GROUT IS NOT BLACK
THE HEAVYWEIGHT® SOLUTION
GROUT IS NOT BLACK
THE HEAVYWEIGHT® SOLUTION
The Heavyweight® Scrub Brush
It Smells, It's Dangerous, It's Expensive and It's Self Induced!
For too long we have been chasing our tails when it comes to floor cleaning. We go through the motions, believing that if we're doing things the way we always have, it must be working. But the harsh reality is staring us in the face - GROUT IS NOT BLACK. Dingy, discolored grout lines are everywhere and despite the enormous amounts of money, effort, and innovation poured into floor maintenance, these unsightly and odorous floors are damaging your business's reputation and creating slip and fall hazards that lead to costly accidents. Worse yet, this buildup that we allow to take over our floors has an odor that will change what you are trying to deliver while zapping employee morale and customer satisfaction.
The solution is simple: to offset the damage done by mopping, you must effectively scrub your floors on a regular basis. The Heavyweight® scrub brush was designed specifically for this purpose, making it the first of its kind - a 16 lb weighted floor scrubber that applies constant force on the floor so the user doesn't have to. No more bending or using their back.
Key Features:
- Hinged handle for easy cleaning under kitchen equipment or low clearance areas
- Wheels for easy transportation
- Ergonomic pistol grip allows user to control the brush in an upright position, no back-breaking effort needed
- Separable pads for kitchen and front of house areas or easy pad replacement
When introduced properly, this commercial scrub brush will excite your employees into returning your floors to a clean. The labor and procedures are already in place - just give them a tool that works and watch them shine.
The Heavyweight® has proven itself invaluable by reducing costly slip and fall accidents:
- McDonald's approved product for over 25 years
- Recommended by major insurance carriers as top solution for dirty, unsafe floors
- The first manual scrub brush certified by the National Floor Safety Institute
- Proudly made in the United States for all 29 years
Maintaining truly clean, safe floors is possible when you understand the dynamics at play. Take a different approach by adding one tool, The Heavyweight® Scrub Brush, to your current cleaning protocol and watch the transformation. Keep your deck brush for detailing or cleaning smaller areas, like restroom stalls. For larger spaces, simply roll out The Heavyweight® and see the difference. Your labor, procedures, and schedules are already in place—just substitute The Heavyweight® back and forth for your usual deck brush during scrubbing, and the waste and damage will stop. Guaranteed. If The Heavyweight® doesn't instantly improve your floors, please call me, and you'll receive a full refund. Watch the comparison video below see why each brush is built for a specific task.
Message From the Inventor
"When I put a weight on my brush I wasn't inventing anything, I was simply trying to create a tool that would help me scrub restaurant floors. The invention came when my customers asked if they could try the strange contraption I was using. From there, hundreds of my customers gave me feedback on what they wanted to see in this new technology; easy to use, low clearance, easy to transport and durable. We complied and developed The Heavyweight® Scrub Brush, the most effective, durable scrub brush on the market."
"Today those same customers call us replacing bristle pads that they have been using for 8, 10, 12 years. I even have a donut store in Houston who has been using their Heavyweight since 2008 and it's still going strong. (clink on link video tab) We take great pride in the records we break in quality. It's what we do; provide quality products that work, last and make a difference in the lives of others.
Michael B. Martin
It Happens Fast
2 Days Before Opening
2 Days Before Opening
2 Days Before Opening
This photo was taken at a local national fast food chain 2 days before they opened for business. Beautiful grey tile with white grout, clean and ready for business.
90 Days After Opening
2 Days Before Opening
2 Days Before Opening
This photo was taken 90 days after the opening and the only white grout left is under the shelf. Traditional cleaning procedures without an effective scrubbing procedure leads to disaster and is very expensive to get there. Sure, some of this dirt and grease is coming in from outside but for the most part this is an inside job. Your cleaning procedures are creating this condition. The Heavyweight® scrub brush is a truth teller and will expose everything there is to know about floor care! "We do not create as much dirt and grease as we think we do, we never get rid of it from day one." says Martin
Lessons Learned Over 29 Years
Textured surfaces changed the game
The pioneers of the restaurant industry had it right, cleanliness is the key to success. However, when textured surfaces replaced the very dangerous smooth surface of linoleum flooring, the tools and procedures that set the standard suddenly became an Achilles heel that has been biting ever since. In order to offset the damage done by mopping you must effectively scrub the floor on a regular basis.
