I am updating my pricing for strip and wax service for the new year, here locally in southwest Florida I am seeing prices from .20/ft to .50/ft. What are some of the prices being charged in other regions of the country? My standard application is 1 coat sealer; 4 coats finish, price based on amount of stripping required and total square footage.
Hai Jerry,this is a message from holland.
I'm doing floorcare the american way,so even as you do and only as required 1 layer of sealer and 3 layers coating.
But my question is,you mentioned your pricing.20/.50,is this 20 or 50 dollarcents?
My pricing in the Netherlands is an hour pricing and not per sq.mtr.
Or it has to be very big office building with ecceptional large amount of sq.mtrs.
It would be nice to hear from you.
Greetings from the Netherlands
Cor Cooijman
Owner
Real Estate Care Company
why are you useing finish and sealer seprated by the finish sealer that comes as one and saved yourself time and money??????Also truly there is no book cost for floor care you have to consider the factors be blessed
WE HERE IN MISSISSIPPI ARE ABOUT .15 TO .38 WISH WE COULD GET T UP
Here in Missouri the price is up from Mississippi, We charge for strip, seal, wax .52 sq ft. that includes strip, 2coats sealer, 3 coats wax. Then we try and get the maintenance contract to keeping the floors in shape. Burnish and wax .17cents sq ft.
Hi All. WHY are you using and seprate sealer? There are higher quilty products on the market like Betco that are all in one and are clean rinse. After you do a clean mop and it dries you are good to go. Why make a hard job harder. I perfer the Hard as nails on just about all the floors i do.
I'm sure glad I got out of contracts that are less than .20 Here in Texas you can't get floor help to show up for less than $10 an hour. (Up to $15 if they know what they're doing)
I make sure I know how many rooms. As you know the more corners/edges you have and if you have to move and reset furniture/displays, can really add to labor costs. I have got 50 cents for the smaller jobs 2500s.f. or less. I charge a minimum for real small jobs.
When you can move in your larger equipment like the Strip machine and autoscrubber that will save labor you can be more competitive but now days I don't do anything less than .20 unless it's a large single room with new vct.
Also we recently had to charge more for a strip because someone put down waterbased polyurethane instead of conventional floor finish. (ouch!) I try to test a square first from now on.
We all need to keep in mind that our "profit" is going to have to buy new equipment some day.
Using a sealer 1st is o.k., and usually cost a little less, but I have found it harder to strip off when time to refinish comes around. I prefer Self Sealing finishes at least 25% solids.
Hi Robbie, whats the problem with waterbased polyurethane and conventional floor finish thats made you concern?
Does it react agressively on each other or ..?
And what kind of floor finish you use?
Greetings from the Netherlands.
Cor.
In my experience water based polurethane is just about impossible to strip off, it also yellows after a while.
Hey Dwayne, is Betco Hard as Nails easy to burnish with a 1600 electric burnisher?
HI dryguy. Yes. I use it in a community center and burnish it about once a month. At the end of the year it starts to get a little thin, but that is when we do our strip and wax. The custamer loves the way the floor looks all year.
Check us out www.fastrakind.com Be well - Mark
Thanks for getting back with me. I have been using Unitex Brillant 25 with 25% solidsUnitex wax for about 2 years. I been using Unitex Cleaner/Restorer wher I go back to burnisher usally monthly. What cleaner and restorer do you use with Hard As Nails between coats of wax?
Has anyone had experience with Ecolab's Monostar finish or Glostek 100? I have looked at both products which seem to be high quality but I am concerned with the difficulty of application with the Glostek. I have been told that there is no need to burnish the Glostek and it will last about 5 years. Does anyone have the experience with this product?
No ! Look at our application system www.fastrakind.com Application methods are as or more important than the products used. Just my opinion of course.