Choosing the Right Commercial Floor Scrubber for Your Needs
Selecting floor cleaning equipment can have a major effect on the cleanliness of your facility. Here are some factors that should play a part in making this choice:
Determine the type of flooring you have, the types of dirt or residue it commonly accumulates on it and your budget before selecting a machine that best meets those criteria.
Size of the Area
Size should always be taken into account when choosing a commercial floor scrubber, especially when selecting one for large facilities with open areas or schools, supermarkets or classrooms with limited space. Large ride-on models might work better while walk-behind cleaners may be better suited to schools, supermarkets or classrooms with tight corners or classrooms requiring frequent sweeping. A smaller machine may still work to keep floors hygienic.
Smaller machines tend to be easier and cheaper to operate than ride-on equipment.
Type of Flooring
If your facility utilizes tile floors, selecting a scrubber with appropriate abrasion level and pads can make your cleaning more efficient. Different colored pads indicate how aggressively scrubbing should occur.
A scrubber works by dispensing a mixture of water and cleaning solution, then rotating brushes across the floor to clean it thoroughly. Any leftover residue is extracted using an effective vacuum system.
Cleaning Efficiency
Investment in an appropriate floor scrubber increases productivity while decreasing operational costs. Hillyard’s team of local experts can assist in selecting the optimal model to suit the unique cleaning requirements and cleaning habits at your facility.
Consider finding a model with low water and chemical waste output in order to save money and contribute towards creating a greener environment. Also ensure it comes equipped with appropriate pads and brushes for optimal cleaning results.
Maneuverability
Walk-behind scrubbers feature simple controls and large capacities for cleaning solution and dirty water storage, enabling them to speed up floor cleaning operations by five times over mop-and-bucket methods while decreasing labor needs and increasing productivity.
Prior to beginning, remove loose dirt and debris from the area in order to minimize wear on scrubbing brushes and vacuum system. A sweeper machine or, depending on your model, a feature built into the scrubber may help accomplish this goal.
Power Source
Scrubbers combine water, cleaning solution and mechanical action through rotating brushes to eliminate grit and stubborn residue from surfaces. In doing so, they help businesses align with sustainability goals while meeting green regulations and standards.
Keep downtime to a minimum with scrubbers with easy-to-empty tanks and simple maintenance procedures, with straightforward controls for less accident or misuse risk, lower training and maintenance costs, as well as easier servicing costs.
Water Capacity
A floor scrubber’s water tank size dictates its cleaning duration before it needs refilling, with larger tanks providing less cleaning interruptions and ensuring optimal performance of the machine.
Selecting the ideal commercial floor scrubber is crucial to facility hygiene and safety, which is why Hillyard has an expert team on hand who can offer guidance in selecting an effective floor scrubber to meet your specific requirements.
Brushes/Pads
Floor scrubber effectiveness depends heavily on its floor brushes and pads. Janitorial supply distributors may assist you in making this selection, though often sell the highest-profit pad or brush type available for sale.
White pads are the gentlest cleaning solution, ideal for delicate surfaces without damaging them. Tan and red pads offer medium abrasiveness for general purpose cleaning while green and black pads are more aggressive, often used for heavy-duty scrubbing or to remove top coat prior to recoating floors.
Noise Level
Floor scrubbers can be noisy machines. To minimize disruption or potential ear damage for operators, select one with appropriate decibel levels.
Health and safety experts advise limiting environmental noise to less than 85 dB on an eight hour shift for optimal hearing protection, which corresponds to approximately the level of a car traveling on a freeway and is also roughly comparable to group conversations in busy restaurants or living room music.
Maintenance
Inspection and addressing potential issues promptly is key to minimizing machine downtime and achieving maximum cleaning results. When looking for replacement parts and maintenance services from manufacturers, be sure to find authentic ones with genuine replacements available asap.
Consider investing in a scrubber with user-friendly controls and user interfaces that are simple and uncomplicated; overcomplicated electronic controls or complex screens may increase both training and maintenance costs.
Be sure to regularly empty and clean solution tanks, hoses, and filters after use – keeping equipment clean will improve performance while prolonging their lifespan.
Budget
Scrubbers are much more cost-effective than traditional cleaning methods such as mowing or vacuuming, making them a viable alternative to floor buffers and polishers.
Before beginning to scrub, ensure the area has been cleared of debris to reduce any chance of clogging and look for a scrubber with intuitive controls and user interfaces that simplify training and maintenance costs.
Commercial floor scrubbers significantly improve cleanliness and ensure safer environments, while speeding up cleaning times and increasing productivity.