The more you mop the dirtier your floor will become.
Back in the day, when cleaning procedures were established, smooth surfaces were the flooring of choice. Later, textured tiles were introduced to increase walking safety—and it worked beautifully, until excessive mopping took its toll. As a mop is dragged across tile texture or grout lines, it scrapes off and deposits grime, starting a harmful buildup that makes each pass dirtier than the last, until your mop water turns almost black. Look at the picture: the top section, properly scrubbed, is clean. The bottom, not scrubbed, appears to have a black design. However, there's no design—it's pure filth.
Grout is not black and costing you dearly in dollars
The National Floor Safety Institute estimates that while comprising only 20% of workplace injuries overall, an astonishing 60% of fall incidents are caused by slips. Dirty unsafe floors are the root cause of most slip and fall accidents. Black grout is a telltale sign that the cleaning procedures being employed are no longer working and a reset must be established. Not doing so, not only wastes money but puts your customers and employees at risk jeopardizing the over health of the operation.
Mop water is a window into floor condition
The easiest way to see what condition your floor is in is to look at your used mop water after your facility has been mopped. A good rule of thumb; if you can see the bottom of your mop bucket, you are good. If you cannot, you need to effectively scrub your floor. The cleaner the water the better.
Just putting water on your floor will ruin it
Every time you put water on a floor, calcium is going down as well. Just like your shower at home, calcium build up is a serious problem. You see it in your shower but you do not on your floor as it is covered by the same residue that creates the black grout. Once you can effectively maintain a clean condition you will notice calcium damages must be managed. Usually by mopping less. Protect your investment.
What is this black residue?
According to a 2022 study from the University of Colorado at Boulder, flushing toilets doesn't get rid of everything. In fact, an aerosols sprays back into the air every time the toilet is flushed. We contend this aerosols land on the floor, then we mop and smear, depositing this discarded material into the grout and texture where the buildup begins. We have performed studies through independent laboratories to confirm this. We can do better. Read Now!
The Impact of The Heavyweight® is Immediate and Measurable
Ceramic, Porcelain, Quarry Tile
Ceramic, Porcelain, Quarry Tile
Ceramic, Porcelain, Quarry Tile
Regardless of what type tile is installed, the Heavyweight® impact will be immediate. The second it is pushed the process of removing any dirt and grime build up has begun and your floor will be on the way back to clean. Having said that, some clean floors are not safe which is easily remedied with a treatment program that adds or creates texture on walking surfaces. If you are forced to go this route an effective scrubbing procedure becomes a must.
Epoxy or Resinous Flooring
Ceramic, Porcelain, Quarry Tile
Ceramic, Porcelain, Quarry Tile
Seamless flooring is a great alternative to tile and should be considered for restrooms simply because of the toilet study we reference above. The Heavyweight is perfect for maintaining a clean, safe walking surface and has been endorsed by some of the largest companies in the industry such as Silical America
About The Heavyweight® Solution
Our Story
When I entered the restaurant industry, Top Siders were required uniform and slipping and sliding in the kitchen was part of the job making working at a restaurant one of the most dangerous jobs in America and still is. Over the years solutions included slip resistant shoes, textured tiles, treatments for tiles, seamless floors, mats to name a few but none ever solved the problem that was causing the dirty, unsafe condition plaguing the entire industry. We did. In 1995, we set out to tackle this dirty floor issue and was sucked into a rabbit hole where smoke, mirrors and make believe creates a place where dirty floors are thought better than clean. Well, they are not and there is a huge cost to accepting it as so. Now, 29 years later, battered, bruised, and educated, I stand more convinced than ever - this plague affecting every industry is not only solvable, but self-induced. By embracing change, the outcome won't be painful, but quite the opposite - uplifting and enlightening. This is because there is a significant cost to dirty, especially when it comes to morale.
It's Not Just Floor Care
The number one tool of choice when maintaining a clean, safe floor for decades has been the mop and yet if let go will not only lull us into a sense of security but create more damage then we could have ever of imagined. The beauty in cleaning is that change is immediate. By equipping your employees with The Heavyweight® Scrub Brush will not only raise the bar in your business you will finally change the paradigm of settling for the status quo. Just because something has been done for years does not mean it works. This is a perfect example of this. Always encourage innovation as you never know where it will come from or how impactful it may be.
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