BT200 at Work

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Pre-treating concrete in a dumpster pad with BT200. Applied straight with a pump up sprayer. Came out looking good after all said and done.

Quick question....I am thinking about spraying a coat of BT200 on some of my problem concrete accounts and just leaving it there until the next scheduled monthly maintenance. However I am wondering with no rain or whatever.....would I just be wasting product? Stuff ain't cheap!!!!
 

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No you would not be wasting the product. However you need to remember that the BT200 microbes will die off after about 80 hours. If you are going to do this I would wet the stains, apply BT200 Full strength and agitate with a stiff broom until you get the white lather. Then when you come back, spray some as soon as you get there on the stains, at 5 ounces to a gallon of water, then get set up, (this will give the BT200 a little time to work on the surface stuff that has been added since you left) and clean.

My suggestion would be to pick out 1 or too area's, or parking spots, try this technique, and see if you are happy witht the results versus not doing it on other areas.

Remember the only time you need to use the BT200 the full strength method is for really heavy oil stained parking spots, where vehicles have sat and leaked oil, or oil spills. All others can be treated at 5 to 6 ounces per gallon of water, agitate, allow to sit 20-45 minutes and then clean.
 
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Hey Chris,

You can use the BT200 inside, on tile without any issues. But there is even a better product, produced by the same company. Super Floor Degreaser. I've had 2 of the resturants we do test the product, and both locations tile and grout look like brand new.

I'm sure Doug or Mark will chime in with their info. Great stuff Chris.

PS, as the designated signature line meter maid, I need to ask you to create a signature line, using the UserCP signature settings.

Question can you use this inside kithens on tile floors or would that hurt the tile.
 

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Hey Chris,

You can use the BT200 inside, on tile without any issues. But there is even a better product, produced by the same company. Super Floor Degreaser. I've had 2 of the resturants we do test the product, and both locations tile and grout look like brand new.

I'm sure Doug or Mark will chime in with their info. Great stuff Chris.

What Jim said. . . . .
 

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No you would not be wasting the product. However you need to remember that the BT200 microbes will die off after about 80 hours. If you are going to do this I would wet the stains, apply BT200 Full strength and agitate with a stiff broom until you get the white lather. Then when you come back, spray some as soon as you get there on the stains, at 5 ounces to a gallon of water, then get set up, (this will give the BT200 a little time to work on the surface stuff that has been added since you left) and clean.

My suggestion would be to pick out 1 or too area's, or parking spots, try this technique, and see if you are happy witht the results versus not doing it on other areas.

Remember the only time you need to use the BT200 the full strength method is for really heavy oil stained parking spots, where vehicles have sat and leaked oil, or oil spills. All others can be treated at 5 to 6 ounces per gallon of water, agitate, allow to sit 20-45 minutes and then clean.

this is one of my problem dumpster or was one of my problem dumpster. This is regular concrete underneath all the grease. I put a big dent in it last week- I went full strength with BT200 as a pretreatment and then followed up with SW1000.
 

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Question can you use this inside kithens on tile floors or would that hurt the tile.

Hey Chris, yes exactly what Jim. The BT200 or Super Floor Degreaser (SFD) will return tile and grout to it's origional color and beauty. The SFD is manufactured specifically for animal fats, greases, and cooking oils while the BT200 is manufactured for petroleum type oils and auto fluids. You can use BT200 for both applications with great success, however the SFD will not work as well for oil stains, greases, and fluids casued by auto's.

The other thing to remember is that these products are Certified GREEN, which means, there"s absolutely nothing harmful in them. There is no surface that you will cause damage to when using these products.

Hope this helps and if I can help you further don't hesitate to contact me. Mark at Easy Clean keeps the BT200 in stock.
 
Another killer benefit to using these live enzyme products is that when you are done, you pour your waste water down the main sewer line, and it continues munching away at the grease and crud build-up in the sewer lines, grease traps and interceptor. A win/win situation for all.
 

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Exactly right Jim. In fact restaraunts experience an 80% reduction in pump out and maintenance costs for their grease trap and intercpetor, simply by pouring their left over mop solution down the drain every night. Mops, sponges and cleaning tools last 10 times longet too as they stay cleaner longer and never get that moldy musty smell.
 

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Here a couple of the After pics of that nasty dumpster. I suspect it will take probably 2 more cleanings to get it totally whipped into shape but all in all I was impressed with the BT200/SW1000 combo on this. Not much dwell time on this ...maybe 15 minutes max. Anyway, included is another before pic that I forgot to post up.IMGP4209.jpgIMGP4211.jpgIMGP4205.jpg
 

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Here a couple of the After pics of that nasty dumpster. I suspect it will take probably 2 more cleanings to get it totally whipped into shape but all in all I was impressed with the BT200/SW1000 combo on this. Not much dwell time on this ...maybe 15 minutes max. Anyway, included is another before pic that I forgot to post up.View attachment 3379View attachment 3380View attachment 3381

Very suprised the combo thing is working for you. Usually mixing BT200 w anything kills the microbes in the BT200. Looks great Carlos. I wouls suggest next time spraying some of the SFD at 5 oz's to a gallon of water when you are done and leaving it, and letting the microbes continue to clean. Turned out great if you ask me. That's gonna be a nice maintenance account.
 

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Hey Thanks Doug....

Let me clarify about the "Combo Meal" (BT200/SW1000)....I don't combine them. I use BT200 as a pretreatment for grease/oil build up. I xjet SW1000 later on the same area and then surface clean. I don't actually mix the two together and apply.

The SFD...thats the food degreaser stuff you are sending me to try out???
 

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Hey Thanks Doug....

Let me clarify about the "Combo Meal" (BT200/SW1000)....I don't combine them. I use BT200 as a pretreatment for grease/oil build up. I xjet SW1000 later on the same area and then surface clean. I don't actually mix the two together and apply.

The SFD...thats the food degreaser stuff you are sending me to try out???

Yes. Sent it out Tues or Wed I think by USPO.
 

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Carlos, have you ever compared a standard caustic mix (sodium hydroxide/butyl/surfactant) and compared the results to these specialty cleaners? I am not a CWA guru by any stretch but it is my understanding that if you use any type of cleaner you have to filtrate before dumping into a sanitary sewer/drain.
 

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Carlos, have you ever compared a standard caustic mix (sodium hydroxide/butyl/surfactant) and compared the results to these specialty cleaners? I am not a CWA guru by any stretch but it is my understanding that if you use any type of cleaner you have to filtrate before dumping into a sanitary sewer/drain.

Hey Ken....I never compared them but I think Nick C did a side by side with SW with his chems. We are covering the storm drains with our strom drain covers from HydroTek. In most cases, at least on my gas station accounts it is acceptable to allow the discharge into the car wash drains. Maybe Doug can shed a little light on this regarding what BT200 can be used for as far as discharge.
 

Doug Rucker

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Hey Ken....I never compared them but I think Nick C did a side by side with SW with his chems. We are covering the storm drains with our strom drain covers from HydroTek. In most cases, at least on my gas station accounts it is acceptable to allow the discharge into the car wash drains. Maybe Doug can shed a little light on this regarding what BT200 can be used for as far as discharge.

Using BT200 does not change any law regarding CWA. I would however check with any commercial property you are cleaning to confirm that the drains are in fact "storm drains", Many commercial properties have underground retentions that there own rain/waste water drains too. If they do I would think that you don't have to reclaiim since the wash water is not going to a US water way.
 

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