THE VINYL FRONTIER
Michael Egerton, Managing Director of Host Von Schrader UK Ltd, explains why cleaning and maintaining the appearance of laminated, grouted and textured hard flooring can be a challenge.
Laminates and luxury vinyl tiles (LVT) are replacing carpets in many commercial and domestic situations. This is especially true in the retail sector as well as in care homes, where hard flooring is increasingly specified for communal areas. Not only this, but many homeowners are now choosing LVT over carpet and ceramic tile.
As the market changes, we must adapt to change with it. At our US-based parent company, Racine Industries, we researched and instituted procedures and a programme for cleaning ceramic, glazed and resilient floors more than 10 years ago.
Cleaning these floorcoverings is more complicated than one would first assume and they can sometimes require more care than carpet. Leading manufacturers of resilient products often recommend that when cleaning, floors are not flooded or subject to frequent standing water.
“Like many other solutions to everyday
cleaning problems it is simply a matter of using the right product for the right job.
We would always recommended that to protect floors from tracked-in-dirt and grit particles non-staining mats are placed at all outside entrances and that time is taken to remove any imbedded grit particles from shoe soles before entering the room.
However, in the US it is now becoming common practice to use the HOST Dry Extraction Cleaning system to clean hard floors and this is also being recommended by more of the UK flooring manufacturers. The system works especially well, on highly textured types of flooring - with deep wood grain for instance. By using the HOST SPONGES and Host’s softer resilient red brushes flooring can be effectively cleaned without the need for any moisture on the surface and will ensure that scratching does not occur.
It’s not only on LVT or laminate that the Host system can be beneficial - other types of hard floors such as safety flooring, concrete, and epoxy resins also react well to the Host system.
Compared to other, more traditional methods of cleaning hard flooring, the Host System has a number of important advantages. The most important being that efficient dry cleaning is always better than wet cleaning, from a safety point of view as well as a health and environmental point of view. Dry not wet cleaning is the mantra now for cleaning in hospitals, schools or in any environment with sensitive or heavy public access.
One system and one machine can easily and quickly solve the problems associated with the safe and effective cleaning of all textured and smooth surfaced flooring from
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ceramic tiles and natural stones through to vinyls and of course carpets. Host Dry Extraction Cleaning provides the perfect solution with no important downtime lost and no harsh or toxic chemicals needed leaving floors that are clean, dry and ready for use immediately!
“Like many other solutions to everyday cleaning problems it is simply a matter of using the right product for the right job. Hard flooring can often become slippery and dangerous when wet and in environments, such as hospitals and schools and wet floors can even harbor bacteria – dry extraction cleaning can help reduce these problems.
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