My new fave way to clean wood..

[Mikey P]

Sweep
Spray neutral no rinse down
Scrub with Contec pad
Mop with white Contec Micro
Follow up mop w/blue Micro
Fan dry
Beautiful!

Virtually no risk
Gets corners and edges
No heavy machines.

 

[Cleanworks]

Looks good, I'll have to try some of them kotex pads.

 

[Small town janitorial]

I might have to try those. It feels like I do acres and acres of laminent and such.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Have you tried the Orbot Melamine pads?

 

[hogjowl]

Here we go.
All the vlm kooks are headed this way

 

[Hack Attack]

and I was almost convinced I needed to CRB every carpet..

 

[Ron K]

.10 pfft?

 

[Mikey P]

Have you tried the Orbot Melamine pads?

A few times..

Slow, edges and corners get missed, risky cause its spinning

 

[Mikey P]

.10 pfft?

.75

 

[Hack Attack]

the results look good but to me it looks too much like what the home owner can do themselves (gotta put on a show)

I break out the 175 and spray buff away on lightly soiled wood with a white or red pad.

Or mop on a neutral and scrub with a red/green pad, flat mop again and run a brush on the 175 for heavier soiling. And yep edges with old floor pads cut to fit flat mop

 

[Mikey P]

Most people lazy enough to pay to have their wood cleaned, are not home when the low life janitor is around.


I usually use a HS wand but this floor has big ol gaps in between the slats

 

[Acp]

I think if they did see you doing it they might not be impressed and wonder why they paid 75 cents/sq ft lol

youll have your customers buying bona mops the next day lol, seemed to work well tho with those pads

 

[Mikey P]

They're more than welcome to.


Hell, I even send them a link to my blog so they can but the mops and cleaner.

The same stuff @SamIam tore my ass up over last night because he doesnt pay attention...

 

[NobleCarpetCleaners]

Bona commercial cleaner, 13" cotton pads and the Oreck jiggler, final mop with 24" micro pads...

 

[Mikey P]

Bona commercial cleaner, 13" cotton pads and the Oreck jiggler, final mop with 24" micro pads...

Why Bona?

it's no different than the neutral cleaner that your local janitorial sells and is waaaaaaaaay cheaper. $10 for 144 gallons of RTU

 

[J Scott W]

I do like cleaning with the Contec pads. If you use the Hydro-Force Wood Fresh Neutral Cleaner the customer will know you are using a product meant for hardwood. The Wood Fresh label is so much better. And what is a few bucks when you are making 75 cents a foot.
https://interlinksupply.com/index.php?item_num=CW025GL

 

[NobleCarpetCleaners]

good question, because I want my customers to see the product that they can get local and keep their floors cleaner between restorative cleanings. the amount I use is small.

 

[Mikey P]

I do like cleaning with the Contec pads. If you use the Hydro-Force Wood Fresh Neutral Cleaner the customer will know you are using a product meant for hardwood. The Wood Fresh label is so much better. And what is a few bucks when you are making 75 cents a foot.
https://interlinksupply.com/index.php?item_num=CW025GL
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Are the Contec pads on your site yet?

 

[DAT]

Bona no good, and you still want extract with with freshwater somehow.

 

[DAT]

and I was almost convinced I needed to CRB every carpet..

I do.. best deodorizer you can have..

 

[J Scott W]

Are the Contec pads on your site yet?

Not on the web site, yet. Likely about the end of June. They can be ordered by phone or in store.

 

[NobleCarpetCleaners]

full disclosure I use this https://www.amazon.com/Bona-Professional-Hardwood-Concentrate-Formally/dp/B00CBYAAL2?th=1
and at the same time keep a RTU jug from home depot on board. When you mix from concentrate it's the same color as the RTU
from the store, just a whole lot cheaper $4/gal vs $20ish/gal. I like to hammer home with customers who don't know sh.. about
keeping their flooring clean. This way I can point to the jug, point to the store and they've got no excuses. About half of them
listen to me.

 

[steve_64]

Why Bona?

it's no different than the neutral cleaner that your local janitorial sells and is waaaaaaaaay cheaper. $10 for 144 gallons of RTU

I got a cleaner for $30 a gallon dilute 2 oz to a gallon. Nyco brand. Trying an environment friendly bathroom cleaner too that's $36 for 6 quarts.