Hard-floor cleaning restores and protects vinyl, safety flooring, stone and tiled floors through a strip, seal and buff process. Optus Glean UK delivers it nationwide - removing old sealant and ingrained soil, applying fresh protective coats, and buffing to finish - using COSHH-assessed products and DBS-checked, PAYE-employed operatives on a documented scope.
Strip, seal and buff, explained
Over time a hard floor's protective finish wears, traps dirt and dulls. Restoration reverses that in stages: strip removes the old sealant, polish and ground-in soil; seal applies fresh protective coats (metallised emulsion or an appropriate sealer for the floor type) to guard against wear and staining; and buff or burnish brings up a clean, even sheen. On stone and tile the process instead centres on deep cleaning, grout restoration and impregnating sealers.
Hard-floor cleaning is a specialist line within our deep cleaning work and pairs with carpet and upholstery cleaning where a site mixes floor types. It is a natural final step after an after-builders clean once a new floor is laid.
Matching the method to the floor
Different floors need different treatment. Vinyl and safety flooring take a strip-and-reseal; natural stone (marble, limestone, terrazzo) needs pH-neutral cleaning, sometimes diamond polishing, and an impregnating seal; ceramic and porcelain tile focuses on grout cleaning and sealing. Getting this wrong damages the floor, so we identify the material and finish first and scope the right process.
Slip resistance and safety
Floors are a safety matter as well as an appearance one - slips, trips and falls on the same level account for around 30% of the non-fatal injuries reported to the HSE, the single largest category. We use the correct finish for the floor's slip-resistance rating, manage wet-floor risk with signage during works, and keep COSHH assessments for every product. Any machinery is operated to a method statement and risk assessment.
Scheduling around your operation
Stripping and sealing needs a clear, dry floor and curing time, so it is almost always done out of hours or in phases to keep areas open. We plan the programme around your operation - overnight or weekend works, section by section - so the floor is ready for use when you reopen. It fits neatly alongside your routine commercial cleaning contract.
Directly-employed teams, national coverage
From a single reception floor to a rolling restoration programme across a retail or care estate, you get the same PAYE-employed, DBS-checked (Disclosure Scotland / AccessNI in Scotland and Northern Ireland) teams and the same documented standard on one national contract - the national alternative to booking a different local specialist in every town.
Hard-floor treatment by floor type
| Floor type | Typical treatment | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Vinyl / safety flooring | Strip, seal, buff | Metallised emulsion or safety-floor sealer |
| Natural stone (marble, limestone, terrazzo) | Deep clean, polish, impregnating seal | pH-neutral products; diamond polishing where needed |
| Ceramic / porcelain tile | Deep clean, grout restoration, seal | Focus on grout lines |
| Newly-laid floor (post-fit-out) | Initial clean, seal | Follows after-builders cleaning |