How to Clean and Maintain Industrial Coated Floors

Cleaning Concrete Floors

Train Vehicle Operators:

• Start slow and stop without spinning wheels
• Make smooth turns
• Lift, not drag, loads and pallets
• Secure objects to reduce dropping objects on floor
• Limit outside vehicle traffic from driving onto coated areas
• Park aircraft and over-the-road vehicles on wheel pads or on non-coated floors
• Install non-marking tires on vehicles
• Lubricate free wheeling vehicle wheels to eliminate skidding
• Repair vehicle fluid leaks
• Clean Dirt and Debris from vehicle wheels frequently

Routine Floor Maintenance:

• Pick-up spills immediately- Spills may soften , strip, discolor coatings: create slip hazard
• Sweep outside entrances daily- Prevents sand and debris from damaging coatings
• Sweep inside traffic and debris producing areas daily- Prevents sand and debris from damaging coatings
• Scrub Traffic areas daily- Reduces coating wear and improves gloss
• Sweep and Scrub low traffic areas weekly- Reduces coating wear improves gloss
• Inspect coatings for wear, recoat before worn through to bare concrete annually- Recoating before wear through improves appearance and saves money over time

Brush Selection:

• Use natural fiber or nylon sweeping brushes (Do not use fiber and wire, poly and wire or crinkle wire)
• Use soft nylon or stiff nylon scrubbing brushes (Do not use polypropylene and abrasive, abrasive, super abrasive or wire)
• Use white red or blue scrubbing pads (do not use brown or black)
• Other questions contact Tennant Co. at 1-800-553-8033 or your local cleaning supply company

Detergent selection:

• Tennant 654 for adhesives, animal fats, antifreeze, chocolates and starches
• Tennant 653 for food products such as flour, liquor, and mustard
• Tennant 658 for carbon, cutting oils, grease, and tar
• Tennant 9960 for occasional stubborn tire marks and adhesives and synthetic oils
• Tennant 698 for water based cutting oils
• Other questions contact Tennant Co. at 1-800-553-8033 or your local cleaning supply company

Service / Market Area:

For industrial and commercial flooring projects we work in Michigan cities such as Muskegon, Grand Haven, Norton Shores, Big Rapids, Cadillac, Reed City, Howell, Lansing, Jackson, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Hastings, Plainwell, Otsego, South Haven, Benton Harbor, St Joseph, Holland, Grand Haven, Grand Rapids, Wyoming, Kentwood, Grandville, Portage, Walker, Byron Center, Cascade Township, and Ada. For residential garage projects we generally only bid on work within 30 miles of Grand Rapids, MI.