Discover XL North’s essential guide to Safety Data Sheets, a must-read for anyone involved in handling chemicals. This guide simplifies the complexities of SDS, covering identification, hazard recognition, and safe handling practices to ensure you can manage chemicals safely and effectively. Perfect for professionals at all levels, it’s your key resource for understanding the critical […]
How to Remove Releasable Sticker & Adhesive Residue from Floors
XL North’s Bill Luallen is back with a quick tip on how to remove the adhesive residue that stickers can leave on floors. More and more businesses are using way finding stickers throughout their facilities to direct traffic according to social distancing guidelines. While these stickers help promote safety in the workplace, adhesive can be […]
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Ice Melt in July: The Science of Wicking
Are you familiar with this carpet cleaning scenario? The last snowfall melted a couple of months ago, summer’s here, and your crew is performing second quarter contracted cleaning of local bank branches. At the first location they inspect the facility, bring in equipment, pre-spray, scrub, and extract. They take photos of a job well done […]
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Industry-wide Changes Are Coming for Commercial Resilient Floors
Mark Bischoff from Starnet shared his insights with me about the upcoming changes in resilient flooring that will significantly impact commercial flooring professionals. As the President and CEO of the world’s largest network of full-service independent flooring contractors, Mark’s understanding of the industry is unparalleled. His comprehensive experience in the flooring business is evident in […]
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Interview with James Parker Burnett, GM, Vital Solutions
Chemistry is essential to proper floor care, but the diverse selection of products available on the market inevitably makes for a large, often unorganized, chemical inventory in work vans, trucks, warehouses, and storage rooms. James Parker Burnett, General Manager with Vital Solutions, recalls the early days of Vital Oxide. “About 10 years ago, Vital Oxide […]
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Interview with Mark Warner, Education Manager, ISSA
Training As a Passion Mark Warner is currently the education manager for ISSA‘s Cleaning Management Institute. His extensive background in floor care spans over three decades, with two of those spent in training and education. “Being involved with training and sharing information, I learn every day as well as try and teach others every day,” […]
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Interview with The Moisture Testing Guy, Carl Bredl
Carl Bredl has been in the flooring industry for 35 years and the depth of his experience is impressive. Beginning as a union installer in 1985, he started with carpet, and eventually ventured into hard surfaces, including vinyls, rubber, wood, laminate, concrete repair, epoxy mitigation systems, and resinous flooring. He’s known as “The Moisture Testing […]
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Join Bill Luallen for IICRC RFMT Certification Course & Exam
Need IICRC RFMT certification for yourself or members of your team? Don’t miss this opportunity to get certified! XL North’s Bill Luallen will be the instructor for the upcoming IICRC Resilient Flooring Maintenance Technician course and exam hosted by Restoration Academy in March in Indianapolis. RFMT training isn’t just for floor care technicians. The education […]
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Case Studies
Kitchen Quarry Tile & Grout Cleaning Case Study
Jesse Castro of Texan Floor Service describes a recent job where kitchen quarry tile and grout needed the attention of floor care professionals. Learn how his crew made the floor shine like new with XL TC Tile Cleaner and XL GC Grout Cleaner in this case study.
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Last Chance to Get the Introductory Rate! IICRC RFMT Training Course & Certification
The first two IICRC Resilient Flooring Maintenance Technician (RFMT) classes in Columbus and Dallas were great successes, and the upcoming 2 day course in Las Vegas is your last chance to get yourself or your technicians certified for only $229. Don’t miss the opportunity! Continuing education is vital in flooring maintenance. This is an excellent […]
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Case Studies
LVP Sacrificial Coating Case Study
Flooring Services Inc. recently installed roughly 18,000 SF of quality LVP in a very large university book store. The customer was acutely aware that both the environment of the area and the traffic volume would be worthy of applying a “sacrificial” acrylic coating to the floor. Jason Rowley, Account Manager with Flooring Services, turned to […]
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Post Construction Commercial Carpet Cleaning: Getting Your Floor Ready for Foot Traffic
Commercial floor care providers know that initial maintenance for resilient flooring is imperative to put the floor in service after construction, but how many have considered post construction carpet cleaning to ready the floor for foot traffic? Times have changed and commercial spaces are no longer built top to bottom. Carpet is often installed before […]
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Case Studies
Principles of Hard Surface Cleaning
Are your techs familiar with the basic principles of hard surface care? In this case study, Steve Brown of Southeastern Commercial Flooring uses two maintenance projects to explain the basic principles of cleaning hard surfaces. By starting with basic principles to troubleshoot common floor care issues, finding solutions can often be faster, easier, and less […]
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Suggested Procedures
Recommended Procedures for Carpet Sanitization
Discover XL North’s step by step suggested procedures for sanitizing carpet along with recommended products to ensure the best possible results.
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Suggested Procedures
Recommended Procedures for Disinfection of Resilient Flooring
In this XL North Suggested Procedures PDF, get step by step instructions for disinfecting resilient floors along with recommended products to ensure the best possible results.
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Guides & Checklists
Resilient Floor Troubleshooting Checklist
This checklist, compiled by members of the XL North Tactical Group, covers almost everything that influences a resilient flooring life cycle and can help solve challenging problems with your customer’s floor.