op technology making its way into vct.

[juniorc82]

I am going to buy a new (newer used) autoscrubber from proline in cedar rapids on friday as my old 26 inch scrubber to a giant dump in hobby lobby the other day. I was resurching scrubbers and have saw several implementing op technology. I wonder if op is slowly but surely gonna be the new future of scrubbing vct. check this vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jo23zNqatA

 

[Bruce Humphrey]

Stripping wax with just plain water? That would save so much time. hmm

 

[John G]

Been using op to clean vct with just water for a while now, works very well, here are a couple of vids.
[video=youtube;naesW9rcW70]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naesW9rcW70&feature=plcp[/video]
[video=youtube;_g78nzV5dP0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g78nzV5dP0&feature=plcp[/video]
[video=youtube;ZDN2YC0a26w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDN2YC0a26w[/video]

 

[Mikey P]

what about the "factory " coating on a Saltilo floor?

 

[Ron Lippold]

Not a chance with Saltillo. A flat surface sure, how about a square scrub?

 

[Lee Stockwell]

OP works great. 3M SP pads allow chem-free stripping.

 

[Zee]

Jeff from HOS has a chem-free strip pad too. I have some from him..

 

[floorguy]

edges people edges.....

cant get a machine to duplicate the same head pressure out to the edges as it does the middle of the "pad/brush"

Also just cuz you scratch up the floor a little.....does not mean it is "stripped"

how much dry debris do you have in your dry strips???

 

[floorguy]

and here ya go.....this stuff is not just going to scratch or swirl off, with out an awful lot of dry shit left over...

here is what happens when it some other type of finish on the floor......and the normal stripper doesnt work....I was guessing a urethane type finish...

 

[bensurdi]

Remind me never to strip a vct floor again. lol

 

[dealtimeman]

In the photo with the purple centers, that looked like concrete sealer.

 

[floorguy]

those are cimex pads....it was a doctors office, so small exam rooms, which is why i used the cimex...

the pile above it, is what we scraped when the stripper helped "lift" it a little...PITA for sure.....but it is a decent paying gig, once a year they have me do it... I think its about $600 and takes me 4 hrs, with the wax part, and the carpets...