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Wax and Dry Vac — Floor Maintenance Vacuums for Warehouses, Factories and Commercial Floors

Waxed and sealed hard floors — warehouses, distribution centres, factories, retail units, food production facilities — require regular dry vacuuming to maintain the floor finish and extend the service life of the coating. Using a wet vacuum or a scrubber dryer on a waxed floor without first dry vacuuming removes the wax layer and damages the coating. The correct workflow is dry vac first, then scrubber dryer if required, then reapplication of floor treatment as needed.

The floor maintenance workflow

Step Task Equipment Why
1 Dry vacuum Industrial dry vacuum Remove loose debris, dust and grit before wet cleaning. Grit under a scrubber pad scratches the floor coating.
2 Scrub and dry tufSCRUB scrubber dryer Apply solution, scrub and recover dirty water in one pass. Floor ready immediately.
3 Wax / seal application Mop or applicator — on a clean dry floor only Wax applied to a dirty or damp floor traps contaminants and fails early.

Step 1 — Dry vacuum by floor area

MAXi 80L 240V → Large warehouses and distribution centres. 80L tank, 3500W, high airflow for rapid floor coverage. Fewer emptying stops on big shifts.
MAXi 50L 240V → Mid-size commercial floors. 50L, 1750W. The standard industrial floor maintenance vacuum for medium facilities.
MIGHTY XL HSV 37L M-Class 240V → Retail, offices and food production. 37L M-Class, velocity monitor, auto filter shaker for continuous maintenance runs.
MAMMOTH STAINLESS 80L 240V → Grain stores and agricultural floors. High-volume wet and dry recovery for large organic debris volumes.

Step 2 — Scrubber dryers

A scrubber dryer cleans and dries a hard floor in a single pass — but only after dry vacuuming. On a waxed floor, use a softer pad appropriate to the floor coating. The tufSCRUB range covers walk-behind and ride-on models for every floor area size.

tufSCRUB 41cm Walk-Behind → Compact battery walk-behind. Corridors, smaller floor areas, retail units. Innovative twist-action disc head.
tufSCRUB 41cm Upright Walk-Behind → Upright format for operator comfort on longer runs. Same 41cm disc, battery powered.
tufSCRUB 85cm Ride-On → Large warehouses, factories and distribution centres. Twin disc scrub head, 85cm cleaning width. Maximum productivity on large floor areas.

Fine dust environments — when M-Class is needed

If the floor dust is fine and potentially hazardous — pharmaceutical powder, fine chemical dust, fine metal swarf — M-Class extraction is the appropriate specification rather than a standard industrial vacuum. The MIGHTY XL HSV M-Class or tufVAC M-Class for environments where floor dust requires certified capture under COSHH.

COSHH compliant extraction range → | M-Class hub →

Telephone: 01522 787978 for floor maintenance equipment specification. Contact the V-TUF trade team →