By Mary Kaizer, COO, Citi Cleaning Services
Your commercial floors take more abuse than any other surface in your building. Foot traffic all day, rolling carts, dropped pallets, and Florida rain tracked in from the parking lot. In Orlando’s climate, an unmaintained floor goes from sharp to shabby fast, and a tired floor is the first thing a visitor notices when they walk in. A scuffed, yellowed, dull floor quietly tells every customer and prospect that the business does not sweat the details. Citi Cleaning Services has kept commercial floors across Central Florida looking professional since 2002, and we are known for one thing in particular: VCT floor care done right.
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Call (407) 540-1850 or request a quote online. A senior technician will walk your floors and give you a straight answer on what they need.
Orlando’s VCT floor care specialists
Every commercial cleaning company in Orlando says they do floors. For most of them, that means running a mop and a buffer and hoping for the best. VCT, vinyl composition tile, is different. It is the most common commercial flooring in Central Florida, found in nearly every office, warehouse, retail store, and medical building, and it needs a specific maintenance discipline that most janitorial crews never learn.
The tile itself is durable, but the protective finish coating on top of it wears down constantly under traffic, moisture, and grit. Get the chemistry, the pads, or the timing wrong and you do not just fail to help the floor, you actively damage it. Using an aggressive stripper on tile that is too new, skipping the rinse step, or buffing a floor that has no finish left to polish are the kinds of mistakes that turn a routine service into a costly tile replacement.
We have spent more than two decades stripping, waxing, burnishing, and maintaining VCT across hundreds of Central Florida facilities. We know how Florida humidity affects finish dry times, how summer rain pulls grit into a building, and how to keep a floor sharp between strips. If you want the full technical breakdown, our VCT Floor Care Guide walks through the entire maintenance lifecycle, daily through annual restoration. This page covers the services we provide and how we deliver them across Orlando.
There is more riding on your floors than appearance. A worn or improperly maintained floor is a slip-and-fall liability, and in a commercial setting one fall can cost more than years of professional maintenance. A neglected finish also lets traffic wear straight into the tile, turning a routine refinish into a full replacement. Professional floor care protects three things at once: the safety of everyone in the building, the value of the flooring asset, and the impression your facility makes on every person who walks through the door.
Our commercial floor care services
We handle the full range of commercial floor care, from nightly upkeep to full restoration. Most Orlando facilities use a mix of the services below on a schedule we build around their traffic and budget, not a one-size package.
Daily floor maintenance
Dust mopping, wet mopping, and spot treatment with neutral pH cleaners. This is the foundation that everything else rests on. Grit left on a floor acts like sandpaper under foot traffic, scratching the finish and grinding dirt into the tile, so consistent daily care is what protects the finish and stretches the time between deep services. We handle this nightly for accounts on a janitorial contract, or we train your in-house team to do it correctly with the right cleaners and the right technique.
Deep cleaning and auto-scrubbing
When daily mopping can no longer pull embedded soil out of the floor, we deep scrub with a commercial auto-scrubber and the correct pad. This lifts ground-in dirt from the finish surface and resets the floor without removing the protective coats underneath. Most Orlando facilities need this monthly in high-traffic zones like entryways, corridors, and checkout lanes, and quarterly in lower-traffic areas.
VCT strip and wax (full restoration)
The heavy lift. We chemically strip every coat of old finish back to bare tile, rinse thoroughly, then apply three to five fresh coats of commercial floor finish and burnish to a high-gloss shine. The rinse step matters more than most people realize: leftover stripper residue reacts with the new finish and causes peeling and haze, so we never skip it. Done right, a strip and wax makes a 20-year-old floor look new. See our commercial floor waxing service for the full process. We schedule this after hours or on weekends so your facility never closes.
Burnishing and high-speed buffing
High-speed burnishing (1,500 to 2,000 RPM) restores gloss and hardens the finish surface between strip-and-wax cycles. Regular burnishing keeps a floor looking freshly waxed for months and extends the life of the finish, which means fewer full restorations over time and a lower cost of ownership on the floor. For high-visibility retail and lobby areas, a regular burnishing schedule is what keeps the floor camera-ready.
Concrete floor polishing
For warehouses, showrooms, and industrial spaces with concrete floors, we clean, polish, and maintain the surface for a durable, low-maintenance shine. Polished concrete handles forklift and pallet-jack traffic better than coated alternatives and cuts long-term maintenance cost, which makes it a practical choice for high-load industrial environments.
Carpet extraction and cleaning
For facilities with carpeted areas, we provide hot-water extraction and interim cleaning to keep entryways, offices, and common areas fresh. We coordinate carpet care with hard-floor service so the whole facility stays on one schedule and one point of contact, instead of juggling multiple vendors.
Not sure which services your floors need?
That is what the free assessment is for. Call (407) 540-1850 and we will inspect your floors and recommend only what they actually require, not a one-size package.
Industries and facilities we serve in Orlando
Floor care is not one-size-fits-all. A medical office and a distribution center have completely different traffic, contaminants, and standards, and a program built for one will fail the other. Here is how we approach the facility types we service most across Central Florida.
