Keeping commercial floor surfaces clean and safe for clients and others can sometimes feel like a full-time job. Using the right cleaning solutions, also commonly referred to as chemicals, can be frustrating, especially when you have certain forces from within and without the company placing pressure on you to use ‘environmentally safe’ and sound solutions.
The ‘right’ cleaning solutions for any commercial facility are the ones that are going to first make sure everyone is safe when using the facility, but also be effective at not just cleaning, but also protecting all of those various surfaces throughout the building.
For example, a so-called environmentally safe cleaning solution may be effective at cleaning up some stains from very specific surfaces, but if it does not combat bacteria, it wouldn’t be a cleaning solution ideal for restroom facilities, would it?
Another thing to consider is the types of staining material these solutions can get out.
Getting glue or gum off of various floor surfaces can be incredibly frustrating. Some maintenance personnel will resort to the tried-and-true methods of scraping these things up, but that can not only do damage to the actual tile surface of the floor, but it may require a complete stripping down, buffing, and waxing of the floor surface long before it was necessary.
However, powerful solutions can be effective tools for spot cleaning.
Sometimes, people are more focused on what is deemed environmentally friendly compared to what may actually be effective. It is absolutely essential to look at the integrity and quality of a product, it’s safety with regard to health issues and other factors, but also understand a commercial floor surface that sees a tremendous amount of foot traffic needs to be safe, but it also has to look appealing.
Each company has to focus on these things independently, and finding the right balance may not always seem or be as easy as it should on the surface.