Rubber playground floor
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hogjowl
Idiot™
What tool did you use?
My Mach15 wand. I really needed Tom's devastator wand to get under all that playground stuff. That was the biggest pain on this job.
But after the job (45min), my filter was so sludgy and full, it was crazy. I didn't prevac, because I figured it was similar to restaurant carpet. I wasn't in the mood to clean my vacuum after the job, so I just made a crap load of mud in my tank
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
Turbo Hybrid is great on those.
All I have is a brush and squeegee wand. I was thinking the squeegee might lock itself to the floor and the brush wouldn't extract enough water. Where have you cleaned those floors at?
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
Daycare.
hogjowl
Idiot™
I was thing using a turbo would be a real pain in the back too.
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
A girl can do it easily.
I did this floor again today, and found pieces of the playground floor in my filter. @Lee Stockwell , is 750psi too high for this floor? My friend @Russ Roberts told me to keep the ph at 10 or under, so I used Harvard Grime Release. I couldn't remember what I used the first time I did it.
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
It depends.
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
Start low, experiment for a few minutes to find the sweet spot.
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
Various depending on the condition of the plastic surface, seams, and soil load, as well as tool used.
600+ for wand, 800 + for turbo hybrid.
Justin does more than I do lately.
600+ for wand, 800 + for turbo hybrid.
Justin does more than I do lately.
Mark Saiger
Mr Happy!
I have done them.
Each situation different.
Spray and CRB scrub
Sometimes wand sometimes turbo
Depends what I need to accomplish.
One time we were trying to match up old to new tile squares. Got close but no way to make perfect.
I posted here about 2 or 3 years ago doing the job
hogjowl
Idiot™
I’ve always figured it’d be really hard to move your tool
Even with a brush ring
Even with a brush ring
I do a few playgrounds around here pre spray and rinse with a Greenglided wand. The floor has a sticky feel to them even right after they are installed So they soil quickly definitely want to clean them once a month.
Golden Boy
Golden Boy
I agree. I don't feel there's a need to use a spinner. I tried my tile wand with a brush head, and it wasn't fun. So I switched back to my wand. If a brush tile wand was hard to push, I don't see how my turbo40 could be any easier
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
Justin's wife easily handled the Turbo hybrid. He posted pix a while back.
clean image
Member
This is where the old style turbos with adjustable tip angle are helpful..
More angle for less impact, while maintaining speed at low psi.
More angle for less impact, while maintaining speed at low psi.
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
Cleanworks
Moderator
What do you use for chemistry? I have a 1200 sqft gym floor coming up. I have a similar machine in concept. Powrflite multiwash
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
The floor is at a Crossfit in Chattanooga. They have black rubber mats. Using a strong alkaline makes them bleed ink, so go with a neutral cleaner and maybe a measured dose of disinfectant.
That Multiwash looks like a fine machine. I have used my machine for smooth mats, that fuzzy gym flooring, tile, hardwood, stripping VCT, prescrubbing carpet and once, to clean concrete. They are so amazingly versatile; what little isn’t recovered can often just be mopped up with a spin mop.
That Multiwash looks like a fine machine. I have used my machine for smooth mats, that fuzzy gym flooring, tile, hardwood, stripping VCT, prescrubbing carpet and once, to clean concrete. They are so amazingly versatile; what little isn’t recovered can often just be mopped up with a spin mop.
Cleanworks
Moderator
Maybe add some benefect decon 30