Office buildings. Lobbies, corridors, and break rooms where appearance drives first impressions. We schedule around business hours and keep high-traffic lanes burnished between strips so the floor never has an off day.
Warehouses and distribution centers. We service logistics facilities for national brands including FedEx, SAIA, and XPO. Warehouse VCT in offices and break rooms takes heavier contaminants (dock grit, oil, forklift marks) than standard foot traffic, so these floors need tighter cycles than a typical office. See our warehouse cleaning page for more on how we handle high-load industrial environments.
Medical and dental offices. Sanitation and slip safety are non-negotiable. We use neutral, facility-safe chemistry and keep finishes in top condition for both appearance and traction, because a clinic floor has to be clean and safe, not just shiny.
Retail and large commercial spaces. Retail floors take the heaviest foot traffic of any environment, and a dull floor reads as a tired store. We keep them camera-ready with frequent burnishing and quarterly strip-and-wax. See our large retail cleaning page.
Schools and educational facilities. Cafeterias, hallways, and gyms with summer-break windows ideal for full restoration. We plan annual strip-and-wax around the academic calendar so the heavy work happens when the building is empty.
Government buildings. High-accountability environments with strict standards and documentation. We deliver consistent, inspection-ready floors and the paperwork to back it up.
The Citi floor care process
We do not quote floor care over the phone from a square-footage guess. Floors vary too much, by tile type, finish condition, and traffic, for a phone number to mean anything. Every account starts the same way:
- Free inspection and assessment. A senior technician walks your floors, identifies the tile type and finish condition, and notes the traffic patterns and problem areas.
- Custom floor care recommendation. We tell you what your floors actually need, daily, periodic, and restorative, and just as important, what they do not need.
- Detailed service plan with frequency and pricing. You get a clear schedule and price, no vague packages. For general budgeting context, see how much commercial cleaning costs across facility types.
- Professional execution. Trained crews, commercial equipment, after-hours scheduling so your facility never closes.
- Quality assurance walkthrough. We walk the finished floors with you. If something is not right, we make it right before we leave.
Professional equipment and products we use
Floor care results come down to the right equipment in trained hands. Our crews run commercial auto-scrubbers for deep cleaning, low-speed floor machines (around 175 RPM) for stripping and scrubbing, and high-speed burnishers (1,500 to 2,000 RPM) for restoring gloss. We use professional-grade stripping solutions and commercial acrylic floor finishes, not the consumer products you find at a hardware store, and we match the chemistry and the pad to your specific tile age and condition.
That last point is where most floor jobs go wrong. The wrong stripper on a young VCT floor can weaken the adhesive bond. The wrong pad can burn the finish or scour the tile. Using a black stripping pad for routine cleaning strips off finish that should have stayed. Knowing which tool goes with which job, on which floor, in which condition, is exactly the expertise that separates a specialist from a crew with a buffer, and it is why facilities hand this work to us. Our broader janitorial services cover everything beyond the floor.
Our Central Florida service area
We provide commercial floor cleaning across Orlando and the surrounding Central Florida communities, including Kissimmee, Winter Park, Lake Nona, Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Maitland, and Apopka. If your facility is in the greater Orlando metro or along the I-4 corridor, we can service it. For multi-location accounts managed by maintenance management companies, we coordinate consistent floor care across every site on a single schedule.
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Frequently asked questions
How often should commercial floors be stripped and waxed?
For most Orlando commercial facilities, every 6 to 12 months. High-traffic retail and big-box stores often need quarterly, while lower-traffic offices can stretch to 18 months with strong daily care. Florida’s humidity and rain tend to pull these cycles tighter than a national average. Our VCT Floor Care Guide breaks down frequency by facility type.
What is the difference between buffing and burnishing?
Buffing is low-speed work (under 1,000 RPM) that removes scuff marks and adds light polish. Burnishing is high-speed work (1,500 to 2,000+ RPM) that restores deep gloss and heat-hardens the finish. Burnishing produces the wet-look shine you see on high-end commercial floors.
Do you service VCT floors in Orlando?
Yes. VCT floor care is our specialty. We strip, wax, burnish, and maintain vinyl composition tile across the entire Orlando metro and Central Florida, from single offices to multi-location accounts managed by maintenance companies.
How much does commercial floor cleaning cost in Orlando?
It depends on square footage, floor type, service frequency, and condition. Strip-and-wax is typically priced per square foot, while ongoing maintenance is usually a monthly rate. We give you a clear, itemized quote after a free on-site assessment, never a phone guess. For broader pricing context, see our commercial cleaning cost guide.
Can you clean warehouse floors?
Yes. We service warehouses and distribution centers across Central Florida, including national logistics brands. We handle VCT in office and break-room areas, deep-clean and polish concrete in the warehouse proper, and schedule around your operation so there is no downtime.
Ready for floors that make the right impression?
A professionally maintained floor tells visitors your facility is run well. A neglected one tells them the opposite, before anyone says a word. If you manage a commercial property in Orlando or anywhere in Central Florida, we will give you a free floor care assessment and a straight recommendation, with no pressure and no obligation.
Call (407) 540-1850 or contact us for your free Orlando floor care assessment.