Karndean flooring maintenance

Two reasons they suggest it, one being the margin they make, two is arse covering - they don't want people using bleach or high alkaline detergents.

'Clean' appears to be a neutral detergent, 'Remove' is a polish stripper' and 'Refresh' appears to be a floor polish.

The routine cleaner @ £5 for 750 ml is a rip off IMO. You could buy 5 litres for that price.

If 'Clean' is neutral, possibly something like Ecover or Bio-D washing-up liquid would be OK. It's a soap (IIRC) rather than a detergent and the Ecover data sheet that I used to have gave a pH of 5.5 for the neat stuff. I use it to clean inside the fridge and, after 10-or-so years, there's no deterioration of the plastic.

Just as I thought then :)

Yep, I already have 5 litres of Jangro Neutral Cleaner which I got for about that price! Is there any need to polish the floor though, it looks nice how it is at the moment (natural).

The reason you polish a floor is two fold.

One, vinyl floors contain chalk fillers which make the floor porous & likely to attract dirt. The polish seals them.

Two, to provide a smooth flat surface - vinyl floors are a fairly rough surface if you examine them under magnification. Smooth surface is easier to clean.

It also happens to shine when polished because the light reflects better off a flat smooth surface.

Thanks, I guess we will use the polish they have provided and when it's finished I will be off my local janitorial supplier :)