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Building, Maintenance, Refurbishment & Grounds
Why cleaning should not be
a dirty word
J
ames Lightly at interior surfaces wetted with the cleaning
specialist, Altro, discusses the solution and left to soak for a
importance of establishing a minute or two, allowing the
cleaning and maintenance soiling to be lifted into
programme in educational buildings: suspension. Merely passing the
With the new term now mop over the floor doesn’t really
underway, thousands of students allow the cleaning agent to be
around the country have been effective. The use of a twin
piling into schools, colleges and compartment bucket allows the
universities with their freshly floor to be rinsed, ensuring the
painted walls and newly installed soiling and cleaning agent are
safety flooring. thoroughly removed, and don’t
It’s vital that ongoing cleaning forget to change the water
and maintenance requirements when dirty.
are considered to ensure your Time doesn’t stand still and
new floors remain in prime safety flooring has come a long
condition and, more importantly, way in the last year or two. With
continue to provide a safe
James Lightly
the current advances in safety
surface for students and staff to flooring technology, the need
walk on. Safety Flooring. Too often, the for frequent mechanical cleaning
So what needs to be done by cleaning chemicals are left to dry is constantly being reduced. Altro
cleaners in educational on the surface without being Maxis, for example, with its
buildings? Establishing a good properly rinsed. This can, over patented easy clean technology,
cleaning programme should be time lead to surface staining. offers excellent cleanability,
done with care and ideally in Always remember to rinse which reduces the amount of
consultation with the flooring properly with clean water once times the floor needs to be
manufacturer. With cleaning the cleaning solution has done its machine scrubbed.
budgets always under pressure, job. After all, when you wash Altro Mirica is another
often all there will be time for is your car, you always wash it innovative range of safety
a sweep and a quick mop of the down to remove the residue. It’s flooring developed to retain its
more critical areas. Even cleaning also important to use the attractive appearance, even in
with a mop and bucket can be cleaning agent at the correct high traffic areas. Its modern
made more effective. Use hot concentration. The use of an patterned look is designed to
water rather than cold and it’s overgenerous mix can lead in minimise the visibility of scuffing
important to use the correct time to a build of solution on the and soiling between daily
cleaning fluid for the application. floor, causing on occasions a cleaning.
For example, we would whitish bloom, and also the slip
recommend an Alkaline cleaner resistance can be impaired.
trianglertwww.altro.com
such as Altroclean 44 for Altro It is helpful if the floor can be trianglert01462 707 600
October 2009
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