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bforbis · **Commercial Tile Cleaning -** Jan 15th, 06, 06:20 PM

I've been getting a number of jobs cleaning the interior areas of commercial kitchens, bathroom, and tiles dining areas.
Wondering if anyone else is doing this type of work, what rates are you charging any issues you have found.....That kind of stuff.

All has gone well for me so far and everyone has been very pleased with the final result.

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These floors have not been truely cleaned in a long time and the grease, grime and YUK was caked, especially in hte kitchen under the counters. I used my Vacuboom set up at one end (low point) and worked all the dirty water towards it and followed up with a squeegee and then vacuum up any excess puddles. The base boards were some of the nastiest stuff you could imagine. Really makes you think twice before eeating out at a restaurant agian!!!!!!

**One Tough Pressure** · Jan 16th, 06, 10:54 AM

I do tile and I start my pricing at .25 a sq ft. I use a vacuum surface cleaner, so the floor goes fast, it is the baseboards that take the most time for me.

**James** · Jan 16th, 06, 11:12 AM

One tough, did you make your own or is it a "steel eagle"? I have looked at many different way's of doing this to add on to my biz.

**One Tough Pressure** · Jan 16th, 06, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by James

One tough, did you make your own or is it a "steel eagle"? I have looked at many different way's of doing this to add on to my biz.

I have the Steel Eagle 11" and 24". I gave thought to making my own, but these are not a quickie item to produce. The time that you spend scavenging for parts and making one, you could have done a few jobs and paid for a real one that is already has the bugs worked out.

bforbis · Jan 16th, 06, 04:55 PM

I am sure the vac with cleaner all in one is a lot faster than the way I do it. But making due with what I have.

Alan; Do you have the Fury system with your cleaner?....Sorry if you had already posted that info

**squirtgun** · Jan 16th, 06, 05:04 PM

We did this for a McDonalds(kitchen arae) last year.I couldn't believe that amount of built up grease that came off of a floor that is mopped a couple times a day.We used berms and a shop vac for the bulk of the water.Drains in the floor area big help also. The worst part is that it only takes a couple of days for the floor to get nasty and slick again.

bforbis · Jan 16th, 06, 05:18 PM

I make sure to suggest to them to change their mop heads more frequently. These restaurants are only moving grease around when they "mop", most use bleach water and no cleaning additive or degreaser. The mop water sits for days and they go out to mop up and spread more crap on the floor.

**James** · Jan 18th, 06, 01:53 PM

Allen do you have the SeelEagle complete system or just the surface cleaner"s hooked to your own system of recovery? Do you do any residential tile or do you think water volume maybe a problem?

JFife · Jan 18th, 06, 02:11 PM

Anyone ever heard of Sani-glaze??

bforbis · Jan 18th, 06, 07:51 PM

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Do you do any residential tile or do you think water volume maybe a problem?

James; Was that question directed toward Allen as well or myself???

**James** · Jan 18th, 06, 08:37 PM

You too. Yes.

***Beth n Rod*** · Jan 19th, 06, 10:00 AM

We did tile and grout cleaning at a local restaurant and used HD-80 on it and whoa!~

The manager said he didn't realize the grout was actually white!
Of course, 2 weeks later it was back to black again because of their laxness in mopping procedures. Oh well. More $$$ the next time and they are actually contributing to it as a result.

Rod!~

bforbis · Jan 19th, 06, 09:08 PM

Hey James,
have not tried inside residential and do not think I would. Too much flow/pressure and potential to cause damage.
I've done a couple of lonestar steak house restaurants where they had hardwood floors on top of concrete floors and had to be careful not to get water under the planking. It work out great. You talk about a huge difference!!! I don't know how many years of peanut salt, grease ect was on that floor but when I finished it actually looked like concrete. The manager and waitstaff were speechless at how much brighter it was in the restaurant.

I forgot to take the after photos to post with the ones above, DUH it was a long night-day-night thing I went by today to do a quality check with management and they want it as part of the regular cleaning schedule. I have 5 of this owners' restaurants. I dont; know what day it is anymore!!!!

Steve Kiser · Jan 19th, 06, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by James

Allen do you have the SeelEagle complete system or just the surface cleaner"s hooked to your own system of recovery? Do you do any residential tile or do you think water volume maybe a problem?

I do residential t&g but with a little bit differnet equipment, and we get 1.00 sp ft.

**One Tough Pressure** · Jan 20th, 06, 12:07 AM

I do not do any interior cleaning for residential, except for garage floors. The volume and pressure are not the issue, as bothcan be adjusted. I just do not have an interest in those jobs at the moment.

As for Fury System, I only use the Steel Eagle Surface cleaners. My vacuum system is made by another company.

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