[drive surgeon]

hi i have been asked to quote a factory floor made of tiles, the custy said he wants them looking cleaner to look more hygenic.  there is no drainage or run off, i could have used a small rotary washer for floor tiles but i would need to connect it to a wet n dry vac to suck up all the water or it would flood, should i buy a vac and just suck up the flood water or just not do the job!  it would need some tfr or cleaning agent on it too to remove the sticky deposits on the tiles like what stickers leave behind etc. :

i get some awkward enquiries me!

[Richy L]

where do you advertise for these jobs?

[drive surgeon]

in a mental home newsletter!

[drive surgeon]

..i might buy a wet n dry vac and connect it to my small rotary washer, i could buy some lightening off darren bale to try to loosen any dirt and sticky .deposits.

richy i got the job through a friend but not sure whenther to take it on?

[sherco]

Try Aqua mix cleaners, im a tiler and do alot of stone and tile cleaning. I use a rotary scrubber with either a black or green scrubbing pad, and i would have a guy with a wet vac cleaning up as in scrubbing.

[Chris Galloway]

..i might buy a wet n dry vac and connect it to my small rotary washer, i could buy some lightening off darren bale to try to loosen any dirt and sticky .deposits.

richy i got the job through a friend but not sure whenther to take it on?

I thought you had the omnivac? if so, no need to buy a wet and dry.. as it is one.

[jems]

hire a scrub dryer

[darrenbale]

how big is the area to clean?

p.s cheers for the product mention. 

[drive surgeon]

no i dont have the omni vac thats billy c!  its around 60 sq metres.

[darrenbale]

Could you get away with mopping, I know it seems like a harder option but should be easier for getting rid of the water.

[BDCS]

I'd go for the rotary as sherco stated, either pad with the drive board but I use a hard floor tool on my carpet cleaner. If your sensible and do small areas you could just mop up. Quarry tiles can be slippery when cleaned so offer slip stop or similar as and add on

[billyc]

Had a similar job last year and utilised a special steam cleaning nozzle
and at the time i hired a wet and dry with automatic pump from HSS.


regards

Billy

[drive surgeon]

im looking at buying a grey numatic wewt and dry vac 90 litre, its looks great. if it fits over my rotary sleeve i can use it on automatic pump out down the grid!

[Griffus]

I'd try a rotary with scrubbing brush and a strong TFR. You can then finish with red or white pad or maybe even just use a manual microfibre mop.

For the sticky stuff i'd spray (conservatively) a solvent based cleaner directly onto the affected area (I have a UPVC cleaner which works great on sticky stuff. I do occasionally use this with my rotary and it works a treat).

As with all new cleans try a small test area.

I would avoid using your PW & FSC as way too much water, even with a wet vac.

We did a large warehouse (325 sq m) with PW and FSC, no choice as the job demanded it. Even though we sandbagged the only office (studded walls) water still found its way in. We used XL floor squeegee's to push the water out through the loading bay; a real pain. A wetvac wouldn't have kept up, unless you buy one of these from tech-clean (around £1700 if I remember right): -

http://www.tech-clean.co.uk/vacsys.html
 
Your other option is a scrubber dryer, same chem's as above.

Let us know what you decide to do and how you get on.

Best of luck