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When encountering dirt or oil stains, how should you choose a cleaning agent for floor washing?
Release time:2019-01-30
Normally, when using a floor scrubber, there’s no need to add detergent. However, if the floor is heavily soiled or has oil stains, it’s advisable to add an appropriate amount of detergent to enhance the cleaning performance. So, what are the requirements and precautions when selecting a detergent? How should we choose a detergent for a floor scrubber? 1. Do not add solid detergents into the floor scrubber. We’ve noticed that many customers substitute laundry detergent powder for liquid detergent in their floor scrubbers—a practice that’s highly discouraged. Since the water-dispensing pipes in floor scrubbers are very narrow, if the laundry detergent powder doesn’t fully dissolve, it could easily clog the pipes.
Generally, when using a floor scrubber, we don’t need to add any detergent. However, for floors that are heavily soiled or have oil stains, it’s advisable to add an appropriate amount of detergent to enhance the cleaning effect. So, what are the requirements and precautions when selecting a detergent? How should we choose a detergent specifically for use with a floor scrubber?
1. Do not add solid detergents to the floor scrubber.
We’ve found that many customers are using laundry detergent powder instead of detergent in their floor scrubbers—a practice that is highly discouraged. Since the floor scrubber’s water-dispensing pipes are extremely narrow, if the laundry detergent powder doesn’t fully dissolve, it could easily clog the pipes, resulting in weak or no water flow from the machine.
2. Choose a neutral detergent to add to the floor scrubber.
The water tank, suction hose, discharge pipe, water pipes, and sealing strips of floor scrubbers are not made of corrosion-resistant materials; therefore, we must choose a neutral detergent. Otherwise, prolonged use of non-neutral detergents will accelerate the aging of these components.
3. Choose a detergent based on the nature of the stains on the floor.
Two types of detergents are typically used on standard floor scrubbers: one is a general-purpose detergent for removing ordinary stains, and the other is an oil-dissolving agent specifically designed for oily surfaces. When the floor is heavily soiled with oil, we must use the oil-dissolving agent—only then can we effectively remove the oil stains from the floor.
4. After adding detergent, an appropriate amount of defoamer should be added to the floor scrubber’s wastewater tank.
Any detergent, once thoroughly mixed and used, will produce foam. Eventually, this foamy wastewater is collected into the floor scrubber’s wastewater tank. The floor scrubber’s water-suction motor is installed inside the wastewater tank. If there’s too much foam, it could enter the interior of the water-suction motor and cause damage. Therefore, we need to add an appropriate amount of defoamer to the floor scrubber’s wastewater tank as a precautionary measure.
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