The World of Cleaning Issue 20 2020 | Page 17

THE WORLD OF CLEANING 17 strategy for removing grease. Chose a professional service or invest in an in-house Kaivac No-Touch Cleaning system paired with a carpet extraction wand to remove grease and soils at a much lower cost. and vacuum up. Floors will be clean, grease free and dry. Ceramic Tile Cleaning Made Easy A darling of designers looking to make a statement, sealed concrete checks a lot of boxes. It’s on trend, low cost, highly durable and can be painted, stained and textured for a unique look. Sealed concrete even works well in restaurant kitchens as it can be installed tight to the drains and up the walls to form a cove base. Ceramic tile and grout are a restaurant mainstay, and for good reason. The combination is highly durable, offers great traction and performance and is easy to maintain. A seemingly endless variety of colors and sizes means tile and grout floors can be found throughout the restaurant space, from the front entryway to the dining room and especially in the kitchen and restroom. To clean concrete floors, use the OmniFlex Dispense-and-Vac. This system cleans up to 60 times better than mopping. Simply vacuum loose soils, apply a degreaser, let it dwell Cleaning tile and grout looks easy but beware—grout is quite porous and will absorb dirt, grease and pathogens. Cleaning with a mop and bucket makes the problem Tips to Clean Concrete Floors WEBsiTE: www.kaivac.com worse as the tile acts like a tiny squeegee, drawing dirty water out of the mop and depositing it on the porous grout. The result is dirty tile held together with discolored, malodorous grout. Sound appetizing? Kaivac’s OmniFlex Dispense-and-Vac is a better choice for tile floors also. This technology applies cleaning solution evenly over the entire floor and has a brush wand for scrubbing grout lines. A wet vac removes the all of the dirt, soils and cleaning solution leaving tile and grout floors clean, dry and ready for work. Restaurant floor cleaning is necessary but it doesn’t have to be hard, even if that floor is made up of several different materials. Contact Kaivac if you’re ready for tools and technology that leaves every surface clean, dry and ready to use.