Maintenance Program for Supermarket & Hospital Floors
Equipment Required
- Auto-scrubber
- Rotary floor buffing machine (electric or battery)
- Mops; buckets; dust catch mop; polish applicator and floor maintenance pads
- Always keep the storeroom floor clean to reduce the amount of dirt tracked back onto the clean floor.
Stripping & Polish Application
- Dust mop the entire floor area
- Use Actichem’s AP400 Instastrip @ 1:4 in a mop and bucket. (Do not use AP404 Powerstrip)
- Liberally apply solution to floor area with a mop. Allow 5-10 minutes dwell time. Ensure that the solution does not dry on the floor during this time.
- Scrub with auto-scrubber or low speed buffer and black pads. Detail edges with edging tool.
- Apply clean water with auto-scrubber and pick up dirty solution with auto-scrubber or wet/dry vacuum. Rinse floor a second time using clean water and a clean mop to ensure that no residue is left behind.
- Buff the entire floor area with high-speed burnisher and follow up with dust catch mop.
- Once dry, apply three even coats of AP422 Instagloss. Coverage is approximately 50m2 per litre.
- Should the floor require additional finish, allow at least 24 hours drying/curing time, then wet clean the floor, buff lightly and mop entire floor area with dust catch mop before applying two further coats of AP422 Instagloss.
- After 2 weeks the floor can be cut back and re-coated. This will improve gloss and wear.
Daily Maintenance
- Dust mop entire floor area
- Scrub floor with auto-scrubber and a red floor maintenance pad. Use AP412 Instabuff Super as a spray buff, or AP662 Proneutro for general cleaning (1:200 in auto-scrubber).
- Trail clean rinse mop behind auto-scrubber.
- Buff floor with medium speed buffer/polisher.
- Dust mop floor.
Cutting back & Re-coating
- Dust mop entire floor area
- Scrub floor with auto-scrubber and a red floor maintenance pad. Use AP662 Proneutro (1:200 in
auto-scrubber).
- Trail clean rinse mop behind auto-scrubber.
- Buff floor with medium speed buffer/polisher., followed by dust catch mop.
- Apply two coats of AP422 Instagloss
- Burnish second coat with light pad when touch dry.