Floor Scrubbers Basics

Choose the floor scrubbing equipment best suited to your needs

Floor scrubbers and buffers make caring for floors in high traffic areas, including factories and stores, easy. With most of these machines, you can clean, strip, wax, buff and polish the floor by simply changing the brush or pad.

When you are in the market for a new floor scrubbing equipment, you should consider these floor scrubbers basics before you purchase your floor scrubbing equipment and supplies:

1. Consider purchasing rotary floor scrubbers if you have a lot of small areas, including carpeted areas, to clean.

2. Look into buying a walk behind automatic scrubber if you have a fairly wide open floor plan.

3. Think about investing in a ride on floor scrubber if you have a very large floor to clean on a regular basis.

 

Decide if rotary floor scrubbing equipment meets your needs

Rotary floor scrubbing equipment, including carpet scrubbers, are ideal for areas that need fairly detailed cleaning, such as offices and exam rooms. These floor scrubbers are usually the most inexpensive models and the easiest to store.
Try: FloorScrubbers.com has a varied selection of rotary floor scrubbers, including a rotary carpet scrubber. This company offers online customer support via a chat server to help you choose the scrubber that best fits your needs. Marko Janitorial Supply has a large selection of rotary floor scrubbers, including a hand held version. This company offers an "Ask the Expert" feature on the website, which allows you to get help in finding the best products for your needs.

Choose walk behind floor scrubbing equipment for fairly open floors

If you have a fairly open floor plan, such as a factory floor that has few obstacles, a walk behind floor scrubber is an appropriate choice. These floor scrubbers have more detailed cleaning options than a ride on model, but less than a rotary model.
Try: Southeastern Equipment & Supply has a varied selection of new, used, refurbished and value priced floor scrubbers for sale. This company offers models small enough to be kitchen floor scrubbers and large enough to qualify as commercial floor scrubbers. ScrubberCare.com sells walk behind industrial floor scrubbers, strippers and polishers. This company offers discounted prices and shipping.

Consider ride on floor scrubbing equipment

Businesses with large, open floors usually find that ride on floor scrubbing equipment is the best option. These machines are very large and meant for use in wide open areas, such as an indoor sports arena or convention center. Ride on floor scrubbing equipment requires a large storage area and, in some cases, operator training and certification.
Try: Mar-Co Equipment has a large selection of industrial floor scrubbers, including ride on models. This company offers new, used, rental and refurbished floor sweepers and automatic scrubber equipment. Caliber Equipment sells mainly refurbished industrial floor scrubbers and floor sweepers, including parking lot sweepers. This company offers online maintenance support for the models it sells.

 

• Consider purchasing more than one type of floor scrubbing equipment if you have different size areas to care for, such as a fairly open factory floor and multiple offices.

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