CM/Spotlight: Hard Floor Care Gym The Gem Of The While gym floors are the centerpiece of a gymnasium they even-tually will need to be refinished; see how to do so with less time and money. By: Amanda Martini-Hughes; assistant editor G Amanda Martini-Hughes is the assistant editor of Cleaning & Maintenance Management magazine. A graduate from Siena College, she can be reached at AMartini-Hughes@ NTPMedia.com. Since join-ing the publication, Martini-Hughes has worked on numer-ous industry articles and is responsible for populating the industry’s only daily electronic newsletter, CM e-News Daily. Chat online: Facebook.com/ CMMOnline and Twitter. com/CMeNewsDaily. for more info Visit www.cmmonline.com and type in search keyword: Hard Floor Care . For more information on related products, visit www.cmmonline.com , select SUPPLIER SEARCH from the main navigation bar, and enter keyword: Floor Finish . Gymnasium floors. Chances are that you have spent some signifi-cant amount of time on one of these surfaces. They are typically the same from location to location: They have a high-gloss shine and a char-acteristic sound that often transports anyone set-ting foot on to the floor back to the days of kickball and school dances. And, as the end of March Madness — that time when the spotlight seems to shine brighter on collegiate hardwoods — draws to a close, some facilities may be looking more closely at how their floors have held up throughout a long season, leading to an even longer off season when many floors are used for activities other than the typical basketball game These activities, and more, can lead to the need to refinish the surface of the floor; even if the floor looks like it is still in good condition, look it over carefully. There may be any number of problems lurking just below, or on top of, the surface. Maintaining your floors is, of course, the easiest and most cost effective way to keep them pristine and attractive. However, there will be times when a little extra elbow grease is needed in order to get a floor back to the state it rightly deserves to be in. In such cases, refinishing is the way to go. Adhering to a strict cleaning and maintenance schedule can help you win the floor care game. Multiple Uses; Multiple Problems Gym floors can be a living, breathing organism; there is rarely a time when they are not being used or are not in demand. The most common gym floor, when you think about the term, is the floor found in schools at every level and sports arenas. No matter where these floors are, chances are they take a daily beating. 34 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® • April 2012
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