Hard floor restoration & maintenance
Commercial Floor Care: Strip, Seal, Wax & Refinish
Stripping, sealing and waxing, scrub and refinish, spray buffing and high-speed burnishing for commercial floors across Tampa, Brandon and Hillsborough County.
Floor stripping, sealing & waxing
When the finish on a VCT or vinyl floor has yellowed, scuffed through, or gone grey in the traffic lanes, topical maintenance stops helping. A full strip takes the old finish back to bare tile, then we seal and lay down fresh coats of commercial floor finish and let them cure properly.
It is disruptive work, so we schedule it overnight, over a weekend, or across a holiday closure — and we plan the sections so you can still open in the morning.
The full floor care menu
Which floor service does your facility need?
Not every tired floor needs a full strip. Often a scrub and recoat at the right moment saves you the cost and the downtime.
Strip, seal & wax
Complete removal of old finish, fresh sealer and multiple coats of commercial wax. The full reset for floors that are past recoating — typically every 1–3 years.
Sealing
Sealer applied to porous surfaces such as concrete, terrazzo and unfinished tile to block staining and give the finish something to bond to.
Scrub & refinish
Machine scrub of the top layers followed by two or more fresh coats. Restores most of the look of a full strip at a fraction of the downtime.
Scrub & buff
Deep clean of the existing finish plus buffing to lift scuffs and even out the sheen. A good mid-cycle maintenance step.
Spray buffing
Restorer applied while buffing to fill micro-scratches and bring back gloss between larger services. Fast and low-disruption.
High-speed burnishing
High-RPM burnishing for a hard, wet-look shine on floors with enough finish to support it. Common in retail and lobbies.
Machine & hand mopping
Routine hard-floor maintenance with the correct dilution — the thing that actually determines how long a finish lasts.
Carpet & upholstery
Extraction cleaning and spot removal for carpeted areas. See carpet cleaning.
Not sure?
We will walk the floor with you, tell you honestly whether it needs a strip or just a recoat, and price both.
Floors on a program, not a panic
The cheapest floor care is the kind that is planned. We will set a maintenance calendar for your building — daily dust-mopping and damp-mopping under your janitorial contract, quarterly or semi-annual scrub and recoat, and a full strip only when the floor genuinely needs it.
Facilities that follow a program spend less over five years and never have a floor that embarrasses them when a client, inspector or prospective tenant walks in.
- VCT, vinyl, LVT, terrazzo, concrete and sealed tile
- Overnight, weekend and holiday scheduling
- Sectioned work so you can still open in the morning
- Wet-floor signage and safe re-entry timing every time
Common questions
Commercial Floor Care questions we get asked
How often should commercial floors be stripped and waxed?
For most Tampa Bay offices and retail spaces, a full strip and wax every one to three years, with a scrub and recoat every six to twelve months in between. Traffic volume, entry matting and how well the floor is dust-mopped daily make far more difference than the calendar — a well-maintained floor can stretch the interval considerably.
Will you have to close our business?
Usually not. We schedule floor work overnight, over a weekend, or during a holiday closure, and we section large areas so part of the floor stays walkable. You will get a clear timeline with safe re-entry times before we start.
What is the difference between buffing and burnishing?
Buffing runs at lower speed and mainly cleans and evens out the existing finish, lifting scuffs. Burnishing runs at high RPM and produces a much harder, glossier “wet look” shine, but it needs enough finish on the floor to work with. We will tell you which one your floor can actually take.
Coverage
Areas we serve
We provide commercial floor care throughout Hillsborough County.
Also available
Other services from Collegiate Clean
Commercial Janitorial Cleaning
Recurring custodial care for offices, warehouses, retail and multi-tenant facilities — daily, weekly, or on your schedule.
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Office Cleaning
Desks, restrooms, break rooms, glass and common areas — cleaned after hours so your team walks into a fresh office.
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Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
Deep extraction for commercial carpet, cubicle panels and lobby furniture, plus targeted spot and stain removal.
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Disinfecting & Sanitizing
Electrostatic spraying with EPA-registered Vital Oxide wraps every surface — including the edges a cloth never reaches.
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