If you’re a business service contractor that works in an area that gets a really harsh winter then you really have to plan ahead for this season. By the time January gets here, your crews are going to be spending hours of their day managing snow removal and winter safety hazards. Laying out ice melting salts to mitigate slip and fall risks is a common practice but the downside is the way these salts really pose a threat to your indoor floors once tracked in. So what are you supposed to do? Keep reading below and we’ll let you in on a few of our top industrial degreaser floor cleaning tips.
Damage Prevention
The answer lies in having a winter floor care program with a big focus on damage prevention and safety. You want to start from the outside and work your way in. Make sure you are doing a good job of preventing things from being tracked in. Entrance matting should be used both outdoors and indoors if possible. If you cannot afford all weather outdoor matting then invest in suitable indoor ones. Make sure you are keeping the entrances clear and clean of as much buildup as possible. This includes shoveling as well as sweeping. Also, make sure you increase light-duty tasks such as dust mopping and damp mopping. This will save you from having to scrub, strip and refinish your floors so often. Using an industrial degreaser product like Soybase Clean Original can also help winterize your concrete floors because it comes packed with anti-slip nanotechnology. Soybase Clean Original leaves your floors looking brand new with a beautiful satin shine.
If your office building has flooring installed that can be more sensitive to moisture such as carpet or wood, then preventing moisture from being tracked in becomes even more critical. With concrete floors, moisture will degrade the coating and shine; with carpet and wood floors, excess moisture can severely damage and ruin the floor. A business services contractor must really be on their game and deploy a high-performance matting system to keep their floors in great shape throughout the wetter months of the year. 
Using the proper floor matting techniques can really save your floors during the winter. Trying to take care of your floors without them can be a very difficult, and costly task. Proper placement of floor mats will help stop the outside from coming in by trapping the excess soil, ice melt salts, sand and moisture in the mat’s well system. These wells capture and hold the excess soil and water for easy removal.
Facility managers should be using floor mats throughout the year, regardless of the season, to ensure good floor care. Waiting until the wind blows and snow falls is too late. A good system of floor mats should be your number one defense against keeping dirt and grime from coming into your building. When winter hits, add more floor mats to your already existing plan. For the winter, make sure to place mats in high traffic zones and upgrade any old and worn out mats with new ones. Make sure your crew is monitoring the mats throughout the day for excess saturation. If your floor mats get overloaded then they become useless. Your crew should be switching them out throughout the day as needed.
Soybase Clean Original Industrial Degreaser
Cox Industries has been making the best industrial degreaser products for over thirty years. Our commercial degreasers are great for the winter and wet months because they clean and protect your floors. Combining Soybase Clean Original with a winter matting plan is the best way to keep your coworkers off their butts this winter. Soybase Clean Original uses anti-slip nanotech to bind to your floor’s surface at a molecular level leaving the surface safer to walk on. Want to learn more? Call us today, or click here.