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How to Clean
and Maintain Industrial Coated Floors
Train Vehicle
Operators to:
- Start slow and stop without spinning wheels
- Make smooth turns
- Lift, not drag, loads and pallets
- Secure objects to reduce dropping objects on floor
- Limit outside vehicle traffic from driving onto coated areas
- Park aircraft and over-the-road vehicles on wheel pads or on
non-coated floors
- Install non-marking tires on vehicles
- Lubricate free wheeling vehicle wheels to eliminate skidding
- Repair vehicle fluid leaks
- Clean Dirt and Debris from vehicle wheels frequently
Routine Floor
Maintenance
- Pick-up spills immediately- Spills may soften , strip, discolor
coatings: create slip hazard
- Sweep outside entrances daily- Prevents sand and debris from
damaging coatings
- Sweep inside traffic and debris producing areas daily- Prevents
sand and debris from damaging coatings
- Scrub Traffic areas daily- Reduces coating wear and improves gloss
- Sweep and Scrub low traffic areas weekly- Reduces coating wear
improves gloss
- Inspect coatings for wear, recoat before worn through to bare
concrete annually- Recoating before wear through improves appearance and
saves money over time
Brush Selection
- Use natural fiber or nylon sweeping brushes (Do not use fiber and
wire, poly and wire or crinkle wire)
- Use soft nylon or stiff nylon scrubbing brushes (Do not use
polypropylene and abrasive, abrasive, super abrasive or wire)
- Use white red or blue scrubbing pads (do not use brown or black)
- Other questions contact Tennant Co. at 1-800-553-8033 or your
local cleaning supply company
Detergent
selection
- Tennant 654 for adhesives, animal fats, antifreeze, chocolates and
starches
- Tennant 653 for food products such as flour, liquor, and mustard
- Tennant 658 for carbon, cutting oils, grease, and tar
- Tennant 9960 for occasional stubborn tire marks and adhesives and
synthetic oils
- Tennant 698 for water based cutting oils
- Other questions contact Tennant Co. at 1-800-553-8033 or your
local cleaning supply company
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Vanguard Concrete Coating
229 Crescent NE
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
Phone: 616-742-1540
Fax: 616-742-3793
Ian@vanguardconcretecoating.com
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rights reserved by Vanguard Concrete Coating of Grand Rapids, MI. For residential floors our service area includes the Central, Southwest, & West
Michigan cities of Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Traverse City, Mount Pleasant, Midland, Bay City, Saginaw, Flint, Howell, Jackson, Lansing, Kalamazoo, South
Haven, Holland, Grand Haven and small cites in-between. For industrial &
commercial clients we service a larger area including Detroit & Ann Arbor, Ohio / OH,
Northern Indiana / IN, and Northeastern Illinois / IL cities.

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