| Should I take it or contract it out cont!November 17 2005 at 7:27 AM |
Ralph
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| I found a good floor man to sub out the stripping of vct tile, but he does not want to maintain the floors, can I successfully keep the vct clean with a cimex? Or do I need to purchase a sprint? What cleaning pads and chemicals do I need to do this?
Ralph
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| | Author | Reply | tracywalker
| Re: Should I take it or contract it out cont! | November 17 2005, 8:30 AM |
If you are just going to be maintaining it see if you can find a decent used high speed electric buffer. I have seen a few 1500 to 2000 rpm ones go for a few hundred bucks. Get them on a monthly burnish and you will pay for it quickly. Then when ever the need arises to strip and wax again sub that out. I do this quite a bit. I have a few small accounts that all I do is go in with a 2500 electric and spray buff once a month with a hoghair or white pad. They look great and I never have to strip as a friend of mines janitorial company does that.
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brian
| Re: Should I take it or contract it out cont! | November 17 2005, 10:26 AM |
you'll have no problem maintaining it wit a rotory, red pads, some spray buff, and time. I've tryed buffing with the cimex, not too impressive for that, rotory s better.
Brian
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Rick Gelinas
| Re: Should I take it or contract it out cont! | November 17 2005, 5:38 PM |
The Cimex will be perfect for scrubbing the VCT along with FiberPlus Max pads. Keep in mind, this is for floor cleaning purposes only. You can scrub the floor with the Cimex using a neutral cleaner. Then rinse the floor with a mop. However more is needed if you want to maintain a BIG shine.
As noted above you'll want to get a used or new high speed buffer. This is how wet look floors are produced and maintained. You'll need at least 1000 rpm; 1500 rpm is better; 1700 is good too; 2000(+) rpm electric buffers blow too many circuit breakers. With a high speed buffer you can spray buff the floor or use www.TurboShine.com to pop up a great shine. This is how you maintain VCT floors with a wet look shine on an ongoing basis.
Rick Gelinas
encapman
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| Mark Hart
| Re: Should I take it or contract it out cont! | November 18 2005, 10:29 PM |
All of the above advice is good. However, I don't remember you saying how many square ft. I looked at a job today that is going to be maintain in house. It is 15,000 s/f almost all open area, I told them to get an autoscrubber and propane buffer.
Hey George,
How about this.
propane stripper $5500.00, Liquadator $1500.00, Guzzler $1800.00, autoscrubber $3500.00
Knowledge - priceless . . . and its still a dirty job. LOL
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