We want you to be successful as much as you want to be successful. While repairing the floors in your warehouse may provide more work for us; it can absolutely make or break a company that relies on those floors for production, distribution, or manufacturing.
Let’s be honest, without you there’s no us.
Each week we will share some great methods, both well-known and unconventional, for caring for your hard-working industrial floors to make them longer-lasting and sure to pass inspections.
In an article by Bridget McCrea posted on Modern Materials Handling, the subject of dry particles on concrete and the right way to clean those warehouse floors was discussed with the director of training at K’Archer North America, Richard Bodo. An all too common mistake that Bodo sees is how many maintenance programs omit sweeping the dry particles (which make up nearly 80% of the grime on warehouse floors) before using the scrubber.
“To clean that dirt up, most companies regularly run a scrubber up and down the floors to pick up the gritty materials. In reality, what they should be doing is sweeping first. Doing so ensures that the dry particulate doesn’t get caught in the scrubber pads and basically become ‘one large sanding disc,’ says Bodo.”
When the scrubber pads take on that gritty texture, that expensive sealant or coating on the warehouse floor is essentially being scraped away with every cleaning. Furthermore, the abrasive pads grind down on joints and cracks, weakening these already fragile areas on the floor. Don’t overlook sweeping those floors before you scrub- it is a step that will have your floors lasting longer and looking better.
Keeping floors clean the right way is paramount.
Investing in a quality facility maintenance program with emphasis on floor care is the way to do that. Ensure that your program emphasizes a clean-up plan – cleaning up after fuel spills from forklifts, cleaning up after broken pallets, cleaning up after any other spills, drips, leaks, or breaks. It’s imperative that these accidents aren’t left to sit and erode the floor if you’re looking to keep your facility both fast-paced and in excellent condition. Tune in next week for another industrial floor care method and click on the link to read McCrea’s fantastic article for more information!
An immaculately kept warehouse floor.