POROUS FLOORS AND SURFACES

If you stand on slippery ground, we have the solution...

Ceramic tiles, concrete, marble and other porous materials are used as floor materials in many restaurants, manufacturing plants and garages. The porous design is meant to improve traction on floors. The pores can, however, trap residues from the cleaning process that serve as nutrients for bacteria and add to slippery floor issues.

The source of the problem:
When oils and greases comprise the contaminants that are being cleaned, most floor cleaners, which are typically alkaline/surfactant cleaners, allow the pores to fill with grease, oil, food particles, dirt and cleaner residue. This means that a recently mopped floor can become extremely slippery when it gets wet, even though it might have been mopped just a short time before. The oils in the pores come to the surface when water is spilled and the resulting lack of traction becomes hazardous. Further, alkaline cleaners tend to leave a residual film on outer surfaces, and that adds to the hazard level when it becomes wet.

The solution:
With the AccellGreen™ and Accell® Clean families of P-SS™ (Protein-Surfactant Synergists™) cleaners, improved penetration into the contamination is immediate. Further, by breaking down the oils, ABC’s cleaners do not leave a residue typical of conventional floor cleaners. Continuous use of P-SS™ cleaners facilitate the keeps on working phenomenon and the subsequent reduction of oil-based residues in porous surfaces. For safety reasons, this is especially important for floors. Full effects might take a couple weeks, but immediate improvement in slip resistance is seen in virtually all instances. The result is a floor that provides superior traction, even when wet.

The same phenomenon applies to other porous surfaces where contaminants tend to build up and are difficult to remove, especially if they are comprised of oils and greases.

Contaminated pores could be the source of odors...
The contaminants in pores can be the source of nutrients to resident bacteria. In many instances, this combination of bacteria and contaminant/nutrient become a source of persistent odors. The bacteria create hard-to-penetrate biofilm and traditional cleaners cannot penetrate them to remove the contamination. The P-SS™ cleaners from ABC, however, penetrate and remove the source of these odors. They do not merely treat the symptoms. They penetrate and break down the contaminants, removing many of the nutrients necessary for bacterial growth.

By removing much of the contamination that is embedded in porous surfaces, nutrients for bacteria are reduced and this improves the overall cleanliness of the facility.

Floor Slip Resistance – The left photo shows the entrance to an institutional kitchen with heavy use of fryers. The visible contamination consists of oil and other residues building up in the pores, coming to the surface when the floor is wet, which makes for a very slippery and dangerous situation. The photo on the right shows the cleaning effects of AccellGreen™ and its ability to eliminate the oil and contamination build-up, improving slip resistance dramatically, even when wet.