PRECLEANING, CLEANING, SEALING and MAINTENANCE

The construction industry has historically when preparing for the handover of a project, used soap and water as a cleaning method to prepare substrates, especially floors, for presentation to the client.

Although in essence this would not be incorrect, the use of new substrates and the advances made in cleaning chemical technology, make the use of this age old tradition, superfluous, and as such, the following basic procedures for the cleaning and maintenance of various substrates, leads and guides in basic terms, the reader,   through the correct methodology of cleaning and maintenance of substrates using modern, scientifically developed products, tried and tested for the various substrates.

One may be led to believe that modern technology has its faults, however it also has major benefits, and the correct methodology deployed to maintain substrates goes a long way to maintain the aesthetics and longevity of a given substrate.

The old concept of bucket and mop cleaning, whilst still widely used, albeit incorrectly in most instances, still has merit when used in the context of the correct maintenance system and the following guidelines are there to simply assist and guide the reader through the process.