Commercial
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Preparing Your Flooring Surfaces for the RNC
- July 1, 2016
- Posted by: GK's Custom Polishing, Inc.
- Category: Commercial, Hard Surface Maintenance
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In just a few short weeks, Cleveland will be host to the Republican National Convention. Regardless of your political beliefs, it is undeniable that the RNC will bring local Cleveland businesses a massive influx of business during the week of the convention. With over 50,000 traveling to Cleveland, it is in the best interest of
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Choosing the Right Floor Finish
- June 15, 2016
- Posted by: GK's Custom Polishing, Inc.
- Category: Commercial, Concrete, Hard Surface Maintenance, Natural Stone
With so many different types of floor finishes available on the market today, it can be difficult for a facility manager to know what type of floor finishes are best for their specific situation. Choosing the best floor finish is mostly dependent on the type of flooring material, foot/wheel traffic in the area and how
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Preventing Bathroom Mold & Mildew
- June 1, 2016
- Posted by: GK's Custom Polishing, Inc.
- Category: Commercial, Hard Surface Maintenance, Tile & Grout
Fighting mold and mildew in your bathroom can be a constant struggle. Constant moisture caused by your shower or bath makes mold almost impossible to prevent entirely. Once spread around your bathroom, it can be very difficult to clean. Having a strategy in place for minimizing moisture is key for keeping your bathroom clean. Here
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What Causes Floor Discoloration?
- May 10, 2016
- Posted by: GK's Custom Polishing, Inc.
- Category: Commercial, Concrete, Hard Surface Maintenance, Natural Stone, Tile & Grout
Even if your custodial staff has a strict cleaning schedule, you may notice the finish on your floors beginning to become yellow or darker in color. One of the most widespread issues we see in commercial flooring is discoloration in a sealer or finish on a floor. While this is most common in floors with
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Springtime Maintenance Checklist
- March 8, 2016
- Posted by: GK's Custom Polishing, Inc.
- Category: Commercial, Hard Surface Maintenance, Natural Stone
Thanks to Mother Nature and a little help from Punxsutawney Phil, winter will be soon coming to an early close. While the weather was relatively mild, we did have a few snowstorms that gave custodial teams everywhere a run for their money. First thing on every facility manager’s mind should be how to clean up
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Cleaning Options for Cleaning & Sealing Public Restrooms
- December 29, 2015
- Posted by: GK's Custom Polishing, Inc.
- Category: Commercial, Hard Surface Maintenance, Tile & Grout
When managing a commercial facility, keeping your public restrooms clean can be a big challenge. Even with a regular cleaning schedule, your bathroom floors can become filthy and hard to maintain over time. This is why professional cleaning and sealing is one of the best ways to keep your bathrooms clean for your customers. There
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Maintaining Your Company’s Floor Cleaning Equipment
- December 1, 2015
- Posted by: GK's Custom Polishing, Inc.
- Category: Commercial, Hard Surface Maintenance, Natural Stone
We sometimes receive concerns from our commercial customers in Cleveland and Columbus about problems with the daily cleaning of their hard surfaces that their in-house employees or outsourced cleaning staff performs. Sometimes these concerns spawn from an improper maintenance plan, but a lot of times we have seen these problems originate from improperly maintained cleaning
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Preparing Your Commercial Facilities For Winter
- November 3, 2015
- Posted by: GK's Custom Polishing, Inc.
- Category: Commercial, Hard Surface Maintenance, Natural Stone
Winter can be a difficult time for your building due to the high accumulation of snow and use of deicers such as rock salt. Without the proper procedures in place, the next few months could be very hard on your interior and exterior surfaces. Here are some tips to help your staff prepare your facilities
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Preventing salt damage to stone entrances this winter
- September 4, 2015
- Posted by: GK's Custom Polishing, Inc.
- Category: Commercial, Hard Surface Maintenance, Natural Stone
With summer coming to an end and winter right around the corner, Cleveland businesses need to start talking about their winter cleaning policies with their maintenance staff. One thing that many businesses do not consider are how the use of salt on ice can negatively affect the natural stone on the outside of your building.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Commercial Hard Surface Care
- July 31, 2015
- Posted by: GK's Custom Polishing, Inc.
- Category: Commercial, Concrete, Hard Surface Maintenance, Natural Stone, Tile & Grout
There are several questions about natural stone and hard surface maintenance that we are commonly asked by our commercial customers. Properly maintaining your hard surfaces can be very difficult without the proper methods in place. To help our customers better train their maintenance staff, we will share some of these questions we are often asked
