. The manufacturer recommended using TSP diluted well in water and rinsed many times to get all residues off, and then dried. I’ve done this, but it remains sticky. It feels as if the urethane is melted, or something like that. It felt that way before the TSP was used. In a small area, I’ve redone the TSP on the off chance that there remains some grease residue, and I even dared to scrub, and the urethane coat (not all of it) came off, and then the floor seemed less sticky in that area. There is still a coat of urethane covering the cork, so the TSP didn't get down to cork. It's less sticky but it's still sticky.
What is going on? The manufacturer says they’ve never seen/heard of this happening. They’re not keen on re-sealing it until the problem of what is going on is clear - I suppose they fear that resealing won’t solve it. Any help is much appreciated.
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| Cleaning Procedures - karen stancer |
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| [Friday, August 10, 2012] |
| The senior custodians were trained to burnish between each applied coat of finish on vinyl tile. Time has been over the established five (5) year strip cycle and now the current crew is trying to remove the old finish with great difficulty. They have, 10 times, applied stripper, allowed 5 to 8 minutes of dwell time, agitated, scrapped, and wet vacuumed,and the finish remains. Time is running out to complete this task, for the students return in a few weeks and reservations wants this room back on line before the 17th of August. What suggestions do you have to speed up this process? |
| Cleaning Procedures - Alan Goytowski |
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| [Friday, May 20, 2011] |
| We have a 3,000 sq. ft. banquet hall floor of VCT, used pretty much daily for dart leagues, parties, receptions, banquets and meetings from September through May. The 10 or 12 banquet tables and 100 chairs with plastic glide feet are dragged and this scratches and damages the floor beyond belief. To make matters worse, the schedule does not allow for an appropriate maintenance schedule.
The building houses an additional 7,000 sq. ft. of hard floor. The facility has no auto scrubber, no burnishing machine, and no time to institute a proper maintenance program. We have a 2 speed swing machine and a wet vac to do all the work.
There appears to have been pigment leeching from the stripper and pad leaving the blue tile faded looking, scratched, and blotchy. This floor needs to be stripped, refinished, cured, and burnished at least once, if not twice annually, and, at the very least, a burnisher should be purchased. It is dry and damp mopped daily, but the workload leaves little time for burnishing, or deep scrubs and recoats, especially September thru May when heavy use prohibits the removal of obstructions. Still, the gold standard is demanded.
I have done this work for 30 years and I can’t get through to them; bookings and lost revenues are far more important. Either I am out of my league or they are. Any words of advice would be appreciated. I’ve been there almost 8 years and I know what I should do, but the economy in this area isn’t exactly bursting.
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| Cleaning Procedures - Karol Grant |
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| [Thursday, September 10, 2009] |
| I am a custodian for a consolidated school (PreK-12th). I have an 8 hr. shift that begins at 3:00pm and goes to 11:30pm. I am allowed two paid 15 min. breaks and an unpaid 30 min. lunch, which leaves me with a total of 7-1/2 hrs to clean.
What is the standard number of square feet that one should be expected to clean in the time that I am given and what should be done on a nightly basis?
At present, in the main building, I am cleaning 7 elementary classrooms (4 of them have toilets, all of them have sinks), 2 elementary bathrooms, approx. 800 sq. feet of elementary carpeted hallway, and 4 offices. I also clean a preschool building approx.1200 sq. feet (includes two restrooms), a modular that is approx.900 sq. feet, a Vocational Ag. classroom (includes two restrooms), a wood shop classroom, approx. 200 sq. feet of carpeted hallway, two staff restrooms, and the Administration office, approx. 600 sq. feet.
Keep in mind that the last five items mentioned are all in one building. In general, on a nightly basis, I am to vacuum all carpets, clean and mop all restrooms, clean all dry erase and chalk boards, collect trash, clean and disinfect all desks and tables, wash dishes in Admin. office, and mop all non-carpeted floors. Not to mention check and lock all doors before leaving, and do setup and cleanup after numerous events, all with little to no over time.
Our school is only in session Mon-Thur 8-4, so on Friday I am expected to dust all rooms, disinfect keyboards, phones, door handles, etc., dust computers, wipe down walls, clean windows, and any thing else that is not done during the week. Am I crazy or is this way too much? Help?!
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| Cleaning Procedures - Brett Berry |
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| [Sunday, June 18, 2006] |
| What's the best way to remove beer, cheese dip, ketchup, and mustard stains from concrete steps, isles, and rows before, during, or after mopping? Is there something I could add to the water other than detergent and bleach that would break these down. The floors often remain sticky after mopping, especially after the beer is flowing and spectators are bouncing off the walls.
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| Cleaning Procedures - Gary Fazenbaker |
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