Baxter
Chemical
provides expert floor care for hallways in schools, offices
and medical care centers. Baxter Chemical recommends the best
ways to care for tile flooring through stripping and finishing.
Baxter Chemical is a distributor of
Spartan products, the leader
in floor care. Based on our expertise in janitorial and chemicals,
we recommend the following approach to effectively cleaning
floors:
Baxter
Chemical's stripper is designed to take off other people's finish
as well as our own. Our stripper is specially formulated to
chemically remove the floor finish.
Baxter
Chemical recommends using
Spartan's Shineline Emulsifier PlusŪ.
It is a high performance speed stripper. Quickly removes heavy
build-ups and burnished floor finish. Enhances time and labor
saving benefits. Use with ultra high speed floor care systems.
Be sure to consult the dilution
information on the floor care product packaging before
beginning. Use the hottest water possible when diluting the
Shineline Emulsifier Plus. Use a black stripper pad and begin
your floor cleaning job along the baseboards.
Using
Spartan's OnBase sealer, begin
with a clean mop head, bucket and fresh water. Line the mop
bucket with a trash liner and insert the mop ringer. Put on
the finish mop head on the handle. Pour sealer into the mop
bucket.
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Spartan's
OnBase sealer-based underseal and floor conditioner.
16% solids. Non-yellowing. Resists water marks and scuffs.
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Many people ask, why seal the floor? Vinyl floors have
small peaks and valleys. Using a sealer, fills in the
valleys with small polymers to keep the floor as even
as possible.
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When rinsing sealer, twist and squeeze out the excess
sealer. Don't wring it out. It is important that the mop
is not very wet.
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Apply two coats of sealer in a figure eight for even floor
coverage. Let each coat dry for about 15 minutes between
applications.
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Be sure to remove and insert a new trash liner before
adding this shine floor care product. Spartan uses the
most exclusive polymers to give a lasting and high quality
shine to the floors. Apply 3 coats of I-Shine and let
dry between applications.
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Spartan's
iShine is a 25% high solids floor finish that
employs patented optically enhanced polymer technology
that amplifies the over all gloss appearance and clarity
of your floors. The unique blend possesses cutting edge
raw materials to form a high solids finish that provides
total protection in just four coats of finish. IShine
has passed the Underwriters Laboratories testing for slip
resistance!
This
approach will last for five years with good floor care maintenance.
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Use floor mats to capture the majority of inbound dirt
that enters buildings. You should have enough matting
so a person may wipe their feet at least three times.
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Regularly dust mop the floors
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When wet mopping, use a neutral pH floor cleaner such
as Baxter's Excellent product. It costs $.11/gallon when
diluted.
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As needed, dry buff the floor to maintain an superb shine
without using any chemicals or cleaners.
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Scrub and recoat with Baxter's Excellent while using a
Red or Green pad to remove the scratched floor surface.
Apply two coats of Spartan's I-Shine without re-stripping
the floor to the base.
If
you have further questions about floor care or would like a
personal consultation regarding janitorial and chemical services
or supplies, call John Baxter at 800-657-9037 or email him now
at john@baxterchemical.com.