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Post by rusty on Jun 16, 2007 15:29:13 GMT -5
Last week I cleaned a carpet for a long time customer. She loved the carpet job; two dogs, black hair, off white carpet. I used hot water extraction. I used a carpet cleaner from Zep, and a pre-spotter from Bane clean called Preface, both did a good job. When removing hoses I dripped water on old ceramic tile. Pinkish Grey 16" with deep veins, dull finish. Thought I cleaned it all up, but left a few small white or I should say clean spots when dry. We mop the floors each week, but the floor could use a good scrubbing. Should I use a low speed buffer with a white pad? Mop a solution on heavy, scrub, and re-mop with clean water?
She just wants cleaner looking floors, only lived there for four yrs. but the house is 20 yrs. With two big black very hairy dogs, She said she even tried strait bleach. So she said I proved by those spots it will come cleaner. She wanted me to clean the floors with the carpet solution. I said I would talk to you guys first. She is replacing with wood in a yr. but would like them brighter. Any thoughts on a cleaning solution, equipment, price per sq ft. would be of big help. Rusty
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Post by Grizzly on Jun 16, 2007 16:52:42 GMT -5
Rusty: Not to sure the white spots were clean spots at any rate, use neutral ph floor detergent at proper dilution ratio, lay on floor. let sit for approx. 3 minutes scrub with low speed swing machine having a red pad on, use wet vac to vacuum up solution and rinse with clean water after. This will be safe even if these tile are old marble tiles. White pad is basically for polishing and won't really do anything. Alternately, get Dan to come down with his hard surface tool and do the area for you. LOL,LOl,LOL. On the above, you may want to make a dam with duct tape and backed by clothes to keep any dirty solution from the ceramic from getting into the carpeted area. Can't give you a price per square ft., I don't know the area you operate in .
Bill
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Post by rusty on Jun 22, 2007 15:31:53 GMT -5
Hi Bill, thanks for the help. I tried to upload some pics of the floor but wouldn't take. I got down and scrubbed a couple of tiles and the white spots came up. So next week I'm scheduled to do the floors. If I'm going to scrub them, I might as well clean the grout. I would think I should clean grout first, then scrub the floor. You sure could tell a difference when I did just a couple of tiles by hand. Rusty
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Post by Grizzly on Jun 22, 2007 19:31:12 GMT -5
Rusty; No, you should scrub the floor first and then clean the grout. No matter what you use to clean the grout, it is very porous and if you scrub the floor after you have cleaned the grout, you will dirty the job you spent so long doing. Scrub tile first, rinse, clean grout, seal grout job done. Bill
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