VCT floor stripping and waxing in a commercial facility, before and after

Commercial Floor Waxing, Stripping & Floor Care Services

Floor care technician operating a commercial floor-stripping machine on a polished VCT tile floor in a commercial facility
VCT strip and wax, tile and grout, burnishing and auto-scrubbing for commercial and industrial floors. Floor care is not a side service we bolt onto a janitorial contract — it is the work we train for. Family-owned since 2002, fully insured, and we travel statewide across Florida for the work.
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Floor Types We Service

The wrong chemistry ruins a floor faster than traffic does. Stripper left too long lifts adhesive. The wrong pad burns terrazzo. Sealed concrete needs a different approach entirely. Here is what we handle and how.

VCT — Vinyl Composition Tile

Our specialty. Full strip to bare tile, neutralise, then four to six coats of commercial finish with proper cure time between each. Retail aisles, corridors, break rooms and back-of-house.

Tile & Grout

Deep extraction on tile and grout lines that mopping cannot reach, followed by sealing to slow re-soiling. Restrooms, kitchens, entryways and locker areas.

Sealed & Polished Concrete

Auto-scrubbing and re-sealing for warehouse and distribution floors. Large open spans where ride-on equipment does the job properly in a single shift.

Terrazzo

Low-speed cleaning and refinishing that lifts dulling without burning the surface. Common in older office lobbies and public buildings.

LVT & Luxury Vinyl

Finish-compatible maintenance for floors that must never be aggressively stripped. Knowing which floors not to strip matters as much as knowing how.

Burnishing & High-Speed Polish

Restores gloss between full strip-and-wax cycles, extending the life of existing finish and deferring the next full strip.

Why Facilities Schedule Floor Care

Replacing a floor costs far more than maintaining one
Finish is the sacrificial layer. It takes the wear so the tile underneath does not. A VCT floor that should last fifteen years starts looking tired in three without a real program.
Florida humidity works against you
Standing humidity softens old wax and leaves it cloudy. Grit tracked in from parking lots acts like sandpaper. Central Florida floors need shorter cycles than national guidance assumes.
Slip and fall exposure + liability
A properly finished floor has consistent traction. Worn, patchy or over-waxed floors do not, and that is the kind of detail that surfaces in a liability claim.

Facilities We Serve

Warehouses & Distribution
Sealed concrete, auto-scrubbing and coating for large open floor plans, worked around shift patterns and dock activity. Pairs with our warehouse cleaning programs.
Office & Commercial Property
Lobbies, corridors, break rooms and restrooms in multi-tenant buildings. Usually scheduled at weekends so tenants never see the work. Often bundled with janitorial services.
Retail & Multi-Location
Wholesale clubs, big-box retail, grocery and pharmacy chains. Scheduled overnight so the store opens on a finished floor, documented with before-and-after photos at every location. We work with maintenance management companies coordinating multiple Florida sites.

How Often Should You Strip and Wax?

It depends on traffic, floor type, and what's being tracked in. Most facilities make one of two mistakes: they over-strip, which wears the tile underneath, or they under-strip, which lets soil grind down into the finish until only a full restoration fixes it. This is the cycle we build for most Florida facilities.

Facility typeFull strip and waxBurnish between
High-traffic retail and wholesaleQuarterlyMonthly
Grocery and pharmacyQuarterly to semi-annualMonthly
Multi-tenant office corridorsAnnualQuarterly
Warehouse break rooms and back-of-houseSemi-annualQuarterly
Low-traffic administrative areasEvery 18–24 monthsSemi-annual

Burnishing is what keeps the cycle long. A floor held up with regular high-speed buffing goes further between full strips, which protects the tile and spreads the cost instead of hitting you with one expensive restoration. We set your actual cycle during the free assessment, based on how the floor is really being used.

How It Works

Free floor assessment

We inspect the floor, identify the surface, check the existing finish and flag anything that should not be stripped. You get an honest read, including when the answer is burnish rather than strip.

Written scope and quote

Floor area, number of coats, cure time and scheduling, priced to your building. No obligation.

Scheduled execution and sign-off

We work overnight or at weekends, then walk the floor with you. Before-and-after documentation on every project.

Where We Work

We are headquartered in Orlando and service floor care projects across Central Florida, including Winter Park, Kissimmee, Sanford, Lakeland, Auburndale and Tampa.

For strip-and-wax projects we travel statewide — Jacksonville, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers and the panhandle. If you are coordinating multiple Florida locations for a national brand, one vendor covering the whole state is usually the point. Facilities inside the city limits can see what a local program covers on our commercial floor cleaning in Orlando page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Pricing is per square foot and depends on floor condition, number of coats, access and how much furniture has to move. A floor that has not been stripped in five years takes longer than one on a quarterly cycle. We quote after an assessment so the number reflects your floor. See our guide to commercial cleaning costs for how we price generally.

No. Floor care is a standalone service line. Many of our floor care clients use a different company for daily janitorial, or handle it in-house. We are happy to do the floors and nothing else.

High-traffic retail typically runs quarterly with monthly burnishing between. Office corridors often go a full year with quarterly burnishing. Over-stripping wears the tile, so the right answer is usually fewer full strips and more burnishing.

Depends on square footage and coat count, but most projects run overnight and the floor is ready for traffic the next morning. Finish needs cure time between coats, which is why the work happens after hours rather than around your operation.

Yes. Floor care is project-based and we cover the whole state, including Jacksonville, Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Fort Myers. Statewide coverage is one of the main reasons multi-location clients use us.

Yes, on every project. Time-stamped photos and a completion report. If you are reporting to a corporate facilities team or a national brand, that paper trail is usually what they need.

No. We are hard-surface specialists — VCT, tile and grout, concrete, terrazzo and LVT. We do not offer carpet cleaning of any kind.

Fully bonded and insured with every employee background-checked, which is a requirement for the federal and secured facilities we service. We provide current COI on request, which most maintenance management companies need before onboarding a vendor.

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