Understanding Different Types of Floor Scrubbers
Before the advent of floor scrubbers, cleaning our floors would require a lot of water, soap and some strong chemicals to get rid of stains. The task would even require you to get down on your knees and spend a lot of time cleaning your floors. Today, with commercial floor scrubbers, the hard work spent cleaning has been reduced significantly. A floor scrubber is otherwise known as a mop and quite an efficient innovation to greatly reduce the labor spent on cleaning floors.
What is a Floor Scrubber?
A commercial floor scrubber helps clean hard floors by applying cleaning solution, scrubbing the surface, and recovering dirty water in a single pass. For facilities with frequent foot traffic, the right scrubber can reduce manual labor while improving consistency, dry times, and overall floor appearance.
Common Types of Floor Scrubbers and Floor Care Machines
In many buildings and establishments more than commercial equipment, it is fairly common to see this tool as part of daily floor maintenance and it takes a fraction of the time cleaning the floors as you would manually on your knees.
It is important to understand that there are also many types of scrubbers including –
All of these tools are designed and made of different materials to give you the results you need. One particular material used for these scrubbers is sponge pads, which are usually used along with fluid-type cleaning agents.
Automatic Floor Scrubbers
Early versions of automatic floor scrubbers have wells designated for soap and water and its basic design is that of push lawn mowers probably with less bulk. It also involves squirting jets that will pour cleaning mixtures to the floor so you can start cleaning. The rotary brushes scrub the floor surface of the floor as it efficiently cleans out and scrubs the dirt off.
Automated scrubbers also tend to leave behind less water than when you manually clean the floor, which means this is one of the machine’s primary benefits. The time needed for the floor to dry out is significantly reduced thus you can resume to normal routines minutes after you’ve cleaned the floors out.
Floor Buffers
This is an updated version of floor scrubbers since it is designed for use on linoleum covered and other similarly covered floors. Since the use of scrubbers extended not only for home use but also to facilities like schools and other establishments, the tool must be designed in such a way that it can deliver the same results regardless of the type of floor surface. It still has the same rotary brush as the automated ones but the brush is made up of softer material in order not to damage the surface of the floor covering.
Floor Polishers
There are also other versions of floor scrubber such as the polisher, which is often a good choice for wood and marble floors. It can give good-as-new shine on natural materials especially those that have not been treated with chemicals like waxes or related. A floor polish is sometimes used only after the floor surface has been thoroughly cleaned for better results.
Sources:
(Floor Scrubber Components, thesweeper.com)
(Floor Scrubber Parts,hi-gear.com)
Choosing the Right Floor Scrubber for Your Facility
The best choice depends on the floor surface, soil level, square footage, and operator workflow. A product demo can help confirm whether a walk-behind scrubber, rider scrubber, floor machine, or orbital scrubber is the right fit. Want to talk to us and see if we can help you find the right machine for your facility? Simply fill out our form here and we will reach out to you.