Steaming & Color Seal Revives Rubber Studded Floors
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Look toward the middle left where the dirt is, then look at the wet area, there is a clear and obvious line between dirty and clean
Our test proved that steam cleaning this rubber studded floor will make a huge difference in its appearance, a no brainer!
Keeping this area clean helps the carpet in the hallways stay cleaner too
You can see the dirty rubber studded flooring before it is steam cleaned
After we steamed the rubber studded floor it looks brand new
Here is a dirty pivot point, where feet deposit dirt and oils (from the parking lot) which is hard to clean
After steam cleaning the dirt and oil in the pivot point from foot traffic is gone
foot traffic oils from the parking lot builds up where people walk and doesn't clean up with mopping
Besides looking clean, people won't track the dirt and oils from these stairs to the carpet, so it keeps the carpet cleaner too
- Location: Main Street Apartments at Marlton (a Bob Meyer Managed Community
Rubber Dub Dub’s now Rubber Dub Done!
Like new, steaming and color enhancer restores brilliance to rubber studded stairwells.
While cleaning the common hallways Chris noticed the emergency stairwell flooring was dirty. It is rubber studded flooring, which was much dirtier than the common hallway carpet. So going from the nice hallway carpet to the dirty stairway flooring was quite a transition. Of course it’s only the back stairwell but the dirt and oils collected there get walked in to the carpet. They get tracked in from the stairwell to the carpet with foot traffic. And much of it is the oils from the parking lot, which poses a problem to the carpet.
In particular, “asphalt track off,” which is a greasy film can easily emit from a asphalt paved parking lot. It is a real problem for carpet, and for commercial buildings having to deal with it. (This asphalt track off can ugly out a carpet installation in no time!) It can necessitate unwanted premature carpet replacement that hits the budget prematurely. And from a commercial use perspective this is an unwanted hit to the pocketbook that could be prevented.
The experiment.
Seeing this soiling build up on the rubber studded floor Chris decided to do a test cleaning. He taped off an area at the bottom of the stairwell and steam cleaned half of it. Steaming it, it immediately responded and looked brand new again. He even video taped doing it, and piped up “OH YEA” as he did.
Liking the test results but not wanting to leave the test patch for everyone to see he cleaned the entire landing. He did so, so it didn’t leave an obvious and unwelcome eye sore on the landing. However, when you compare it to the dirty stair tread and riser, the difference was night and day.
About dirty rubber studded flooring.
Rubber studded flooring till now is traditionally a challenge to clean for any building owner.
Reason being, its uneven rubber surface with highs and lows (as a safety feature) doesn’t clean well with a mop, or even a floor scrubber. Using a scrubber, it makes decent contact with the higher studded material, but faintly addresses the lower flat base of the studded surface.
When technology, ingenuity and experience counts.
Not our first rodeo in cleaning floors, we have been cleaning commercial buildings since 1983. And after many years just doing commercial, we diversified and invested in state of the art cleaning equipment for both commercial and residential purposes.
In fact, we have created a unique niche, combining our truck mount steam technology with a variety of steam wands and other systems we cross use them for results traditional means won’t allow.
So we bring to the table with our steam extraction a unique combination of to get results most cannot duplicate.
The results- Pristinely cleaned and color sealed rubber studded flooring!
With approval from the leasing department and beyond the demo, our team dove in. The solution was applied to the rubber flooring. It was machine scrubbed where needed. A buffer with an aggressive pad attachment was used. On a smaller scale a Makita and or a 5″ moto scrub tool was brought in to assault the stair treads, risers and the corners. All the flooring was scrubbed and then steam extracted.
The icing on the cake, the color seal enhancer dresses up the rubber studded flooring. But, not only that the sealer becomes an extra layer of protection on top of the rubber flooring. Therefore, it prevents or slows down the ability of the oils and soils from staining the rubber surface. Ba’da’bing!
Feedback from our client.
Our client is thrilled, the floors look brand new! Seeing the difference, they are requesting that we do this yearly.
This customer sees the benefit in working with us, and trusts our recommendations. After our explanation as one floor either hinders or helps the overall cleanliness, they understand a coordinated plan protects all the surfaces, extends an acceptable appearance and protects the investment they have in these surfaces.
