we just started a new floor cleaning program with lmentary floor cleaner and I was off the day they showed us the correct way to do it. anyone know the correct way and about how long it takes?
That stuff is garbage. Eco-lab sold us snake oil on that crap.
Since you asked, the procedure is stupid simple. Hose down the floor with the cleaner, then scrub with a deck brush. Squeegee the floor. That's it.
Our Eco-lab guy said it could take up to ten weeks before you see a noticeable difference in the floor, and it would look worse before it looked better. The idea is that there are enzymes in the solution that eliminate bacteria and whatnot to make the floor more sanitary. Eliminates listeria and whatever else, supposedly.
Problem is, it's been well over 10 weeks, and our floors look like total sh{t. The cleaner has no de-greasing properties whatsoever, and that's mostly what is on our floors.
I've had better luck with Dawn dishwashing soap and hot water.
The idea is that there are enzymes in the solution that eliminate bacteria and whatnot to make the floor more sanitary. Eliminates listeria and whatever else, supposedly.
So does that mean if we drop lunchmeat on the floor we can pick it up and give it to the customer?
We are forced to use this in the "Chicken prep area" of the deli in our store. The instructions call for NO RINSING!!!, (no mention of scrubbing, although we do have to do that also, needless to say) although some minor squeegeeing of excess water close to the drain grates is OK. However, the water pressure is so low here and Ecolab has it set up so we are forced to use cold water, that it is basically worthless. We are supposed to just spray down the floor heavily and let it set all night.
The main idea is that the enzymes will slowly "Eat away" at soil, grease, dirt, whatever, and after a while the floor will be noticeably cleaner. This is not true in REALITY since there is so much grease, flour, and debris hat hits the floor just in ONE DAY'S work, that the stuff (even if it could work if left on the floor over a long period of time) is totally ineffective for the time alloted.
We don't have TIME to wait for the enzymes to do their work, we have to clean the floor every evening or the floor gets worse and worse. Since the product is ineffective we are FORCED to resort to other methods / products if we want the floor to keep from becoming a slippery,greasy version of an indoor skating rink. It might be OK if it was used for a "clean" business where floor dirt was a very minor concern, but not in high-intensive food prep work areas that, no matter who hard you try, gets filthy/dirty in less than 24 hours. Yes, it is ineffective against GREASE which is the main problem in that area of the deli. All Kroger stores that use this should rise up in unison and demand that it be used no longer.
The only good point is that it has a peculiar smell somewhat similar to wet chicken feathers or wetted hair that hasn't been washed for a couple days......maybe I'm smelling the enxymes a workin' ???
