Cleaning churches: hard floors and scrubbers

Scrubbers, Churches, Sweepers, Floor types

The floors of churches are often made of natural hard stone. Frequent and thorough cleaning can really be easier with a cleaning machine.

 

Using a scrubber with the most appropriate detergent simplifies cleaning operations and does not damage the natural stone floors, those of the large church but also those of the small parish.

Types of hard stone floors

The floors of churches can be composed of different types of hard stone:

 

  • Marble
    is a limestone rock composed of various carbonates (calcium, magnesium, etc..) that contains impurities and mineral salts that appear in the form of veins and with various colors.
  • Granite
    is a siliceous rock with a characteristic granulometric pattern (“punctuation”) and no veins.
  • Travertine
    is a limestone rock in which calcium carbonate has sedimented various organic remains (leaves, spores, animal remains), which over time have decomposed giving the stone its characteristic surface fractures and spongy appearance, is very resistant to wear, but has a porosity higher than that of marble, being not very sensitive to weathering, is used for flooring (such as entrances and sidewalks of buildings) and for covering the outer walls.
  • Other generic stones
    are those other than marble, granite, porphyry, basalt and travertine and which are found in specific deposits (such as Lecce stone, Istrian stone, columbine, slate); they are sedimentary rocks which have a lower resistance to mechanical agents and are very sensitive to chemical agents, especially acidic ones. They can be sanded or polished and are used for indoor and outdoor flooring.

Stone table

Tipe

Quality

Cleaning

Accessories

To avoid

Marble

porous

neutral detergent

green, yellow disc and nylon brush

all acids

Granite

compact

neutral detergent

green, yellow disc and nylon brush

When sanded or polished, avoid acids and very abrasive discs.

Travertino

spongy

alkaline detergent

green disc and nylon brush

all acids

Pietre generiche

fragile

neutral detergent

green disc and nylon brush

all acids

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