CM/Spotlight: Hard Floor Care Elimination of slips and falls due to slip-pery floors Need for multiple pieces of equipment eliminated Difficult and time-consuming end-of-job cleanup reduced Cleaning of baseboards no longer required Traditional slurry stripping problems abolished Water usage reduced Amount of electricity required signifi-cantly reduced Reduction in labor hours Amount of necessary floor finish reduced. According to studies, we are reducing an estimated .88 gallons of water per square foot. Although we do not have an exact num-ber, wet stripping a 900-square-foot class-room requires a buffer and wet/dry vacuum for upwards of 40 minutes each for a total of 80 minutes of electricity use. With the dry stripping method, you can complete a room with a single machine in 10 minutes, saving 30 minutes per room of electricity use. Aside from the energy savings are the reduction of water, the reduction of elec-tricity, the reduction of airborne contami-nants and the elimination of pouring the slurried finish and stripper solution down the drain and into the environment. With the dry method, floor finish removal can be done by one person versus a nor-mal crew of three people — there is no cleanup crew, as there is no mess. We estimate that we are reducing the labor by 50 percent to 80 percent with the dry strip-ping method of pulverizing the floor finish. We have discovered that the dry method does an extraordinarily good job of prepar-ing the floor and, for various reasons, the first coat has a much higher gloss than with the slurry method. Surprisingly, and with astonishing results, we reduce a minimum of one coat of finish through the dry method. For the top coating process, the dry method is so superior to any other method that we believe it will ultimately become the standard method. Imagine that you can send one person to scrub and recoat floors by themselves, reducing the required time by 75 percent and eliminating the risks associated with floor stripping and finishing. Dry stripping with oscillating technol-ogy is the most revolutionary process to ever be introduced to floor care and will positively transform your hard surface floor care program. The green advantage is enormous, and this method is the ultimate environmental-ly-friendly floor care approach. Plus, the recoated floor will be shinier than any other method you have ever used. CM Circle Product Information no. 217 on page 32 16 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® • March 2011
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