TileWise Cartoons
Doin' The Floor-Grime Fandango
About Doin' The Floor-Grime Fandango
Tuesday, July 15 2025
In commercial spaces, clean floors aren’t just about appearance they’re about safety, hygiene, and professionalism. Yet too often, maintenance teams end up “dancing around” grime with outdated cleaning methods that leave floors looking dull and dirty.
First apply the appropriate cleaning solution on the floor and let it sit for 5 minutes or so. Then use the scrub brush with an extended handle, so you do not have to get on your knees, to break down ….
The right approach to floor care isn’t complicated but requires the right tools and techniques. Start with a scrub brush on an extended handle to break down stubborn dirt and grime. This hands-on method ensures dirt is loosened from tile surfaces and grout lines. Then, instead of pushing dirty water around with a mop, use a wet/dry vacuum to efficiently pick up the dirty water, leaving the floor cleaner, drier, and safer.
At the end of the day, proper floor maintenance saves time, reduces slip hazards, and protects your tile investment no fancy footwork required.
Created by: Vince Moiso and Donato Pompo
About the Tilewise Cartoons
TileWise cartoons were developed under Donato Pompo's leadership for Club '84 (Ceramic Tile Action Group). Club '84 was a non-profit organization of accomplished individuals from all segments of the ceramic tile industry. The group's mission was to develop and distribute educational aids to educate, train and bring quality awareness to the distributors, specifiers, installers, and consumers of Ceramic Tile.
The TileWise cartoons were created to communicate issuses and concerns in the business of using ceramic tile for all segments of the industry. The objective was to educate to promote the quality use of ceramic tile. In each cartoon the screen exaggerates what you shouldn't do or emphasizes an issue or concern, then George the Bucket (named after CTI founder George Lavenberg) says what is correct. The cartoons ran for twelve years in each issue of the Tile Industry News, a major industry publication, published by the Ceramic Tile Institute until 1999 when it ceased.
Use these cartoons to educate your customers and employees to help avoid potential problems, and to promote a positive image of your company through newsletters, posters or mailings.
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