For most hospitals, schools, universities, and businesses, cleaning tile floors is a daunting task. Vacuum cleaners, brooms, and mops meant for at-home use are not strong or powerful enough to get the job done. Instead, more effective, heavy duty Tile Cleaning Equipment in San Antonio TX is required in order to get the job done. Three types of effective, heavy duty tile cleaning equipment are upright floor buffers, scrubbers, and burnishers.
Upright Floor Buffers
Floor buffers are large machines which stand upright and require the use of both hands to operate. They can be used with any type of floor cleaner. The cleaner is first spread across the surface of the floor, then the buffer is moved across the floor in sweeping, side-to-side motions. The buffer possesses rotary scrubbing pads which can remove built up dirt and grime. After the floor is cleaned, the final step is to rinse the floors and mop up the excess liquid.
Upright Floor Scrubbers
Floor scrubbers are similar to buffers in that they are upright machines which require both hands to push and use, and they are capable of removing dirt and grime. However floor scrubbers possess a cylindrical scrubbing brush, separate reservoirs for cleaning solution and dirty water, and are capable of dispensing cleaning solution and vacuuming it back up. This all-in-one functionality makes them easier and faster to use than floor buffers.
Upright Floor Burnishers
Floor burnishers are larger, heavier and have bigger and more complex engines than buffers and scrubbers. They are meant to be operated in a straight line, rather than be moved from side-to-side. A floor burnisher is not used to clean floors but to polish them after cleaning to a wet-look shine. Burnishers operate at a rate of 1,500 to 2,500 revolutions per minute and can polish floors with great efficacy.
Matera is a trusted provider of Tile Cleaning Equipment in San Antonio TX. As Texas’ Premier Facility Supply Experts, Matera has been supplying the community’s hospitals, schools, universities, and businesses with janitorial supplies and cleaning equipment since 1957. Upright floor buffers, scrubbers, and burnishers are available for cleaning tile. Click here for more information. You can also visit them on Facebook.
