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Sustainable Innovations anking alongside stone floor restoration for cost and inconv enience is conventional floor stripping, hich inv olv es the mix ing and application of potentially haz ardous chemicals


– a process so time-consuming and lab our intensiv e that many premises put up ith dull and dirty floors for much longer than they ould like


“ O ur clea ning sta f f no long er needs hea v y m ops, buck ets a nd chem ica ls to maintain clean, glossy floors and they a r e so m uch m or e pr oductiv e. ”


Margaret Wright, P atient S erv ices Supervisor for hestereld oyal ospital


D iscs b y 3 M were then used in other areas to grind and polish dull and scratched floor to a smooth sheen, ithout reducing slip resistance inally,


S cotch-Brite H igh S hine F loor P ads ere used to buff and polish the floor to a b rilliant shine, creating an amb ience orthy of a top retail destination We tried a numb er of different systems and processes to get the results e anted, said ason Buckley, nvironmental anager for uropa


“ N ot only did the 3 M system deliv er the b est results, it was the most cost effective solution e came across


New Revenue Streams


T riz act D iamond H X D iscs are a good ex ample of how 3 M innov ation is not only reducing costs, b ut also driv ing new b usiness for contract cleaners without the need to inv est in new people or euipment


G rinding and polishing dull and worn stone floors has traditionally been an ex pensiv e, highly disruptiv e and dirty process requiring the use of specialist contractors riact Diamond 


D iscs allow contract cleaners to restore the shine themselv es, quickly and easily, using their standard machinery Being a et process, no dust is generated whilst the results, claimed T im, are remarkab le: “ O ne contractor told us that a maj or client of his was ‘ doing cartwheels’ b ecause his -year-old floors ere made to look like ne


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Recognising the need to improv e safety, sustainab ility and productiv ity, S cotch-Brite S urface P reparation


P ads b y 3 M can quick-strip and deep clean a ide variety of floors ith neutral detergent or water alone, and with minimal mess and operational dontime ustomer trials reveal that stripping with the S cotch-Brite


S urface P reparation P ad v ersus conv entional chemical stripping shos an average time saving of  man-hours per 1 , 0 0 0 ft² , yielding a  reduction in labour costs


F or the toughest stripping j ob s, which require the remov al of four or more layers of nish build-up,  recommends its most aggressive floor stripping pad, the H igh P roductiv ity ad by  ike the Scotch-Brite S urface P reparation P ad, the H igh


P roductiv ity P ad is a safe and sustainab le alternativ e to chemical stripping, designed for use with water or neutral detergents, and with standard speed rotary floor machines


Premium Protection


F ew env ironments place such high demands on hygiene and cleanliness as hospitals So, hen hestereld oyal ospital asked for help protecting and maintaining its extensive netork of vinyl floor corridors, 3 M recommended a comb ination of S cotchgard Resilient F loor P rotector, S urface P reparation P ads and S cotch-Brite H igh S hine


F loor P ads to deliv er a b rilliant, longer-lasting shine that is quicker, easier and less costly to maintain


aintaining vinyl floors ith conv entional acrylic protectors is incredibly labour intensive, added im t reuires four or more coats to achiev e the desired protection and needs to b e stripped at regular interv als – a messy and time- consuming business Scotchgard


Resilient F loor P rotectors are scientically formulated to keep floors looking their best ith less maintenance and feer chemicals


J ust two coats of the non-yellowing, low-odour formulation produce a clean, glossy surface that’s up to twice as resistant to ab rasion as traditional floor nish hen tested under laboratory conditions t dries much more uickly too, signicantly reducing operational downtime, and it’s easy to spot-repair, with clear implications for on-going maintenance costs


he benets of orking ith  have been enormous, commented Margaret Wright, P atient S erv ices Supervisor at the hospital ur cleaning staff no longer need heav y mops, b uckets and chemicals to maintain clean, glossy floors and they are so much more productive


A Pad For All Reasons or on-going floor cleaning and maintenance, the 3 M colour-coded range of floor pads continues to set the standard for performance and durab ility – whether stripping, cleaning, bufng, burnishing or polishing


ach floor pad is precision- engineered for a particular floor surface and maintenance task, and manufactured to the highest quality standards, said im niform mineral distrib ution and coating throughout every  floor pad results in less v ib ration and machine wob b le, reducing operator fatigue, ex tending the life of the pad, and producing better overall results


I ndeed, ex tensiv e testing of its entire floor pad range, undertaken by , has shown that they remov e deep scuff marks sev en times faster, are nearly  more aggressive at floor stripping, prov ide a 2 5 % b etter cut on the S chiefer test, and hav e 5 0 %


b etter b urnishing durab ility than their closest competitors dd their safety and sustainab ility adv antages and you can see why more and more contractors and facilities managers are choosing to ork ith 


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