HOUSEKEEPING TERMINOLOGY A Auto scrub: use an automatic scrubber to scrub and vacuum up water & dirt, can also

use for large flooded areas. B Bleeding: color loss of a floor tile due to the leaching out of pigments by over-aggressive stripping. When stripping asphalt tile, use Freedom stripper to avoid bleeding. Bonnet clean: to shampoo carpets with a bonnet pad, only good for top surface dirt. Buffing: use 300rpm or less floor machine with buffing pad (red pad, normally). Burnish: use 1500 rpm or greater floor machine, with high speed pad. C Carpet fan: used to speed up carpet drying process and flooded areas after extraction. Clean: to remove dirt with a chemical and abrasive action. Cutting: remove floor finish with a 175 rpm floor machine using only a floor pad or dry stripping, not recommended. D Damp mop: to mop a floor with minimal water to remove light soil. Disinfectant: chemical to kill bacterial organisms, used for restroom cleaning. Dust mop: remove dust from floors with treated dust mop or microfiber mop. E Extraction: clean carpets by use of carpet extractor & chemical, also used for flooded carpets for maximum water lift. F Floor finish: chemical with polymers known as solids apply thin even coats on a floor after floor seal is applied. Floor finish and wax is not the same thing! Wax is softer and scuffs easily. Buffing or burnishing heats the polymers together producing a shine on the floor, refraction of light. G General cleaning or routine cleaning: basic cleaning, no floor work other than dust/damp mop or vacuum. Germicidal: chemical to kill germs, commonly used in restroom cleaning. H Hard surfaces: floors that are concrete, terrazzo or stone. I Inhibitor: chemical to prevent reoccurrence of a specific problem, for example, mildew inhibitor to prevent mildew reappearing. Inspection: check and record random rooms or areas for quality control, report deficiencies to employee, state to employee when re-inspection will occur. J

K Kill time: how long a germicidal or disinfectant should remain on surface to kill bacteria or germs, normally 10 minutes is recommended. L Leveling: The ability of a floor finish to flow into a smooth film during the drying process. Mop streaks in the finish are a sign of poor leveling. M Microfiber cloth: a material constructed of polyester and polyamide nylon fibers, microfiber is approximately 1/16th the size of a human hair. Approximately 90,000 microfibers in one square inch of microfiber towel. Lint free, absorbs up to seven times its weight in dirt and moisture. Can be used dry or wet using only water. Used on all types of surfaces including chalkboards. N Neutral cleaner: detergent with a PH at the seven range, normally used on highly finished floors to provide cleaning without removing finish. O P PH: a scale to identify a chemicals acidity or alkalinity, scale of 0-14, 0 is the strongest acid, 14 is the strongest caustic, 7 being neutral. Based on a logarithmic scale, a ph of 5 is ten times as acidic as ph of 6. Phenols germicide: a strong restroom germicide that kills TB. Powdering: breakdown of the surface floor finish usually be applying poor quality floor finish. Pre-Spray: apply a carpet cleaning compound with a sprayer to carpets to loosen stains prior to shampooing carpet. Project Work: any non-routine cleaning, such as, floor refinishing, carpet shampooing. Q Quaternary Ammonium germicide: called quats a restroom germicide with good odor control, non-staining, odorless, nontoxic, does not kill TB, we use quats as our restroom cleaner. R Recoat: after lightly scrubbing a floor to remove thin layer of floor finish, apply coats of floor finish to recoat the floor. Refinish: after stripping floors, apply coats of seal and floor finish. Restorer: apply a chemical to finished floors in either a mop bucket or automatic scrubber, let dry to a dull haze and burnish with a high-speed burnisher to produce a shine on the floor. Rotary: shampoo a carpet with a 300rpm buffer using a carpet brush and solution tank attached to the buffer, chemical dispenses through the carpet brush. Routine work: repetitive tasks of cleaning, trash removal, vacuuming, mopping, dusting, etc.

S Sanitization: reduction of bacteria levels to numbers which are generally considered safe. Scrubbing: remove dirt with a 175-300 rpm floor buffer, use green pad and floor cleaner, mop up or vacuum up residue. Sealer: a penetrating chemical to seal pores of a floor so finish can adhere better to the floor; normally apply two coats of seal to a stripped floor. Shampooing: to clean a carpet with either steam extraction, bonnet, rotary methods. Soft floors: include composition materials such as the various resilient tiles and cork. Splotchiness: a floor showing irregular areas of varying reflectivity, caused by improper stripping. Spotting: to spray a carpet spotter on stain to remove with a clean cloth, work towards the center of the stain. Spray Buffing: use a 300 rpm buffer, spray chemical on floor, clean and buff with a red pad, produces a shine on the floor. Stripping: apply chemical to completely remove all floor finish and sealer, may use buffer or automatic scrubber. T U V Vacuuming: to remove dirt from carpet with an upright vacuum, back-pack or canister vacuum. Back-pack and canister vacuums are also used on hard surface floors, stairs, and furniture. W Wet Mop: put water down, mop floor and wring out mop, mop floor again and pick-up water with wet vacuum. X Y Z