Floor Care, Cleaning and Maintenance

2 Types of Floors:

1. Hard Floors
2. Resilient Floors
Hard Floors
 Marble

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Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of
recrystallized carbonate minerals, most
commonly calcite or dolomite

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Comes mainly from quarries in Rizal, Bulacan,
Mindoro and Romblon.
 Mixes

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Come in granolithic,
terrazo, ceramic, and
tile, terra cotta, brick,
and concrete and
pebble washout.
 Terrazzo and Granolithic

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They have basically the same composition,
made out of marble chips and white cement,
compressed and thick slab ground that is
polished to a very smooth finish.
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Terrazzo is a composite material, poured in
place or precast, which is used for floor and
wall treatments.
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It consists of marble, quartz, granite, glass, or
other suitable chips, sprinkled or unsprinkled,
and poured with a binder that
is cementitious (for chemical
binding),polymeric (for physical binding), or a
combination of both.
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Terrazzo is cured and then ground and
polished to a smooth surface or otherwise
finished to produce a uniformly textured
surface.
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Granolithic is a type of construction material
composed of cement and fine aggregate such
as granite or other hard-wearing rock. 
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It is generally used as flooring, or as paving
(such as for sidewalks).
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It has a similar appearance to concrete, and is
used to provide a durable surface where
texture and appearance are usually not
important (such as outdoor pathways or
factory floors). 
 Ceramic Tile
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A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing
material such as ceramic, stone, metal, or
even glass, generally used for covering roofs,
floors, walls, showers, or other objects such as
tabletops.
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The word is derived from
the French word tuile, which is, in turn, from
the Latin word tegula, meaning a roof tile
composed of fired clay..
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 (Italian: "bakedTerra Cotta
earth", from the
Latin terra cocta), a type
of earthenware, is
a clay-based unglazed or
glazed ceramic, where
the fired body is porous.
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The term is also used to
refer to the
natural, brownish
orange color, of most
terracotta, which varies
considerably.
 Cemented or Concrete

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A mixture of sand
and cement with
gravel, broken stone
and or other similar
elements. The water
allows the cement to
bind the mass into the
desired form.
 Pebble Washout

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A mixture of river
stones and cement.
The color depends on
the color of the
stones used in the
mixture and the
cement.
Resilient Floors
 Linoleum
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A mixture of
solidified linseed oil,
gums, and pigments,
cord dust, laid on
burlap, canvas or felt
backing. It comes in
attractive patterns –
geometric, floral,
abstract, etc.
 Vinyl

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Made of plastic and
comes in cheer vinyl,
rot vinyl, asbestos tile
and homogenous
vinyl tile.
 Asphalt Tile

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A mixture of asbestos
fibers, resin and
asphalt. Its colors
extend through the
tile. It is a hard floor,
inexpensive, yet
attractive.
 Rubber Tile

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Made of rubber,
resins, fillers,
pigments and curing
agents which are
mixed, formed into
sheets and cured
through a heated
process.
Wood Parquet Floors
Carpeted Floors
Seatwork:
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How is cleaning different from sanitizing? What
facilities and room amenities need to be
sanitized? Why?
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Give 5 common stains found on furniture and
your recommended solution?
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Identify the equipment and supplies for
cleaning the following:
– Floors
– Brass and metal fixtures
Floor Types and Maintenance
Hard Floors: Daily Maintenance:
– Marble – Sweeping
– Mixes – Vacuuming
– Terrazo – Damp mopping
– Granolithic – Plain polishing
– Ceramic tile – Stripping and finishing
– Terra cotta – Brushing
– Cemented or concrete – Wet mopping
– Pebble washout
Resilient Floors: Daily Maintenance:
– Linoleum – Sweeping
– Vinyl – Damp mopping
– Asphalt tile – Spray buffing or
– Rubber tile polishing
– vacuuming
Wood parquet floors: – Sanding
– Sweeping
– Spray buffing /
polishing
– Vacuuming
– Dust mopping

Carpeted floors: – Vacuuming

– Shampooing
– extraction
 Floor Polishing Materials
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Cleaning Equipment and Materials Needed:
– Floor polisher
– Polishing or scrubbing pad
– Polishing pad
– Steel wool
– Wax
– Mop
– Soft broom and dustpan
– Hand gloves
– Caution sign
 Floor Polishing Procedures:
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Install caution sign
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Sweep the floor
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Damp mop
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Apply wax – apply using mop, allow the wax
to dry for about 10-15 minutes
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Polish the area
Floor Cleaning Process
A. Stripping Floors – elimination of embedded dirt, oil,
and old layers of floor finish and sealer.
B. Sealing Floors – a floor sealer chemical is applied on
the floor to protect the surfaces and to act as a bond
between the floor sealer and the finish. Sealing helps to
smoothen rough surfaces and scratches.
C. Finishing Floors – completing the process of floor
cleaning through wax application only after it has been
stripped of old sealers and wax and after it has been
sealed with a sealing solution.
D. Maintaining Floors – proper cleaning and other
maintenance tasks so that its gloss, quality and condition
will be sustained and it will neither suffer from premature
wear and tear.