In December of 2020, ABM was approached by a grocer client that was undergoing the process of switching their stores’ floors from vinyl composition tile (VCT) to polished concrete. Unfortunately, the stores’ cleaning staff were not trained on proper polished concrete floor maintenance or equipment. Over time, the floors lost their shine and began to deteriorate. The distinctness of image (DOI) numbers, which measure floor shine, had dipped into the 20s, well below the standard of 80 the stores were required to maintain.
Needing a refresh to return the floors back to their post-remodel shine, the grocer was concerned with having to close stores during business hours. The grocer needed a solution that could be done completely wet to avoid dry grinding and the interruption of noise and dust.
ABM turned to Ameripolish for its completely wet SmartFloor™ Refinement and Maintenance systems. With Ameripolish’s easy-to-use, color-coded, and numbered pad system, ABM was
able to complete large areas of flooring with minimum store downtime.
The Ameripolish SmartFloor pads feature innovative patented composite resin abrasive technology that grinds and restores floors. The system also features SmartFloor Refinement System GPR Series Abrasives that can be used with a company’s existing planetary systems.
ABM has seen a multitude of benefits since deploying Ameripolish products, including:
- Efficiency gains: Within a seven-hour window, ABM can completely restore 20,000 square feet of concrete floors using Ameripolish’s SmartFloor Refinement system, compared to only 5,000 square feet completed in the same timeframe with a dry competitive system.
- High-shine flooring: DOI scores that were once as low as 5 and 10 are now scoring in the upper 80s and mid-90s, creating the high-shine flooring customers expect.
- Lower equipment costs: Ameripolish’s pads last up to four times longer than competitive pads—ABM can order fewer pads and cover more square feet per pad.
- Improved indoor air quality (IAQ): Thanks to Ameripolish’s wet system, the customer does not need to worry about dust impacting guests like it would with traditional dry grinding systems.
- Easy maintenance: Once the floors are refined, ABM can easily train the customer’s cleaning and maintenance teams on the proper use of pads and equipment.
- Next-level service: Ameripolish prides itself on being available to its clients, working closely with ABM to ensure its products are at peak performance.
