Survey: Floor Care Issues and Trends

According to an online survey conducted for Tornado Industries, 67 percent of respondents agree with the following statement, "We are stripping and refinishing floors less frequently today than we were five years ago." The other respondents either disagreed with the above statement or were "not sure."

These findings are consistent with a New Year’s prediction made by Michael Schaffer, president of Tornado, about floor care trends. "For both environmental and cost reasons, end-customers are delaying refinishing cycles or not refinishing their floors at all," he says.

However, in the long-run, delaying or not refinishing floors may actually cause more work and ultimately additional costs for end-customers, according to the respondents.  The group overwhelmingly (94 percent) agreed with the following statement, "A floor that does not have finish on it is harder to maintain."

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