For a long time, the struggle to keep the gym clean was all too real. Crossfit box owners spent hours every night mopping several thousand square feet of gym mats, only to have the first class of the next day saturate the floors with chalk dust, handprints, and sweat angels. Factory Cleaning Equipment began to see a gym owner’s need for a quicker, more effective mat cleaning solution that wouldn’t consume their day. What if cleaning could be done so quickly, that instead of waiting until the end of the night to clean the floors, an owner was able to clean multiple times a day? The Bulldog WD20 was developed as a heavy-duty, compact floor scrubber for smaller applications, able to withstand tough cleaning environments and seemed perfect for the job.
While the WD20 is compact enough to weave in and out of your pull-up rig, it’s a bit too big for some of those tighter spaces found around fixed equipment such as rowers, bikes, GHDs, etc. Likewise, your bathrooms, locker rooms, and front end may be a challenge. Every WD20 is equipped to handle our optional Wand Attachment to help get into those tight spaces with the same efficiency and time saving ability.
Your members want to feel comfortable that they can use your bathrooms and locker rooms without coming in contact with germs. Mopping these areas will not only do little to keep your floors from being contaminated with harmful bacteria, but it will also leave them wet. So not only does the wand attachment speed up the time it takes to clean your bathroom floors, it also leaves your floors dry immediately. No more wet locker room floors during business hours.
To be a successful box owner, your number one strategy should be to obtain new members and retain existing members. It should not come as a shock that the cleanliness of your gym is directly related to both. In fact, retention rates can drop up to 50% if a member perceives your gym to be unclean. On average, an affiliate gym unlimited membership is $150 per month. Therefore, at the very least, one client is worth $150 per month.
It’s very simple. If having a clean gym gains you just one member, you will essentially be profiting each month off of leasing a Bulldog WD20.
| Area (Sq. ft.) | By Hand (hrs) | With Bulldog WD20 (min) | Monthly Labor Savings |
| 4,500 | 2.61 | 22 | $270 |
| 6,000 | 3.48 | 30 | $360 |
| 8,500 | 4.93 | 40 | $510 |
| 10,000 | 5.80 | 50 | $600 |
We recommend using a neutral pH detergent that won’t leave harmful residues behind. We have taken the guess work out completely and produced our own detergent called Bulldog Mat Cleaner. Our Bulldog Mat Cleaner is a super concentrate cleaner that was formulated with the US EPA. This detergent is a neutral pH cleaner that has proven to work very well on rubber gym mats. It can be used in your floor scrubber, a spray bottler or in a bucket. Bulldog Mat Cleaner is available in pre-measured packets to deliver the proper dilution. No guess work, just select the packet and mix with water. It can tackle a wide range of applications and leave your floor free of residue that may be associated with other floor detergents. Available in two different sized packages in our online store as an 80 count or 40 count box.
Keeping your gym clean is very important. Customers appreciate the efforts you make to keep your gym a clean, healthy place to work out. Cleaning gym mats has proven to be one of the most difficult tasks. Using a mop and bucket to clean mats might be a good workout but it is not a good use of your time.