Clean It Up
UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Adam Tomlinson on July 21, 2011, 10:32:30 am
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Hi can anyone help. I have aquired a contract and in the bathrooms there are urine stains on the floor. It is safety flooring. I have tried just about everything I can think of and I am using a rotary scrubber.
Thank you in advance.
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The problem is you will probably find the flooring has been acid etched by the acid in the urine. It also produces a novovirus which cannot effectively be neutralised by normal products. A test was done on some cruise ships and they found that the only effective thing was chlorine bleach. However, that said I would do a test in an inconspicuous area first in case the bleach ruins the flooring especially if they have used a cheapo. Jamie from CSUK has a fair amount of experience in this area and may be able to help further.
Kev Martin
Marble Life Ltd
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Chemspec Urine Contamination Treatment left for long dwell may help break down the urine.
Failing that bleaching will be the next option.
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Thank you. Bleaching I thought would be worth ago but it does state on the manufacturers guide lines that it should not be used. So I thought I should leave it as a last resort.
Thank you for your sugestions.
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You might want to try peroxide rather than chlorine bleach as a start.
Clean the floor and rinse thoroughly prior to applying the UCT.
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Altro actually recommend using bleach on their floors as a last resort, but certain stains can be permanent
on safety flooring.