Commercial hardwood, gym floors, lobbies, restaurants, and retail, is beautiful and durable, and the floor most easily ruined by the wrong cleaning. Modern commercial hardwood is protected by a coating and maintained by cleaning and recoating, not by wet stripping and waxing. We clean, screen, recoat, and refinish it the right way.
| Screen-and-recoat | Full refinish | |
|---|---|---|
| For | Finish worn on top but intact | Deep scratches, gray or worn-through spots, water damage |
| Work | Abrade and add a fresh coat, no sanding to bare wood | Sand to bare wood and rebuild the finish |
| Downtime and cost | Lower, faster | Higher, more downtime |
Most maintained commercial hardwood only ever needs periodic screen-and-recoats, with a full refinish many years apart.
Most modern commercial hardwood is coated and recoated, not paste-waxed. Older wax-finished wood floors exist and need a different, wax-specific process, so we identify which you have before touching it. See sealing vs. waxing.
| Frequency | Task |
|---|---|
| Daily | Dust mop; clean spills promptly |
| Routine | Low-moisture clean with a wood-safe, neutral cleaner |
| Periodic | Buff to refresh shine between recoats |
| Every 1 to several years | Screen and recoat before the finish wears through |
| Rarely | Full sand-and-refinish for deep wear or damage |
Recoating before the finish wears through is far cheaper than a full sand. A maintenance program times cleaning, buffing, and screen-and-recoat so the wood stays protected.
Most modern hardwood is coated with polyurethane and recoated, not waxed. Older wax-finished floors need a wax-specific process; we check first.
Screen-and-recoat refreshes an intact finish without sanding to bare wood; refinishing sands the floor down and rebuilds it for deep wear or damage.
Depending on traffic, every one to several years. Recoating before the finish wears through protects the wood and avoids a costly full sand.
Yes, including sport-floor finishes maintained to specification. See our gym and sport floor care page.
Standing water swells and cups wood and can damage the finish. Hardwood is cleaned with low-moisture, wood-safe methods.
Usually. A screen-and-recoat handles surface wear, and a full sand-and-refinish restores deeply worn or damaged floors without replacement.
Floor-type pages must separate what should be waxed from what should not be waxed. VCT and some resilient floors may need finish systems; LVT, hardwood, marble, terrazzo, concrete, tile, rubber, and gym floors often need different cleaning, polishing, sealing, recoating, or maintenance methods.
Facility type, floor material, square footage, current condition, service needed, timing, access window, photos, traffic areas, safety concerns, and decision-maker contact details.
Photos are optional but helpful. A remote video walkthrough is a convenience option when condition or access is hard to explain. Larger schools, hospitals, universities, municipalities, portfolios, and complex projects may still need an in-person walkthrough.
Strip&Wax.com builds coverage carefully by collecting real facility requirements, provider service areas, capability details, and quote outcomes. The site focuses on accurate scope, clear expectations, and useful commercial floor-care guidance before an opportunity is routed.
Use these related pages to compare services, understand cost, plan facility-specific work, and route the right commercial floor-care opportunity.
A strong request gives a commercial floor-care team enough context to understand the building, the surface, the deadline, and the condition of the floor without making the form hard to finish.
Commercial floor-care buyers are usually trying to protect a facility, prepare for traffic, improve presentation, control safety risk, or restore floors before a deadline. The best quote requests connect the floor problem to the service, floor type, facility type, schedule, and access requirements.
High-value requests often include thousands of square feet, multiple rooms, heavy traffic lanes, old finish buildup, school or healthcare scheduling windows, retail entrances, warehouse walkways, municipal procurement steps, or a multi-location maintenance need. The buyer should understand that price changes with condition and access, not just square footage.
Useful quote notes include the facility type, floor material, current condition, deadline, preferred service window, whether furniture or shelving must move, whether the building needs low-odor products, and whether photos or a remote walkthrough can show the problem better than a written description.
Use the links below to compare scrub vs strip, review VCT floor care, check industry examples, estimate pricing with the cost calculator, or request a quote.
Use these resources to narrow the request into the right service, surface, and facility type: commercial floor waxing, floor stripping and waxing, VCT maintenance, scrub-and-recoat, burnishing, school floor care, healthcare floor care, retail floor care, and industrial floor maintenance. The buyer does not need every technical term before submitting the request.
Use this page to move from a general floor-care question into the right quote path. Commercial floor work gets easier to price when the buyer identifies the facility type, floor material, condition, timing, and project goal.
Commercial Hardwood Floor Care requires different decisions than a simple cleaning request. The quote should identify the floor material, current finish condition, traffic pattern, damaged areas, access windows, furniture movement, and whether the goal is gloss, protection, slip resistance, easier maintenance, or full restoration. Some floor types can be stripped and refinished; others should be cleaned, sealed, polished, recoated, or maintained without wax.
For buyers, the best first step is to submit the request with a city, phone number, approximate square footage, and photos if available. The follow-up can clarify whether the floor is VCT, LVT, concrete, terrazzo, tile, rubber, gym flooring, marble, or another surface, then route the scope toward the right commercial floor-care process.
Do not wait until every detail is perfect. Start the quote request with the basics, then add photos, measurements, floor type, or walkthrough notes when available. Larger schools, hospitals, municipal buildings, retail stores, warehouses, and multi-location properties can add scope details during follow-up.
Request a floor-care quoteTell us your facility, floor types, and square footage. We'll scope the work and send a written quote. Not sure what you have? Send a photo and we'll tell you.