Daily Floor Care

REMOVE THE BIG STUFF: 

• Remove excess waste solids by sweeping, wiping or dry dust mopping.  
• Are they Wet Solids? Use a heavy duty push broom or squeegee and picking up and removing any large debris.
• Are they Dry Solids? - Use a fine duty push broom or dust mop to remove solids, including dust.

PRE-CLEANING:  

• In Heavy traffic areas you may need to loosen stuck on soils with a deck brush or Doodlebug and cleaning chemical prior to your main cleaning

MAIN CLEANING:  

• Hand mopping smaller areas, you will use a mop and bucket and here are some tips:

1. Start in the area furthest away from the water source
2. Clean along the edges and corners first in about a 20 x 20 area, then mop the middle, then walking backwards making 8  patterns, mop thoroughly, overlapping by 50% each time. 
3. Rinse you mop often and change the bucket when you can not see the bottom of the bucket due to soils in the water. 

• OR Using an Auto Scrubber, you will need to make sure that you:

1. machine and squeegee are prepared and filled with the correct cleaning chemical and pad.
   Make sure to make passes with at least a 25% overlap.  If the floor is very dirty, then this will need to be 100% overlap
2. Make sure that your speed is set to the level of cleaning needed. The dirtier the floor surface is the slower you will need to progress - remember that the solution and machine need time to work! 
3. Final step to Auto Scrubbing is to TRAIL MOPPING - Use your mop and bucket to clean the corners and edges of the entire area.  These areas typically are not as dirty as the traffic areas, but still need a mopping each time.

Recommended Shopping List

Neutral Floor Cleaner:

• Betco's PH-7 Ultra
• Hillyard's Top Clean

Tools and Equipment

• Broom or Dust Mop Frame, Dust Mop Handle and Dust Mop
• Floor Brush with Handle
• Mop and Mop Handle
• Bucket and Wringer
• Auto Scrubber