On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:57:25 +0000, Kyle wrote:

My church's kitchen constantly smells like a bucket of dirty mop water -
if you worked in fast food (as I did as a teen) you know the smell I'm
talking about: grease and dirt and ugh.

I think the problem is the floor, that it has a build-up of grease and
years of not-so-great mopping. It's a commercial-grade no-wax vinyl
according to the buildings-and-grounds guys who (when you keep 'em on
topic) seem to remember the floor being laid in 1985.

I don't think a simple mopping with bleach and water will suffice.
Eventually we will replace the floor, but do not have the funds to do so
(especially after the phone system blew out in last week's storms). Can
anyone recommend a product or method of removing years of accumulated ick
from a no-wax floor?

Arigato!

Had the same problem when we rented an apartment. The floors were a black
and white check pattern about 12 inch squares. They were very dirty from
grease and dirt. So, I took some straight ammonia and poured it on and let
it sit a few minutes. Then with a pail of hot water and a sponge mop it
all came off.

Make sure you venelate really good. The ammonia can get quite strong.


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